Global health: MMI will contribute to the dialogue on global health policy and governance

...supported or shared by the Medicus Mundi International Network:

• Democratising Global Health Coalition on WHO reform
  The MMI Network is part of the "Democratising Global Health" coalition of NGOs established in the follow-up of a civil society consultation in New Delhi, May 2011 (see below, Delhi Statement), closely watching the WHO reform process and debating global health governance issues.
  www.bit.ly/whoreformguide
  
• Democratising Global Health Governance, including WHO watch
  The MMI Network participates in the steering group of a project directed to changing the patterns of global decision making and implementation in matters which affect the global health crisis. The original project proposal emerged out of the Workshop on Democratising Global Health Governance held in Geneva on 14-15 May, 2010. The project brings together a coalition of civil society networks with links to participating governments.
  www.ghwatch.org/who-watch/ghg
  
• Joint Action and Learning Initiative on National and Global Responsibilities for Health (JALI)
  The MMI Network is part of a network of civil society and academics working towards a rights-based post-MDG global health agreement. In particular, JALI has begun a process of research and consultations to investigate the potential for and nature of what we are calling a Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH).
  seewww.jalihealth.org
  
• Conflicts of Interest Coalition
  MMI is part of a coalition around a civil society statement on the lack of clarity regarding the role of the private sector in public policy-making in relation to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
  http://coicoalition.blogspot.com
• NGO Code of Conduct for Health Systems Strengthening
  "The code serves as a guide to encourage NGO practices that contribute to building public health systems and discourage those that are harmful." The MMI Network endorsed the Code in 2010.
  http://ngocodeofconduct.org
  
• Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative (HWAI)
  The Medicus Mundi International Network is a member of the civil-society led network of the Global Health Workforce Alliance that is hosted, since July 2011, by the MMI Network member Wemos.
  www.healthworkforce.info/HWAI
  
• Beyond 2015
  "A global campaign aiming to influence the creation of a post 2015 development framework." The MMI Network recently joined the campaign.
  http://beyond2015.org/
• Health workers count
  The urgent call for more health workers, better supported, was launched in July 2011. The campaign is supported by the Medicus Mundi International Network.
  www.morehealthworkers.org
  

...recently issued or endorsed by the Medicus Mundi International Network:

• We support a strong and legitimate UN leadership of the post-MDG agenda
  Beyond2015 letter to the UN Secretary General (October 2015, endorsed by MMI)
  www.beyond2015.org
• Protecting the Right to Health through action on the Social Determinants of Health
  A Declaration by Public Interest Civil Society Organisations and Social Movements
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (18th October 2011, endorsed by MMI as part of the editing team)
  www.medicusmundi.org
  
• Public research should benefit society, not big business
  "The research that is prioritized and funded today will have a decisive impact on the future of our societies and our planet. It is imperative that the EU research framework is geared towards the needs of society and the environment rather than those of big business." Open letter on the Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation Funding signed by over 100 organizations including the Medicus Mundi International Network (June 2011, endorsed by MMI in September 2011)
  http://sciencescitoyennes.org/open-letter-eu-research/
  
• Addressing non-communicable diseases by investing in health workers
  "With this letter, we also want to highlight the crucial role that health workers have in the prevention and control of NCDs and the need to set concrete targets for addressing the critical shortfall of health workers needed to respond to the NCD crisis." HWAI letter to UN Member State Delegates at NCD summit and NCD Alliance, endorsed by MMI (September 2011)
  MMI ePlatform
  
• Concerns related to WHO reform and World Health Forum
  

  The MMI Network is part of the "Democratising Global Health" coalition of NGOs that is closely watching the process and the content of reform - even though no official space has been opened up to a consultation with public interest groups.  (various statements and position papers in 2011, see thematic guide with full documentation)
  MMI ePlatform

• Comments on Draft Technical Paper prepared for the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health
  WHO is convening the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health (WCSDH) from 19-21 October 2011 in Rio de Janeiro with the support of the Government of Brazil. The WHO has published a 'Draft Technical Paper' on the WCSDH and initiated a consultation. The MMI Network contributed to the development of a civil society response coordinated by the PHM and endorsed the resulting statement (June 2011).
  www.phmovement.org
  
• Noncommunicable Diseases: Statement of concern on lack of clarity on role of industry in UN High Level Meeting
  Statement signed by over 100 NGOs including the MMI Network and delivered to the President of the UN General Assembly on 22 June 2011
  info.babymilkaction.org/node/458
• Noncommunicable Diseases: Preventive measures for social and environmental factors must be included
  Joint statement by the Medicus Mundi International Network and the People's Health Movement at the 64th World Health Assembly, 21 May 2011
  MMI ePlatform
• The future of financing for WHO
  Statement by the Medicus Mundi International Network at the 64th World Health Assembly, 18 May 2011
  MMI ePlatform
• Delhi Statement: Time to untie the knots - The WHO reform and the need for democratizing global health
  The Medicus Mundi International Network participated in the Delhi consultation (2-4 May 2011) and endorsed the so-called "Delhi Statement" on the WHO reform and the need for democratizing global health.
  MMI ePlatform
• International recruitment of health personnel
  Statement by the Medicus Mundi International Network at the 63rd World Health Assembly, May 2010 - and former MMI statements
  MMI ePlatform
  

• Advocacy Policy
  Medicus Mundi International Network, 2009 (pdf)

• Network Strategy 2011-15
  Medicus Mundi International Network, 2010 (pdf)

"The need to ‘govern’ health at a global level is important for several reasons. For a start, health care itself has become ‘globalised’. Health workers are imported and exported from one country to another. Telemedicine, medical tourism and the number and size of multinational medical enterprises are expanding. The SARS epidemic, multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis and the threat of a lethal global flu pandemic have further focused attention on global health governance and the need for laws, guidelines and standards to optimise disease control across national borders. Finally, many of the underlying determinants of poor health are global in nature. The effects of the globalised economic system on poverty and nutrition, as well as climate change, all point to the need for strong and effective global health leadership. Meanwhile, a raft of new organisations, institutes, funds, alliances and centres with a ‘global health’ remit have mushroomed, radically transforming the ‘global health landscape’, raising questions about the accountability, effectiveness and efficiency of global health governance."

• Global Health Watch 2, pdf
• Civil society and global health policy and governance:
  Thematic guide on the MMI ePlatform