“…in international health cooperation” (Editorial)
Dear reader,
“Not without us! Youth and sexual and reproductive health in international cooperation”: This is the title of the upcoming symposium in Basel (1) organized by Medicus Mundi Switzerland. I am much interested in the topic and look forward to an inspiring Network event. And I am particularly happy with the element “in international cooperation” in the symposium’s title.
Too often, when we (“we” defined as organizations working in the field of international health cooperation) discuss international health issues such as reproductive health, human resources for health, universal health coverage, we focus on “them”: on the national health authorities in developing countries, on our local civil society partners, on the World Health Organization. And we are quick with critical assessments of “their” work as well as good advice how “they” could make it better. And with offering them our good services…
But what about our own role, our own track record? Also in this regard, Ebola has been an eye-opener: “The Ebola crisis poses some harsh questions. Has ‘development’ and the wider development business, including the research community in organisations like my own, been at fault, pushing failed development models based on poor understandings. Is ‘development’ in some ways culpable for the Ebola crisis?” (2)
At a more technical level, I am glad to see that there are efforts to revitalize the “NGO Code of Conduct for Health Systems Strengthening” (3). The Code was adopted in 2007, but since then never really operationalized nor further developed. The Code and the need to invest in better accountability mechanisms for international health cooperation (not only NGOs, but also other actors) were discussed at several symposium sessions of the recent Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research.
In the arena of international health cooperation, there is already a great number of thematic communities. But most of them have an focus on advocacy or on the promotion of particular initiatives, and there is still a lack of platforms and instruments where actors in international health cooperation critically assess (and account for) their own role, methods and contributions.
And I am not (only) talking about “aid effectiveness” or “harmonisation of donor practices”, but also about what is needed to finally overcome aid and achieve solidarity and cooperation.
Thomas Schwarz, Executive Secretary
Medicus Mundi International. Network Health for All
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References
- See below, Network events.
- Ebola: Difficult Questions for Development. Ian Scoones in: Huffington post
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ian-scoones/ebola-international-development_b_5975608.html
More analytical papers on Ebola and international health: see below, MMI updates - The NGO Code of Conduct for Health Systems Strengthening
http://ngocodeofconduct.org/
MMI Network: Events, news and resources
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Network event: Medicus Mundi Switzerland
Health and Climate Change: What are the governance challenges?
Geneva, 27 October 2014
“Consider the following global realities: (1) An estimated 7 million deaths are attributed to air pollution every year; (2) rates of chronic diseases are accelerating worldwide; and (3) greenhouse gas emissions – responsible for the global climate crisis – rose the fastest in the past decade. – How are these linked and what are best approaches toward solving these global health and planetary challenges?” Conference organised by the Global Health Programme, The Graduate Institute in cooperation with the Global Health Institute, University of Geneva. The Graduate Institute is a member of Medicus Mundi Switzerland.
> http://graduateinstitute.ch/globalhealth-event27october
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Network event: MMS / MMI
“Not without us!”: Youth and sexual and reproductive health in international cooperation
Basel, 5-6 November 2014
This year’s MMI Network meeting is hosted by Medicus Mundi Switzerland (MMS) and linked with the 14th annual Swiss Health Cooperation Symposium organized by MMS. Registration is open now.
> www.medicusmundi.org/en/contributions/events/2014/sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights
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Network event: Medicus Mundi Switzerland
Sustainable healthcare interventions: from blueprint to lasting impact
Basel, 21 November 2014
“This year, the symposium celebrates our partners and examines how new approaches in philanthropy are going beyond traditional grant-making to drive sustainable healthcare interventions from blueprint to lasting impact.” Annual symposium of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, a member of the Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland.
> http://www.novartisfoundation.org/page/content/index.asp?MenuID=825&ID=2710&Menu=3&Item=45.18
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Conference report: Cordaid, Memisa, MMI
An ideal match! Successfully connecting NGO practice and Health Systems Research
Cape Town, 3 October 2014. The MMI Network participated in the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town, South Africa, from 30 September to 3 October 2014, with a session on “An ideal match! Successfully connecting NGO practice and Health Systems Research.”
