Evidence based change!? (Editorial)
Dear reader,
I look forward to the great MMI session “An ideal match! Successfully connecting NGO practice and Health Systems Research” at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town – see the announcement below.
At the same symposium, I will participate in the satellite session “From human resources for health research to policy change: The role of advocacy” organized by the Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative with an input on “Evidence-based civil society advocacy in the field of international migration of health personnel”. The content of that input is not really an issue: I asked some colleagues to provide insights in the making of recent papers on international migration of health personnel and the implementation of the WHO Global Code of Practice, and I will present the results of this little piece of “research”.
But I am struggling with the words and the concepts. It might look as if policy change in key areas affecting people’s health can be achieved as simply as this:
(1a) There is sound (scientific) evidence that a policy is wrong and needs to change;
(1b) and/or there is scientific evidence on how to do it better;
(2) civil society “advocates” then take up the issue and push the policy-makers
(3a) to do their job and change the policy;
(3b) eventually after publicly “committing” themselves to doing this;
(4) which again needs to be followed-up by civil society advocates.
Any questions? …yes, eventually. The Symposium being in South Africa: What did it take to overcome Apartheid? What did it take to make HIV/AIDS medicines more accessible and affordable for South African patients? So what evidence is needed for political transformation, and what “advocacy”, what solidarity and support for those who struggle for their right to health, what political action? I hope to get some new answers in Cape Town, mainly also from researchers and policy makers, as the main theme of the Symposium is “science and practice of people centred health systems”.
And regarding the role of international NGOs in political transformation, I am just reading once again the input “high time to re-politicize NGOs” of my colleague Thomas Gebauer, two years ago, for the MMI workshop at the Third People’s Health Assembly …in Cape Town. And it took me a bit longer than initially expected to put aside, after lecture, the angry blog post by Arundhati Roy: “The NGO-ization of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-to-5 job. With a few perks thrown in. Real resistance has real consequences. And no salary.”
Difficult to digest for someone like me. What do you think?
Thomas Schwarz, Executive Secretary
Medicus Mundi International. Network Health for All
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Evidence-based civil society advocacy in the field of international migration of health personnel. Input to HWAI satellite session at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town, 29 September 2014: www.bit.ly/hwai-evidence
MMI Network: Events, news, resources
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Network event: MMI, Cordaid, Memisa, Swiss TPH, ITM Antwerp
An ideal match! Successfully connecting NGO practice and Health Systems Research
Cape Town, 3 October 2014
The MMI Network participates in the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research which will be held 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.” The session targets NGOs, researchers, policy makers and funders to learn how international NGOs working in the field of health development cooperation have successfully started integrating an evidence based approach into their institutional culture and operational practice. Experiences of successful collaboration of NGOs and research institutions will be discussed. The focus will be less on the content of the research collaboration but on processes allowing innovative interaction between critical actors in a people-centred health system.
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Symposium and MMI Network meeting hosted by Medicus Mundi Switzerland
“Not without us!”: Youth and sexual and reproductive health in international cooperation
Basel, 5-6 November 2014
“Where do we stand 20 years after the Cairo Plan of Action, which tied together voluntary family planning, development policy and the strengthening of women’s rights? At this year’s symposium we will be addressing these obstacles and emphasising that the results of Cairo 1994 are still of utmost importance to international health cooperation. At the centre of our discussions we have set young people, who are the key group we need to be working with in order to improve health for women and girls, mothers and children. Which obstacles do we need to overcome in order to grant youth’s access to health services? How should health services for sexual and reproductive health be modelled in order to be more youth-friendly? What kind of social environment is required for youths themselves to be able to stand up for their right to health?” (Symposium announcement)
> Register now for the Symposium “Not without us” on 5 November 2014:
www.medicusmundi.ch/mms-en/services/events/Symposium2014
The Medicus Mundi International Network will hold its Extraordinary Assembly and a strategy workshop on Thursday 6 November at the hotel Bildungszentrum 21 in Basel. Together with the symposium on Wednesday, a dinner for Network members on Wednesday evening and informal talks with our local host Medicus Mundi Switzerland will complete this Network event.
