The Best of Geneva Health Files in 2024
Newsletter Edition #241 [The Curated Primer]
Hi,
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for investigative journalism is not straight forward to nail down. Media entrepreneurs need to show page views, retention rates, reader-revenue, engagement and other such metrics. Usually KPIs in journalism fall short of the complexity and nuance that each story or what an overall editorial strategy seeks to accomplish for the readership it serves. Even so, these metrics give us feedback from readers, what strikes home, and what does not sell.
In this edition, I tried to pick the most read in the more than 100 editions we published this year. In general, despite the long form nature of our journalism, we continue to see strong reader interest in the technical details and the big picture - hallmarks of our signature reporting. It was not easy to leave my favorite stories behind in this list. While most of our stories are received well, some perform better than others as explained also by the diversity in our audience, 6,000+ readers in 150 countries.
Here we present our most read top 15 editions in terms of the number of page views.
As I was working on this list, I was reminded of the many birthdays, anniversaries, vacations, and just regular life stuff, events that melted into making these stories available in time for our readers! Journalism is front and center for us!
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Priti
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I. THE BEST OF GHF 2024
The top 15 most read this year:
(Reverse chronological order only, not based ranking of page views)
Global Health Insecurity in a Second Trump Term [Guest Essay] [Nov 19]
Renewed Push for A December Deadline To Conclude The Pandemic Agreement [Oct 28]
Financing: Don't Let It Be An Afterthought In The Pandemic Agreement [Guest Essay] [Oct 22]
Review of the TRIPS Agreement at the WTO: Reforming TRIPS for Global Equity [Oct 9]
UN Tax Convention: A Structural Transformation for Financing Health [Guest Essay] [Aug 28]
To Fight Mpox, Release Vaccine Stockpiles [Guest Essay] [Aug 28]
IHR 2005 Amendments: Setting the Legal Framework for Equity [Guest Essay] [Aug 7]
II. PODCAST CORNER
Dialogues: a conversation with Themrise Khan
In this episode of Dialogues, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Themrise Khan, a Pakistani independent development professional and researcher with almost 30 years of experience in international development, aid effectiveness, gender and global migration. Themrise is also the co-editor of the book "Preventing the next pandemic, White saviorism in international development: theories, practices and lived experiences." In this dialogue, she shares her views on the origins of this concept and how it continues to influence national autonomy, global power imbalances and race relations.
Listen here
Garry Aslanyan is the host and executive producer the Global Health Matters podcast. You can contact him at: aslanyang@who.int.
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III. POLICY UPDATES
WHO at ICJ: Climate Change Health Crisis
Trilateral Symposium WHO, WTO, WIPO
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