THE GENEVA HEALTH FILES SUMMER FELLOWS 2026

Newsletter Edition #337 [Editorial Update]

Readers,

For a few months every year, interested global health and journalism professionals, from different parts of the world join the Geneva Health Files Fellowship Program, where they get a flavor of reporting on global health policy-making, and getting a glimpse of the workings of media entrepreneurship.

I am delighted to announce the Geneva Health Files Fellows for 2026. As before, they represent a diversity in their backgrounds, and the regions they come from.

I look forward to working with them, and bringing their work to you.

In this edition, we also mapped all the fellows who have been a part of the Geneva Health Files Fellowship program during 2020-2025. As you will see below, we had as many as 40 professionals with varied expertise from around the world participating in this annual program. My colleague Julia Dötzer did the beautiful mapping below.

As a tiny newsroom, our work has been enriched by these professionals who have volunteered their time in writing for us. It has expanded the Geneva Health Files community. I am so grateful for their generosity. Over the years, some have stayed on with us, became regular contributors, advisors, and friends.

Check out our mapping of this growing community, and join me in welcoming the newest cohort.

Geneva Health Files offers value to our readers who are experts in global health. Tracking global health policy-making in Geneva is tough and expensive, without institutional support. For six years, we have provided you with the information and tools that directly contribute to your work in the field. We rely on our readers who value news they can use.

By becoming a paying subscriber you make our work possible. Our subscribers contribute towards greater accountability in global health.

More from the fellows and us!

Thanks!

Priti

Priti Patnaik, Founder & Publisher, Geneva Health Files

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THE GENEVA HEALTH FILES FELLOWS 2026

• Pia Mehdwan: United Kingdom/United States of America
  Master’s candidate in International Development, specializing in global health
  Areas of interest: Global health policy, health financing, health equity, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and health system resilience.
• Catherine Riccio: US/Italy.
  Writer and media development professional
  Areas of interest: Political economy of global health, climate-health nexus, and lobbying influence on health governance.
• Pavneet Kaur: Hong Kong and Canada
  Epidemiologist and Registered Nurse
  Areas of interest: global data governance, health systems and policy, pandemic preparedness, environmental health, and global health diplomacy
• Merlin Ince: South Africa, Spain
  Sociologist
  Areas of interest: Global health policy and inequality; women’s, children’s and adolescents’ wellbeing; indigenous knowledge systems in health and traditional healing practices; the role of language and narrative in shaping policy and public understanding.
• Shubhangi Thakur: India
  Dentist and public health professional
  Areas of interest: Women’s health and SRHR, with a focus on policy, governance, and health systems.
• Anjan Wilfrid D. Rosario: Philippines
  Lawyer and a Joint LL.M. candidate in Global Health Law and Governance at Georgetown University and the Geneva Graduate Institute. Areas of interest: Global health governance, health equity, and international institutional processes, with a focus on global public goods such as the PABS framework, as well as on climate, and digital health and AI. How law, policy, and diplomacy shape health outcomes.
• Uneeza Saeed: Pakistan
  Biotechnologist & Global Health Researcher
  Area of interest; Global health policy and diplomacy, particularly access to medicines, multilateral negotiations, and governance.
  Interested in One Health, climate–AMR linkages, and the role of journalism and partnerships in advancing equitable health outcomes
• Devika Agarwal: India
  International Human Rights Lawyer
  Areas of Interest: Children's Right to Health, Access to Medicines, Health Equity, Intellectual Property Rights
• Deena Mehjabeen: Australia/Bangladesh
  Public health researcher (focus on multicultural communities)
  Areas of interest: Migrant and refugee health, mental health, community-based health promotion, and global health diplomacy
• Anne Jomard: France & Switzerland
  Scientist turned journalist interested in public health & policy.

GENEVA HEALTH FILES FELLOWS 2020-2025

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