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Network campaign: MMI
Universal Health Coverage Day, 12 December
“Two years ago on 12 December, the United Nations unanimously endorsed a resolution urging governments to ensure universal access to health care without financial hardship. On 12 December 2014, a global coalition will call for universal health coverage to be a cornerstone of the sustainable development agenda and a priority for all nations.” (Campaign website) According to a decision by its Board, the MMI Network joins this global UHC campaign and invites Network members to do the same.
> http://www.medicusmundi.org/en/contributions/campaigns/2014/universal-health-coverage-day-12-december
> http://www.universalhealthcoverageday.org/en/
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Network paper: Cordaid
Universal Health Coverage in fragile states
“Many of the debates on healthcare for everyone (universal health coverage) address the needs of middle-income countries and emerging economies. How to realize universal health coverage in fragile and transitional states is largely unknown. Therefore, Cordaid commissioned a study to investigate the possibilities. The two general aims of this qualitative study were to understand and advance universal health coverage (UHC) in fragile and transitional states and to articulate the specific roles which civil society organizations – from local to international – may play in the process.”
> https://www.cordaid.org/en/news/Healthcare-for-everyone/
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Network paper: Wemos
New medicines: For better or worse?
“A study in Germany, France and the Netherlands highlights an alarming trend: the majority of medicines granted marketing authorisation has no added therapeutic value (ATV) compared to medicines already on the market. In some cases the new medicine even did more harm than good. These are the results of a research conducted by Wemos and EPHA. The figures are based on evaluations of several international drug bulletins.” (Wemos, October 2014)
> http://www.wemos.nl/news/?v=2&lid=2&id=339&cid=5
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Network paper: ACHAP
Partnering with African Faith-Based Organizations for a strong health workforce
“This technical brief presents examples from the Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) and its members’ efforts to strengthen human resources for health (HRH) and integrate FBOs into national health systems and the HRH community. The brief highlights achievements in selected areas, provides lessons learned, and offers seven key recommendations for furthering FBOs’ efforts.” Technical brief by Capacity Plus, October 2014.
> http://www.capacityplus.org/technical-brief-16/
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Network reporting
Annual Report 2013 of DWA Cuamm
The annual report of Doctors with Africa Cuamm is available in Italian and English (both in one file).
> http://www.mediciconlafrica.org/blog/chi-siamo/relazione-annuale-2013/
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Network campaign: Health Poverty Action
“They heard us” – UK International Development Committee recommends health worker compensation
London, 1 October 2014. “Back in October 2013 we published a report and briefing, ‘Aid in Reverse’, focusing on the global health worker crisis and the UK’s role in perpetuating this situation. We are delighted to say that the message has started to be heard. The latest report released by the International Development Committee, a parliamentary committee that scrutinises the UK’s development work, picked up on our recommendation for compensation.”
> http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/idc-recommends-health-worker-compensation/
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Network campaign: Wemos
Protect nutrition and health in trade agreements!
Geneva/Amsterdam, 29 September 2014. “This week, a meeting took place in Geneva between Member States of the WHO and the FAO, about the intended outcomes of the International Conference on Nutrition, the ICN2. Wemos closely followed these negotiations. Together with a group of 150 NGOs, we made a statement about our main concerns. We would like to see a ‘Decade of Nutrition’, but with clear agreements. Wemos prioritizes policy coherence and protection of the policy space for measures that promote and protect public health and nutrition. This policy space is at risk in trade and investment treaties currently being negotiated.”
> http://www.wemos.nl/news/?v=2&lid=2&id=336&cid=14
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Network resource: MMI
NGO Research Toolbox
An “NGO Research Tool Box” available now online was developed by Nicole Moran as part of a Master Thesis in International Health at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and in coordination with the Medicus Mundi International Network.
> http://www.ngo-research-toolbox.org/
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Network resource: MMI
MMI global health updates on Twitter
Round numbers to celebrate: The updates by Medicus Mundi International on global health policy and governance, people-centred health systems, health cooperation are now followed by over 1000 interested Twitter users. Join in and keep yourself informed before you get the next issue of our monthly MMI Network news!
> https://twitter.com/MMI_Updates
International Health Policy: MMI Updates
Bits and pieces of news on international health policy: each “MMI update” is 140 characters or less – these are the rules of the game on Twitter. Just enough for a headline, eventually an author, a date, the source – and a link to the website where you find the full information. Have a look at some of our “tweets” published during the last month. As usual, it’s a bit much, so take it or leave it.
