Tag: funding

Health Funding: A Lesson for the Next Pandemic

Health care systems with a high degree of government funding were ill-prepared for the pandemic; systems with a higher degree of private and semi-private funding had a much better capacity to respond.

U.S. Authorises $1bn Weapons Package for Ukraine

The package includes ammunition for the U.S.-supplied HIMARS, which has been termed a “gamechanger” by Western officials. With their 300 kilometres range, they have proved highly effective in hitting various strategic targets.

Swiss Reject Government Plans to Financially Support Media

Swiss media companies had seen their revenue streams dry up over the past 20 years, pushing many publishers to the brink of extinction. Even so, a proposed law to subsidize private media companies with public money was rejected by Swiss voters.