> Programme/agenda and registration for the MMI events on 6 November 2014 (bottom of the page):
www.medicusmundi.org/en/contributions/events/2014/sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights
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Network event: Be-cause Health
Putting People at the Heart of Development. Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Post-2015 Era
Brussels, 28 November 2014
“At the brink of the ‘Post-2015 Era’ the relevance of the ICPD Programme of Action is increasingly evident. As health and development stakeholders, we are continuously challenged to develop strategies that enable us to overcome the shortcomings of the past and to close the gaps that prevent vulnerable populations from the full enjoyment of their right to sexual and reproductive health. This seminar will provide an excellent opportunity for exchanging experiences, insights and ideas regarding these challenges, allowing us to elaborate on the linkages between SRHR and sustainable development and to advance SRHR in the years ahead.” (Be-cause health is, through Memisa, a close partner of the MMI Network)
> First announcement: www.be-causehealth.be/en/events/be-cause-health-annual-seminars/seminar-2014.aspx#.U7KyDrHJAwc
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Network event: Health Poverty Action
Health in Action
London, 15 November 2014
“Health Poverty Action are pleased to be partnering with Medact to host the annual Health in Action forum. The event is for anyone interested in challenging why so much of the world experiences poor health. A day of speakers and workshops will cover the social, political and ethical dimensions of global health with the chance to meet others passionate about fighting for better health with the poorest and most marginalised.”
> Announcement: www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/medact-conference-health-action/
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Network event: ACHAP
The role of faith based health services in contributing to universal health coverage in Africa
Kenya, 22-28 February 2015
The Africa Christian Health Association’s Platform (ACHAP) in collaboration with the Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) and with support from various health development partners will be hosting its 7th Africa CHA’s biennial conference in Kenya, in the month of February 2015. The theme of the conference will be: The role of faith based health services in contributing to universal health coverage in Africa.
> Announcement: www.africachap.org/x5/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=70
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Network news: CWGH
CWGH Position Paper on the Budget Allocation for the Health Sector for 2015
“We have shared the position paper with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health and the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health. The paper was drafted after collecting community views from our members in about 40 CWGH Districts across the country. The CWGH acknowledges that participation by the community in health matters and budget formulation give a greater depth to the discussion and understanding of the health issues in the country and facilitates achievement of the same goal.” (Itai Rusike, Executive Director of CWGH)
> http://bit.ly/cwgh-position2014
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Network reporting
Annual Reports 2013 of action medeor and Medicus Mundi Italy
The annual report 2013 of action medeor is available in four languages. It includes a section “Together for health – 50 years of medical aid” on this year’s anniversary of the organisation. Congratulations!
> Jahresbericht 2013 (PDF, German)
> Annual Report 2013 (PDF, English)
> Informe Anual de Actividades 2013 (PDF, Spanish)
> Rapport Annuel 2013 (PDF, French)
The annual report 2013 of Medicus Mundi Italy is available in Italian language.
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Network news: Cordaid
Inter-generational dialogue on sexual and reproductive health in Uganda
“Cordaid recognizes youth as an essential and valuable asset to development. In Uganda we cooperate with the non-profit youth led organization Reach a Hand Uganda (RAHU) through support of their campaign and communication strategies that focus on changing social norms and values that limit the youths access to Sexual Reproductive Health services and information. A key example of this work is the Inter-generational Dialogue event on the 13th September 2014 in Kampala.
> https://www.cordaid.org/en/news/inter-generational-dialogue-sexual-and-reproductive-health/
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Network resources: i+solutions
i+academy: Course on Basic Principles of SCM for Health Systems
In its i+academy, the Dutch MMI Network member i+solutions offers online courses on various topics related to Supply Chain Management (SCM) of medicines and medical supplies. The next course will be on “Basic Principles of SCM for Health Systems” and takes place from November to December 2014. Have a look at the presentation of the academy and enrol now for this online course.
