Reaching Snakebite Affected Communities Through Art This guest piece by Maria Elena Barragan-Paladines, Executive Director of the Gustavo Orcés Herpetological Foundation (Ecuador), marks International Snakebite Awareness Day 2023! Maria is member of the Snakebite Community Engagement… HAI Admin 19 September 2023
World Snake Day: Celebrating snakes and their protectors Guest blog by Hiral Naik, Africa Program Manager, Save The Snakes; and Chair of the Snakebite Community Engagement Network On 16 July we celebrate World Snake Day, and it is… HAI Admin 14 July 2023
AI can threaten health equity for marginalised populations: the EU must act now AI and algorithmic decision tools in healthcare may create gaping digital divides and threaten health equities, placing marginalised groups at particular risk. Hannah van Kolfschooten, Pin Lean Lau, and Janneke… HAI Admin 13 June 2023
Pharma is gaming the system Greater transparency is at the very heart of the quest for equitable access to medicines and other health technologies. Without it, it will be impossible to realise the fundamental human… HAI Admin 30 May 2023
Five “Big MedTech” Myths about Medical AI Debunked Criticism of the European Union’s AI Act by the HealthTech Industry is often based on incorrect assumptions, and is in conflict with health and fundamental rights principles, write Hannah van… HAI Admin 17 April 2023
Health for all: Health for WHO(m)? As we observe World Health Day (7th April) we also celebrate 75 years since the World Health Organization (WHO) was founded. The mantra then was ‘health for all’ and is… HAI Admin 6 April 2023
Embracing Equity: International Women’s Day 2023 To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, one of our staff members shared their impressions of what embracing equity means in the workforce. The theme of this year’s International Women’s… HAI Admin 8 March 2023
CAFCO brings together Youth Leaders and other Stakeholders to discuss access to SRH The Solutions for Supporting Healthy Adolescents and Rights Protection (SHARP) Project is dedicated to improving access to adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) commodities and services and addressing the high… HAI Admin 22 February 2023
No taboos at Zambia SRH workshop The Solutions for Supporting Healthy Adolescents and Rights Protection (SHARP) Project, funded by the European Union, is dedicated to improving access to adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) commodities and… HAI Admin 15 February 2023
Lack of diagnostics helps fuel AMR A new report from Health Action International (HAI) and the PHG Foundation out today (24 January) says that the development and widespread use of more accurate and rapid diagnostic testing… HAI Admin 24 January 2023
AI and Medicines: A Year in Focus AI and Medicines policy work at Health Action International has, with the help of consultant Hannah van Kolfschooten, accelerated over the past year. Over the course of a busy and… HAI Admin 16 January 2023
New year reflections: A year past, a year ahead 6 January | by Dr. Tim Reed I can hardly believe that it’s time for a “start of the year” blog with reflections on the last 12 months and a… HAI Admin 6 January 2023
Safiya’s 8 Secrets: learning about snakebite prevention through comic books Since its inception, HAI’s Snakebite Project has developed an array of useful tools on snakebite prevention and first aid. To effectively equip snakebite-affected communities with knowledge about snakebite prevention, first… HAI Admin 25 November 2022
Licensing of health technologies: New Report A report launched this week by Health Action International and Salud por Derecho addresses the main issues affecting the public and non-exclusive licensing of health technologies developed using public funding…. HAI Admin 22 November 2022
Research Training for the SHARP Project in DRC and Burundi As part of the Solutions for Supporting Healthy Adolescents and Rights Protection Project (SHARP), our Research Team, Janneke and Gaby, visited our project partners in the Democratic Republic of the… HAI Admin 26 October 2022
Advancing family planning solutions in Burundi The Health Action International (HAI) team were in Burundi in September to formally launch our Multi-stakeholder engagement Approach to Family Planning in Burundi Project (“Solutions”), along with local partner Twitezimbere…. HAI Admin 20 October 2022
Empowering children to live safely among snakes Experiences from a school programme pilot in Kenya Kajiado County, one of the 47 Counties of Kenya, is a predominantly rural county in the semi-arid south of the country. On… HAI Admin 22 September 2022
Health protection is non-negotiable in the AI Act negotiations A health-centric approach to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act is essential for the protection of health and fundamental rights of European citizens, write Hannah van Kolfschooten and Janneke van Oirschot. … HAI Admin 5 September 2022
HAI welcomes new Foundation Board Chair At the recent HAI Foundation Board meeting (June 24-25, 2022), we said farewell to Lander van Ommen, who completed two terms as Chair of the Foundation Board. We are incredibly… HAI Admin 22 August 2022
HAI and Partners Launch New SRH Project A new project, launched this week in Nairobi, sets out to improve the health and wellbeing of adolescents in the Great Lakes Region (Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia),… HAI Admin 1 July 2022
Call for Action: High Time to Prioritise Health in the EU Artificial Intelligence Act 24 June 2022 | by Hannah van KOLFSCHOOTEN & Janneke van OIRSCHOT A first win for HAI in the AI Act negotiation process: Many amendments we proposed to make the AI… HAI Admin 24 June 2022
WTO institutionally unfit for the purpose of delivering sustainable solutions The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) opened on 12 June, with the eyes of civil society focused on a number of key issues up for… HAI Admin 17 June 2022
Introducing the TRIPS Flexibilities Navigator Over the last year or so, we’ve been keeping you up-to-date with the development of a new tool to aid policymakers, advocates and others, including academics, to unlock the potential… HAI Admin 9 May 2022
Artificial Intelligence Act – A long awaited report surfaces In their long-awaited draft report, published on Friday 22 April, the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) committees, led by… HAI Admin 26 April 2022
EU rushing WTO members to adopt weak waiver text In a letter to the European Commission, MEPs and Representatives to the World Trade Organization (WTO), a group of over 30 European and international civil society organisations today demanded the… HAI Admin 30 March 2022
HAI Statement on Tentative Agreement on TRIPS and COVID-19 Following reports that agreement has been reached on the proposal for a waiver on certain dispositions of the agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in relation… HAI Admin 16 March 2022
Marking International Women’s Day 2022 This year we mark International Women’s Day against a backdrop of great uncertainty for global security. As we prepared this blog, images of devastation and reports of continued shelling and… HAI Admin 8 March 2022
HAI is Hiring! Are you interested in joining a dynamic team dedicated to social justice and improving access to safe, effective, and affordable medicines for all people around the world? Health Action International… HAI Admin 28 February 2022
Risks and Harms from Health-related AI It is essential to protect citizens from the potential harms of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and realise their safety and accountability. That is why, in April 2021, the European Commission… HAI Admin 15 February 2022
Make good on access to medicine commitments HAI asks new Dutch Health Minister In a letter to the recently appointed Dutch Minister of Health, Wellbeing and Sport, Ernst Kuipers, Health Action International has commended his past comments on transparency and access to medicines,… HAI Admin 27 January 2022