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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#215968;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#215968;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Dear colleagues at PHM, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#215968;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#215968;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>I refer to the announcement and invitation below. The project of a WHO pandemic treaty and its critical assessment by civil society are also relevant for all who care for defending strong public health systems good global health governance, and defending the right to health. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#215968;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#215968;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>So please register for the event on Wednesday next week, and engage in the discussion<br>And thanks for forwarding the announcement to your teams and partners. .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#215968;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#215968;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>...and watch out for the WHA Special Session on the pandemic treaty (30 November to 1 December) and the related communications by the WHO Watch team.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#215968;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#215968;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Thanks, and best wishes<br>Thomas, MMI Network<br>Secretariat of G2H”<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#31849B' align=center></span></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#31859C;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Geneva/Zoom, 24 November 2021, 13.30-15.00 hrs CET<b><br></b></span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#31859C;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>The politics of a WHO pandemic treaty in a disenchanted world<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:110%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968'>To attend the launch event in Geneva: RSVP </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968'><a href="https://forms.gle/3VRATesWydxScb6F6"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#215968'>here</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968'><br>To follow the launch event via Zoom: Please register </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968'><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MPnDGwQySh-I1cDP0b4ceA"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#215968'>here</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#31859C;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#31849B' align=center></span></b></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#31859C;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>The report<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>After almost two years of battling an unprecedented health emergency, the world continues to be confronted with new waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global South finds itself in the grip of a new form of systemic inequality enshrined in the patently flawed vaccine distribution strategy. At an upcoming Special Session of the World Health Assembly, the World Health Organization and its member states are undertaking an effort to agree on negotiating a new international legal instrument for pandemic preparedness and response.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>But does the world need a new “pandemic treaty”? Is it the right thing, at the right time? The Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) has unpacked these pertinent questions through research undertaken involving a broad range of experts including those who have concretely tackled the COVID-19 response in their countries. G2H2 has mapped the complexity of this treaty proposal and its potential implications for the future scenario of global health governance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>The resulting report that will be published and launched by G2H2 on 24 November addresses the need for new approaches to the challenge of a pandemic future. In the wake of the harsh but real lessons that COVID-19 continues to administer, it focuses on some of the pathogenetic structures that must be recognized if the international community is serious about restoring democratic multilateralism and giving the world and the people a proper chance to better deal with future health emergencies and crises.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>This G2H2 research and advocacy project is sponsored by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung with funds of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#31849B' align=center></span></i></b></div></div><div style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#31859C;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Launch of the report: Wednesday, 24 November 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>We herewith kindly invite all interested in global health policies and governance to attend the launch of the G2H2 report “The politics of a WHO pandemic treaty in a disenchanted world” on Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 13.30-15.00 hrs CET, either in Geneva (register </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#31859C;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><a href="https://forms.gle/3VRATesWydxScb6F6"><span style='color:#31859C'>here</span></a></span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>) or via Zoom (register </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#31859C;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MPnDGwQySh-I1cDP0b4ceA"><span style='color:#31859C'>here</span></a></span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>). We do hope to see many of you in presence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Programme<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Welcome<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Presentation of the G2H2 report</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><br>Nicoletta Dentico, Society for International Development, G2H2 co-president and project team coordinator<br>Priti Patnaik, Editor Geneva Health Files, Geneva, co-author of the report<br>Remco van de Pas, Institute for Tropical Medicine Antwerp, co-author of the report<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>The politics of a WHO pandemic treaty in a disenchanted world</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><br>Discussion with invited panelists and all participants (Geneva and via Zoom)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Venue and logistics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>The Geneva launch of the G2H2 report is kindly co-hosted by the World Council of Churches</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> and will take place at the WCC Ecumenical Centre, <span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:#215968;text-decoration:none'><a href="http://rte%20des%20morillons%201%2C%201218%20le%20grand-saconnex/"><span style='color:#215968;text-decoration:none'>Route des Morillons</span></a> 1, Grand-Saconnex</span></span>, in walking distance from the WHO HQ (map <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rte+des+Morillons+1,+1218+Le+Grand-Saconnex/@46.229793,6.1264065,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x478c64f3cbe057ad:0x94397f248e4b7e54!8m2!3d46.229793!4d6.1285952"><span style='color:#00007F'>here</span></a>). Get back to us for any enquiries about how to reach the WCC Ecumenical Centre.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>All initial presentations and inputs will be in English. Interpretation is available from English to French and Spanish, via Zoom only</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> (if you need interpretations, please register online and bring along your device and headset). Attendants are welcome to provide input in Spanish and French.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>In Geneva, refreshments are available from 13.00 hrs until the start of the meeting.</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><br>The launch event will start at 13.30 hrs sharp.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>According to the requirements for public events in Switzerland</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>, all attendants of the Geneva launch event are requested to show their Covid-19 certificate upon arrival at the meeting venue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Background<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>The Pandemic treaty proposal: seeking accountability after the disaster?<br></span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><a href="https://g2h2.org/posts/may2021/"><span style='color:#215968'>G2H2 policy dialogue, 10 May 2021</span></a></span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Do we need a pandemic treaty? A CSO perspective. Preliminary findings of a G2H2 study<br></span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><a href="https://g2h2.org/posts/25-october-2021/"><span style='color:#215968'>G2H2 webinar, 25 October 2021</span></a></span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Contacts for enquiries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>G2H2 research and advocacy project:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> <span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:#215968'><a href="mailto:ndentico@sidint.org"><span style='color:#215968'>Nicoletta Dentico</span></a></span></span>, SID<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB 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style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Geneva launch event:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> <span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:#215968'><a href="mailto:info@g2h2.org"><span style='color:#215968'>Thomas Schwarz</span></a></span></span>, G2H2 Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><img border=0 width=948 height=534 id="Grafik_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D7DA42.82DB5D30"></span></i><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Geneva Global Health Hub<br>Route de Ferney 150, CP 2100<br>1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland<br><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:#215968'><a href="http://www.g2h2.org/"><span style='color:#215968'>www.g2h2.org</span></a></span></span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> – </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#215968;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><a href="mailto:info@g2h2.org"><span style='color:#215968'>info@g2h2.org</span></a></span></span><span lang=EN-US 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