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Universal health coverage
Health systems strengthening
Health services, health financing
- Accreditation as a path to achieving universal quality health coverage. Kedar S Mate
http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/10/1/68 - There is a strong economic case for universal health coverage. Jim Yong Kim, World Bank
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/95eb9640-4b0d-11e4-b1be-00144feab7de.html#axzz3GPM29XlD - Universal Health Coverage in Latin America. Lancet series
http://bit.ly/1rd1YqM - Monitoring Universal Health Coverage. PLOS collection
http://www.ploscollections.org/uhc2014 - Science and Practice of People-Centred Health Systems. HEAPOL special supplement
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/suppl_2.toc - Universal Health Coverage in Fragile States: A radical rethink of the political economy of health. Cordaid
https://www.cordaid.org/en/news/Healthcare-for-everyone/ - Universal health coverage for inclusive and sustainable development. World Bank (PDF, 75 pages)
http://bit.ly/1omjHS5 - Towards people-centred health systems: Framework for analysing PHC governance in low- and middle-income countries
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/suppl_2/ii29.full - Universal health coverage: not why, what, or when — but how? Richard Horton, Pamela Das
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/S0140-6736(14)61742-6/fulltext - Leading the way towards universal health coverage: a call to action. Julio Frenk
http://goo.gl/uEr55U - Explaining universal health coverage to my grand-mother. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/commentaries/universal-health-coverage/en/ - The importance of national funding for health in Africa
http://ow.ly/CMphI - Aid and tax in Ethiopia: is there a crowding out effect? Giulia Mascagni
http://www.governanceanddevelopment.com/2014/10/aid-and-tax-in-ethiopia-is-there.html - Every year 100m people are pushed into poverty because they have to pay for health services directly. WHO factsheet
http://goo.gl/IDVqOg - Removing health care user fee in Niger Film with challenging messages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yVj9A0fb38 - Burkina Faso: Estimation of maternal and child mortality one year after user-fee elimination. Mira Johri et al.
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/10/13-130609-ab/en/
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Health policy and systems research
- Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
http://hsr2014.healthsystemsresearch.org
- Cape Town Statement from the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
http://hsr2014.healthsystemsresearch.org/sites/default/files/Cape-Town-Statement.pdf - (another) Cape Town Statement on Advancing Implementation Research and Delivery Science
http://www.healthsystemsglobal.org/SignTheStatement.aspx
- Health policy – why research it and how
http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content/12/1/5 - Open access for operational research publications from low- and middle-income countries: who pays?
http://hesp-news.org/?p=11710 - Participatory action research – people centred knowledge for people centred health systems. Rene Loewenson
http://hsr2014.healthsystemsresearch.org/sites/default/files/Plenary2-Loewenson-Oct2.ppt - Participatory Action Research in health systems. Methods reader
http://www.equinetafrica.org/bibl/docs/PAR%20Methods%20Reader2014%20for%20web.pdf - An ideal match! Successfully connecting NGO practice and Health Systems Research.
www.bit.ly/mmi-evidence - Policy is political; our ideas about knowledge translation must be too. Sarah Morgan-Trimmer
http://jech.bmj.com/content/68/11/1010.full.pdf - Science and Practice of People-Centred Health Systems. HEAPOL special supplement
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/suppl_2.toc - Switching the Poles: “horizontal collaborations” can create equal research partnerships. ITM Antwerp
http://vimeo.com/101020939
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Human resources for health
Migration of health professionals
- “Little has been said about the exodus of Africa’s health workers and how it has contributed to the Ebola outbreak.” E. Fuller Torrey
http://on.wsj.com/1tsvHU7 - Focus on health workers. Special issue of PSIimpact magazine
http://psiimpact.com/issue-18/ - Human Resources for Health Country Commitments: Progress in Three Countries. HWAI
http://www.hwai.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/HWAI-advocacy-report_for_printer_photo_credits-EDIT.pdf - Partnering with African Faith-Based Organizations for a Strong Health Workforce. CapacityPlus technical brief
http://www.capacityplus.org/technical-brief-16/ - Aspects of medical migration with particular reference to UK and the Netherlands. Paul PGP Herfs
http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/12/1/59/abstract - Call for papers on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel Code relevance and effectiveness
http://goo.gl/JINVjZ - Call for papers on “Investment in human resources for health: impact on health outcomes and beyond”
http://goo.gl/zRTHjf - Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Public consultation by GHWA
http://www.who.int/workforcealliance/media/news/2014/consultation_globstrat_hrh/en/ - Drivers of change in health labour markets. Paper for GHWA consultation
http://www.who.int/workforcealliance/media/news/2014/WG1_SynthesisSept282014.pdf?ua=1 - Analyzing Markets for Health Workers: Insights from Labor and Health Economics.
