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IGGB Insights | Monthly Round-Up | October 2025

Global Health in a Fragmented World: Can We Really Act Together?
The World Health Summit 2025 in Berlin (October 12–14) brought together global leaders under the theme “Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World.” Against the backdrop of political division and deepening inequality, discussions highlighted tensions between solidarity and power asymmetries in global health governance. Conversations on resilience, AI ethics, and shared responsibility reinforced that meaningful progress requires structural reform and equitable cooperation. Read our full summary here.

Creative Destruction in Global Health
Season 5 of Global Health Matters explores the future of global health in a time of turbulence and transformation. In the opening episode, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Paola Abril Rivera (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico) and Catherine Kyobutungi (African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya) about the shifting landscape shaped by geopolitics, declining aid, and emerging technologies.
Listen here.

The Global Fund Briefing: Funding Cuts and Their Impact
In this in-depth edition, Priti Patnaik (Geneva Health Files) shares perspectives from Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund, on the challenges of addressing AIDS, TB, and malaria amid dwindling aid and global uncertainty. Sands spoke recently in Geneva ahead of the Fund’s upcoming eighth replenishment round. (Paywall)
Read here.

Globale Frauengesundheit im Wandel – Klimakrise, Nachhaltigkeit und internationale Perspektiven
The annual conference of AG FIDE, organized with the AG Gynäkologie KLUG (Climate Change and Health), addresses global challenges in women’s health. Key topics include the impact of climate change on women, sustainable strategies in development cooperation, and innovative projects from clinical partnerships. The event features expert talks, project presentations, and interactive discussions.
FIDE Online-Tagung (in German).

Research Positions: Global Child Health (Witten/Herdecke University)
Witten/Herdecke University, one of Germany’s leading private universities, is recruiting two research associates for the WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Child Health under the direction of Prof. Ralf Weigel, Friede Springer Endowed Professorship for Global Child Health. The 80% (32 hours/week) positions, based in Witten, are limited to two years with the option for extension.

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