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.

And in case you missed this last year, I also share my most memorable stories in 2024.

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!

Thank you for reading and for your engagement.

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Priti

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Illustration Credit: Amy Clarke, Chembe Collaborative

I. THE BEST OF GHF 2024

The top 15 most read in 2024:

(Reverse chronological order only, not based ranking of page views)

• “Unhindered” Access in Global Health Negotiations: Navigating the Intersection of Sanctions and Humanitarian Imperatives [Nov 29]

• 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]

• Lessons From The Negotiations On The Pandemic Agreement: Key Learnings Over Two Years [GHF Dialogues] [Sept 4]

• 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]

• Developing Countries Push for a Review of TRIPS Agreement at the WTO, Stalled by Few Developed Countries [July 11]

• Cataclysmic: The Proposed Dismantling of the MSF Access Campaign Strikes At the Heart of Influential Activism, Political-Legal Battles in Global Health At Stake [June 27]

• "The Art of the Possible": Unpacking the Negotiations on the Amendments to the International Health Regulations [The Files Interview] [June 5]

• A Turning Point? The EU & the U.S. Draw Out Four African Countries to Bridge Positions on Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing [May 6]

• Pandemic Regulations or Pandemic Agreement? Growing Affinity for Article 21 Over Article 19 of WHO Constitution, as Some “Treaty” Proponents Rethink Underlying Legal Provisions of New Rules [INB8] [Feb 24]

• Regressive Politics on Climate & Gender, Crash Against WHO’s Gates, Impinging on Global Health Policy Space [EB154] [Jan 27]

Image Credit: Photo by Victor Moragriega, Pexels

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