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18780 - Health labour market policies in support of UHC: a comprehensive analysis in four African Countries. Angelica Sousa
http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/12/1/55/abstract - A Commitment to Community Health Workers: Improving Data for Decision Making. FHW Coalition report
http://frontlinehealthworkers.org/chwreport/ - A Community Health Worker “logic model”: towards a theory of enhanced performance in low- and middle-income countries
http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/12/1/56/abstract - ‘Your health our concern, our health whose concern?’: Perceptions of injustice and health workers motivation in Ghana
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/suppl_2/ii15.full - UK Int. Development Committee recommends compensation of source countries of health workers migration.
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/idc-recommends-health-worker-compensation/ - Wanted: European health workforce champions
http://epha.org/a/6170 - Shortage of doctors across Europe may be caused by migration to UK. Abi Rimmer
http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=20019362 - Medical and nursing students’ intentions to work abroad or in rural areas: Survey in Asia & Africa. Silvestri et al.
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/10/14-136051.pdf - Evidence-based civil society advocacy in the field of international migration of health personnel
http://www.medicusmundi.org/en/contributions/events/2014/evidence-based-civil-society-advocacy/view - Strengthening of health systems and deployment of midwives in countries with high maternal mortality. V Lerberghe et al.
- http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2960919-3/fulltext
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Access to medicines and vaccination
Medical research and development
Communicable diseases and diseases control
- WHO has published its first draft of a global action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance
http://goo.gl/h4iMjZ - WHO’s antibiotic resistance draft action plan soft on critical issues. KM Gopakumar
http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/health.info/2014/hi141003.htm - When medicines no longer work. New momentum for global action on antibiotic resistance. South Centre Bulletin
http://www.southcentre.int/south-bulletin-82-10-october-2014/ - Alternatives to the patent system that are used to support medical R&D efforts. WIPO
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=287218 - WHO Statement on Public Disclosure of Clinical Trial Results: Public consultation
http://www.who.int/ictrp/results/en/ - Medicines in Health Systems: Advancing access, affordability and appropriate use
http://hesp-news.org/?p=11720 - Trading Away Access to Medicines – Revisited: The European trade agenda undermines access. HAI Europe, Oxfam
http://bit.ly/Zjrzsn
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Ebola situation and response
Ebola and health systems
Ebola and the state of global health governance
- Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — The First 9 Months of the Epidemic and Forward Projections. WHO
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1411100#.VD-gAWeGlbQ.twitter=&t=articleResults - The Ebola epidemic exposes the pathology of the global economic and political system. PHM
http://www.phmovement.org/en/node/9611 - ‘There is no Ebola here’: What Liberia teaches us about the failures of aid. Sisonke msimang
http://africasacountry.com/there-is-no-ebola-here-what-liberia-teaches-us-about-the-failures-of-aid/ - “I have just returned from Liberia with a group of physicians and health activists…” An Ebola diary by Paul Farmer
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n20/paul-farmer/diary - The long-term cure for Ebola: An investment in health systems. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia
http://wapo.st/1ptAKwt - Ebola – lessons so far for the international community. Sam Byfield
http://devpolicy.org/ebola-lessons-so-far-for-the-international-community-20141016/ - World Health Organisation admits botching response to Ebola outbreak. Sarah Boseley
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/17/world-health-organisation-botched-ebola-outbreak - The Ebola Outbreak, Fragile Health Systems, and Quality as a Cure. Andrew S. Boozary et al.
