It was year marked by some wins for gender equality in global health, from senior appointments at WHO to the launch of several initiatives. But as Roopa Dhatt, co-founder and executive director of Women in Global Health suggests, old habits die hard. A number of photos circulated this year on social media showing mostly all-male panels at global health conferences and meetings. Calls for change have grown louder. The infamous photo of WHO’s Tedros in a meeting with World Bank President Jim Yong with mostly males at the discussion table sparked a huge outcry on social media early this year, prompting the WHO chief to admit they “need to do better.”
Biggest global health moments of 2017
By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 21 December 2017