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
- Monitoring Universal Health Coverage. A PLOS collection in collaboration with WHO
http://www.ploscollections.org/article/browse/issue/info:doi/10.1371/issue.pcol.v07.i22 - Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels. Ties Boerma et al.
http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001731 - Equity-Oriented Monitoring in the Context of Universal Health Coverage. Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor et al.
http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001727 - Universal Health Protection: Progress to date and the way forward ILO
http://goo.gl/CaEaHI - “Universal Health Coverage Day” on 12 December – proposed by WHO, World Bank, Rockefeller Foundation
http://www.universalhealthcoverageday.org/en/ - UHC and the post2015 agenda. Open Editorial by MoH of Côte d’Ivoire, France, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco and Senegal
http://ow.ly/BGvxi - Achieving Universal Health Coverage Requires Investing in Health Systems. John E. Lange
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-e-lange/achieving-universal-healt_b_5836106.html - Culture, politics, money and UHC? How are they connected? PLOS blog
http://bit.ly/1uGJ6WH - Mapping fragmentation of health care financing in 12 Francophone African countries.
http://www.healthfinancingafrica.org/home/mapping-fragmentation-of-health-care-financing-in-12-francophone-african-countries - When Implementing Universal Health Coverage, Context Matters. Sara Gorman
http://blogs.plos.org/speakingofmedicine/2014/09/16/contextualising-universal-health-implementation - Why the NCD response needs universal health coverage. Chelsey R. Canavan and Jonathan Jay
http://globalhealth.thelancet.com/2014/09/15/why-ncd-response-needs-universal-health-coverage - Strengthening Health Systems in Developing Countries. (UK) International Development Committee report
http://bit.ly/1rtk1hp - Guidance on conducting a situation analysis of health financing for UHC. Version 1.0. Di McIntyre and JoeKutzin
http://www.who.int/health_financing/tools/hf_for_uhc_situation_analysis_v1.0.pdf - Tools and guidance to support health financing policy for universal coverage. WHO resource page
http://www.who.int/health_financing/tools/en/ - The role of health insurance in the move for UHC in India
http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/2014_49/35/Health_Service_System_in_India.pdf - Lessons from China on universal healthcare.
http://forumblog.org/2014/08/universal-health-coverage-world-bank-hefpa/ - Zambia: when a health system delivers.
http://solutionsjournalism.org/2014/08/25/when-a-health-system-delivers-highlights-from-zambia/ - Health-y answers to complexity: Are we able to move beyond the control panel? Seminar report
http://www.be-causehealth.be/media/72097/be-cause-health-newsletter-9.pdf - Advancing the application of systems thinking in health. Taghreed Adam
http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content/12/1/50 - 12 Principles for Payment by Results (PbR) in the Real World | Center For Global Development
http://www.cgdev.org/blog/12-principles-payment-results-pbr-real-world-0 - Perverse Payment by Results: frogs in a pot and straitjackets for obstacle courses. Robert Chambers
http://participationpower.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/perverse-payment-by-results-frogs-in-a-pot-and-straitjackets-for-obstacle-courses/
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Health policy and systems research
- Global Symposium on Health Systems Research:
http://hsr2014.healthsystemsresearch.org
http://hsr2014.healthsystemsresearch.org/sites/default/files/ProgrammeFinal.pdf - The Ethics of Health Systems Research: Webinar report
http://bioethicsbulletin.org/archive/the-ethics-of-health-systems-research - People-centred science: strengthening the practice of health policy and systems research
http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content/12/1/19 - Evidence and doubt in the translation of research into care. Lancet editorial
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961378-7/fulltext
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Human resources for health
Migration of health professionals
- GHWA brochure highlighting rationale and process of WHO global strategy on health workers
http://bit.ly/XWYYI2 - Midwifery. New additions to The Lancet series
http://www.thelancet.com/series/midwifery - Midwifery and quality care: findings from an evidence-informed framework for maternal & newborn care. Renfrew et al.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2960789-3/fulltext - The power of midwifery. Richard Horton and Olaya Astudillo
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2960855-2/fulltext - HRH at the Health Systems Research Symposium, Cape Town
http://p0.vresp.com/tRUFyK - A Commitment to Community Health Workers: Improving Data for Decision Making. FHW Coalition
http://frontlinehealthworkers.org/CHWreport/ - The broken thread: PHC, social justice and the dignity of the health worker in South Africa
http://bit.ly/1sakvLi - Assessment of non-financial incentives for volunteer community health workers – the case of Wukro district, Tigray
http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/12/1/54/abstract - Ireland’s new policies towards health workforce development through WHO Code implementation
http://bit.ly/1tYct8l - Establishing sustainable performance-based incentive schemes: views of rural health workers in SS Africa. Yé et al.
