Reflecting on 2023, we marked a significant year in our journey towards the Sustainable Development Goals, set for 2030. ‘Health for All’ (Goal 3) remains a pivotal commitment, undertaken by United Nations member states in 2015. Despite advances, challenges such as corruption continue to hinder progress. We continue our commitment with upcoming events covering...
Jonathan Cushing, Programme Director, TI Global Health Programme When Victoria Amponsah sought treatment for malaria she thought that she would quickly recover once she got the medicine prescribed to her from the pharmacy. But she didn’t. Her condition worsened and she ended up hospitalised. She later learned that the pills she had been prescribed were...
Statement
September 8, 2023
Responding to the COVID-19 ‘secrets contracts’ court verdict in South Africa, Jonathan Cushing, Director of Transparency International Global Health, said: Transparency International Global Health congratulates South Africa’s Health Justice Initiative on its recent legal success in its campaign to secure the release of COVID-19 vaccine contracts. The South African contracts show the arduous steps, along...
Reducing the cost of medicines is a crucial step in improving healthcare access and outcomes. The logic is straightforward: savings on pharmaceuticals can be reinvested in more medicines or improved services, leading to a healthier global population. With pharmaceutical expenditure constituting a significant portion of healthcare budgets and playing a pivotal role in shaping health...
When COVID-19 struck, not only were health systems woefully unprepared for a pandemic, but opacity and a lack of accountability hampered the ability to respond effectively at all stages, in wealthy and lower income countries alike. The WHO Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned just this May that the next pandemic could be even deadlier...
