Global health

PFAS regulation: ‘forever chemical’ banned under global treaty

Outdoor apparel companies have long relied on PFAS, so-called forever chemicals, to make products water-resistant.

This content was published on May 8, 2025 International negotiations in Geneva have led to a major breakthrough: the addition of a new "forever chemical" to the Stockholm Convention's blacklist

An Ethiopian man carries a USAID donated sack of wheat on his shoulders to be distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, in May 2021.

International Geneva

Trump’s aid cuts plunge humanitarian sector into existential crisis

This content was published on May 8, 2025 US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House has come with sweeping cuts to humanitarian aid.

Information wars

International public media face uncertain future in democracies

This content was published on Apr 25, 2025 More and more Western governments are paring down their funding for international public media, even as authoritarian regimes beef theirs up.

Illustration depicting the break of USAID and Geneva, Switzerland.

International Geneva

Is Geneva prepared for Trump’s – and others’ – cuts to foreign aid?

This content was published on Mar 22, 2025 US cuts to foreign aid will have implications reaching around the world. For Geneva, home to thousands of NGOs, a lot is at stake.

Medicine access

How Trump’s attack on diversity could derail drug development in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 21, 2025 If Big Pharma abandons diversity goals in clinical research, it could set drug development back decades.

Research frontiers

Explainer: Why US health funding cuts are rattling Swiss science

This content was published on Mar 6, 2025 The Trump administration has upended funding by the National Institutes of Health. What does it mean for biomedical research in Switzerland?

Donald Trump signs an executive order to leave the WHO

International Geneva

US withdrawal from WHO puts global health in jeopardy

This content was published on Feb 26, 2025 Donald Trump’s decision to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) will leave a gaping hole in the budget of the Geneva-based health agency.

International Geneva

Swiss budget cuts increase pressure on International Geneva

This content was published on Feb 18, 2025 Switzerland is to cut funding to several international organisations active in Geneva. This decision comes as the US has suspended its foreign aid.

Switzerland is planning to ban international adoptions, following revelations of shady practices in the past. Other countries banning international adoptions claim they are doing it for the child’s welfare, but sometimes it’s just about power politics.

International cooperation

Why countries are banning international adoptions

This content was published on Feb 14, 2025 Countries banning international adoptions claim they are doing it for the child’s welfare, but sometimes it’s just about power politics.

Should nations spend more on foreign aid or are cutbacks justified?

Many countries are cutting back on foreign aid and Switzerland is among them. Do you think it is justified?

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