Marcela Vieira & Adrián Alonso Ruiz

Marcela Vieira coordinates the Knowledge Network for Innovation and Access to Medicines at the Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute Geneva. She has a background in law and social sciences and has worked on access to medicines and IP issues with international organisations. Adrián Alonso Ruiz is a researcher with a background in pharmacy and the project manager of the New Business Models for Governing Innovation and Global Access to Medicines at the Global Health Centre.

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Covid-19 ‘vaccine apartheid’: why local production must be strengthened

This content was published on May 26, 2021 The international community needs to step up at the WHA and strengthen local production of health technologies, Graduate Institute researchers argue.

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People walk in front of the main building of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and the sculpture "The Convalescent" by Otto Charles Baenninger, in Zurich, on November 30, 2024.

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Foreign Affairs

How a top Swiss university is screening Chinese students

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Swiss Abroad

Switzerland, the promised land of coats of arms

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Science

Swiss youth in vocational training seek jobs less prone to automation

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Multinational Companies

Lab-grown cocoa is coming soon – from Switzerland

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History

Ubersitz, the utterly unique – and deafening – Swiss custom

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Have you ever heard anything peculiar about Switzerland that you found interesting?

Is there anything peculiar related to Switzerland that has caught your interest? Share it with us, and we might feature it in an article!

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Nov 13, 2024

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Are direct democracies more vulnerable to disinformation?

The wave of disinformation is expected to particularly affect direct democracies such as Switzerland or many US states.

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Dec 5, 2024

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Should the Swiss economy be adapted to the planet’s ecological limits?

What are your thoughts on the "environmental responsibility initiative" that will be decided on February 9, 2025.

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Dec 20, 2024

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