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1915433 - “Once Ebola has been contained, 2015 should be a moment to bring humbled nation-states together to reinvest in WHO”. Richard Horton
http://t.co/9KqZxi5nS1 - We won’t beat the Ebola outbreak without bureaucrats and bureaucracy. Andy Ratcliffe
http://gu.com/p/42g4z/tw - Ebola: Difficult Questions for Development. Ian Scoones
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ian-scoones/ebola-international-development_b_5975608.html - Ebola may change how aid is spent on healthcare in Africa. Lesley Wroughton
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/13/us-health-ebola-aid-idUSKCN0I21ZI20141013 - Ebola and the WHO reform: who cares? Charles Klift
http://www.globalhealthcheck.org/?p=1678 - Ebola: what lessons for the International Health Regulations? Lancet editorial
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)61697-4/fulltext? - Ebola and global health governance: Time for the Reckoning. David P. Fiedler
http://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/15811?dm_i=1TYE,2TSAW,BM8UY8,A9I1N,1
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Women’s and children’s health
Sexual and reproductive rights and health
- From Risk to Rights: Realizing States’ Obligations to Prevent and Address Maternal Mortality
http://reproductiverights.org/en/document/from-risk-to-rights-realizing-states-obligations-to-prevent-and-address-maternal-mortality - Innovative Community-Based Approaches to Addressing Access to Sexual Violence Services. Abby Radford
http://bit.ly/ZCAlB7 - Creation of a Global Financing Facility to Advance Women’s and Children’s Health. World Bank press release
http://bit.ly/1oms9B4
MMI thematic guide:
www.bit.ly/mmi-mch
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Prevention and control of NCDs
Nutrition, Disabilities, Mental Health, Care
- WHO tobacco treaty makes significant progress despite mounting pressure from tobacco industry http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/cop6-tobacco-control/en/#.VESl2EWwboQ.twitter
- Improving global access to medicines for non-communicable diseases. David Beran et al.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X%2814%2970189-5/fulltext - Universal Health Coverage, Non-Communicable Diseases: A Mutually Reinforing Agenda
http://ncdalliance.org/sites/default/files/rfiles/UHC%20and%20NCDs%202014_A4_final_web.pdf - Global Mental Health: A Global Collaboration or Western Imperialism?
http://mancpsychsoc.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/global-mental-health-global.html - Living a healthy life with schizophrenia. World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2014
http://www.who.int/mental_health/world-mental-health-day/2014/en/ - FAO/WHO Second International Conference on Nutrition ICN2
http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/icn2/background/en/ - „Disappointing outcomes“. CSO Statement to open ended working group of International Conference on Nutrition
http://www.ghwatch.org/sites/www.ghwatch.org/files/CSOStatementICN2%28141014%29.pdf - Tackling the root causes of malnutrition, the needed step to secure the right to adequate food for all. CSO on ICN2 process http://bit.ly/1omtDLm
- A new UN body to combat global malnutrition? Elena L. Pasquini
https://www.devex.com/news/a-new-un-body-to-combat-global-malnutrition-84545 - 10 Years of Right to Food Guidelines: Gains, Concerns, Struggles. FIAN Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2014
http://www.rtfn-watch.org
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Equity and human right to health
Social, political and economic determinants of health
Poverty and social protection
- Getting human rights right in global health policy. John Tasioulas and Effy Vayena
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961418-5/fulltext - Global constitutionalism and extra-territorial obligations to realize right to health. Gorik Ooms and Rachel Hammonds
http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/13/1/68 - Achieving equity within UHC: a narrative review of progress and resources for measuring success. AM Rodney, PS Hill
http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/13/1/72 - Health, equity and the post2015 agenda: raising the voices of marginalized communities. Ruano et al.
http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/13/1/82/abstract - Human-rights-based approaches to health in Latin America. Alicia Ely Yamin, Ariel Frisancho
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/S0140-6736(14)61280-0/fulltext - The right to health: what model for Latin America?. Nila Heredia et al.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/S0140-6736(14)61493-8/fulltext - The PAHO and the Mainstreaming of Human Rights in Regional Health Governance
http://bmeier.web.unc.edu/files/2014/10/Meier-Ayala-2014.pdf - Health and Human Rights Journal: Special Issue on Health Rights Litigation
http://www.hhrjournal.org/2014/09/23/editorial-promoting-equity-in-health-what-role-for-courts/
MMI thematic guide:
www.bit.ly/mmi_sdh
Twitter: #SDH, #HIAP
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Global health governance and policy
- UN Rapporteur on right to health call for review of investment treaties. K M Gopakumar
http://www.twn.my/title2/health.info/2014/hi141002.htm - A new path towards anticipatory global health. Richard Horton
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961732-3/fulltext - Sustainable health: the need for new developmental models. Iris Borowy
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/10/14-145219/en/ - Radically rethinking governance: a manifesto
http://www.odi.org/comment/8835-governance-new-manifesto
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World Health Organization
WHO reform and financing
- 53rd PAHO Directing Council
29 September to 3 October 2014 in Washington, D.C., USA
http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9923&Itemid=41081&lang=en - 65th session of WHO WPRO
13 to 17 October 2014 in Manila, Philippines
http://www.wpro.who.int/about/regional_committee/65/en/ - 61st session of the of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean
19 to 22 October 2014 in Tunis, Tunisia
http://www.emro.who.int/about-who/rc61/index.html - 64th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa
3 to 7 November 2014 in Cotonou, Benin
http://www.afro.who.int/en/sixty-fourth-session.html - WHO – its people and offices
http://www.who.int/about/structure/en/ - Hiring Reform at WHO (continued). Amanda Glassman
http://www.cgdev.org/blog/hiring-reform-who - An Opportunity for Hiring Reform: Selecting next WHO AFRO Regional Director. Amanda Glassman
http://www.cgdev.org/blog/opportunity-hiring-reform-selecting-who%E2%80%99s-next-africa-regional-director - “Once Ebola has been contained, 2015 should be a moment to bring humbled nation-states together to reinvest in WHO”. Richard Horton
http://t.co/9KqZxi5nS1
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Health beyond 2015
MDGs and SDGs
- The right to health: a post2015 dream or an achievable goal? Elena Obieta
http://www.keycorrespondents.org/2014/09/25/the-right-to-health-a-post-2015-dream-or-an-achievable-goal-for-all/ - What about a health systems development goal for post2015? Tom Murphy
http://www.humanosphere.org/global-health/2014/09/health-systems-development-goal-post-2015/ - Neglected No More: A Post2015 Framework that Delivers for NTDs. Helen Hamilton
http://endtheneglect.org/2014/09/neglected-no-more-a-post-2015-framework-that-delivers-for-ntds - Role of Research and Innovation in the Post2015 Development Agenda.
http://www.ghtcoalition.org/files/GHTC_post_2015_paper_SEPT2014.pdf - Delivering the post2015 development agenda. UNDG report
http://www.worldwewant2015.org/dialogues2015 - Are the SDGs currently a ‘shopping list’ – have they lost sight of the central goal to end poverty? Join the debate
http://www.odi.org/comment/8882-zero-poverty-sustainable-development-goals-arent-quite-there-yet - “Of the 17 SDGs, we should note there are really 17 health goals, 17 poverty goals, 17 equity goals.” http://www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/whack-a-mole-social-justice-style/
- Health, equity and the post2015 agenda: raising the voices of marginalized communities. Ruano et al.
http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/13/1/82/abstract - Let’s assume 17 SDGs are a bit much – how to cut down the numbers? Dominic White, Bernadette Fischler
http://post2015.org/2014/10/03/lets-assume-17-goals-are-a-bit-much-how-to-cut-down-the-numbers/ - Sustainable Development Goals: 4 big hurdles to overcome before 2015
http://www.odi.org/publications/8809-taking-sdgs-main-basis-effective-vision-whats-roadmap
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Development, aid, NGOs, international institutions
- Mobilising Resources for Sustainable Development. OECD Development Co-operation Report 2014
http://www.oecd.org/dac/development-co-operation-report-20747721.htm - Why do countries need aid when the world is awash with capital? Latest thoughts from the OECD. Duncan Green
http://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/why-do-countries-need-aid-when-the-world-is-awash-with-capital/ - Where will the money come from for sustainable development? Graham Gordon
http://cafodpolicy.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/where-will-the-money-come-from-for-sustainable-development/ - Doing something about inequality, shall NGOs bash the rich or tackle poverty? – participate in the poll!
http://bit.ly/1rn6q6u - Ending global poverty is about politics, not aid. Martin Drewry
http://bit.ly/1vIvvOp - How transparent are donors? 2014 aid transparency index
http://ati.publishwhatyoufund.org/index-2014/explore-the-data/ - Are CSOs really seen as watch dogs or rather as street dogs that need to be kept outside? E. Peeters
http://www.actionforglobalhealth.eu/blog/?p=2318 - We have the answers even before anyone can ask the questions” – self-critique of NGOs, by Jay Naidoo
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