http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=2681 - The current crisis in human resources for health in Africa: the time to adjust our focus is now. Simon C. Dalton
http://trstmh.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/07/23/trstmh.tru111.abstract - Negotiating markets for health: physicians’ engagement in dual practice in three African capital cities. Russo et al.
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/6/774.full - Que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be…. On HRH data gathering, research, forecasting and planning.
https://interact.healthworkers4all.eu/display/NEWS/HW4All+online+collaboration+platform:+Latest+news - Are we really facing a human resources for health crisis? Yes, argues Esmee Lanktree
http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/08/28/the-human-resources-for-health-crisis/ - Is free movement of people in the EU eroding national health systems? Sascha Marschang
http://www.policyreview.eu/is-free-movement-of-people-in-the-eu-eroding-national-health-systems/
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Access to medicines and vaccination
Medical research and development
Communicable diseases and diseases control
- Medicines in health systems: Advancing access, affordability and appropriate use. AHPSR
http://www.who.int/alliance-hpsr/resources/flagshipreports/en/index1.html - WIPO Assemblies: Heavy Agenda With Potential Decisions On Normative Agenda
http://bit.ly/1od7Yjc - Is the development dimension of WIPO incompatible with its role of Intellectual Property protection?
http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/09/18/is-the-development-dimension-of-wipo-incompatible-with-its-role-of-ip-protection/ - WTO, WHO, WIPO to hold joint event on medical technologies in middle-income countries in November
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news14_e/trip_19sep14_e.htm - The antimicrobial resistance crisis: causes, consequences, management. Carolyn Anne Michael et al.
http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2014.00145/full - Calling tuberculosis a social disease — an excuse for complacency? Petros Isaakidis et al.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961670-6/fulltext - WHO Essential Medicines Policies and Use in Developing and Transitional Countries: An Analysis of Reported Policy
http://hesp-news.org/?p=11416 - Who Should Contribute to Funding of Global Health R&D and How Much? Mari Grepstad et al.
http://blogs.plos.org/speakingofmedicine/2014/09/05/contribute-funding-global-health-rd-much/ - How can we make sure global health technology reaches those who need it most?
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(14)70253-0/fulltext - Quality use of medicines within UHC: challenges and opportunities. Anita K Wagner
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/14/357/abstract - WHO Companion Handbook on MDR-TB management
http://fb.me/6TW4pNjQK - Health inequities: the case of the new Hepatitis C treatments #
http://ow.ly/AgJtB
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Ebola situation and response
Ebola and health systems
Ebola and the state of global health governance
- Ebola at 6 months: WHO country assessments
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/ebola-6-months/en/ - WHO welcomes decision to establish United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/ebola-emergency-response/en/ - WHO statement on the second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding Ebola
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/ebola-2nd-ihr-meeting/en/ - UN Security Council resolution on Ebola
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sc11566.doc.htm - How the aid and development industry helped cause Africa’s Ebola outbreak. The Humanosphere podcast
http://t.co/ZQ1nxGES36 - Where will they come from? By mid-October Liberia needs 4000 health workers to staff new hospital beds — who? From where?
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN0HF06020140920?irpc=932 - Ebola’s international impact. Analysis on the dynamics of a region in crisis. Karlijn Muiderman
http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/en/Articles/Ebola-s-international-impact - Ebola is case-study of why we need a strong U.N. and reliable global institutions
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/world/africa/ebola-presents-challenge-and-an-opportunity-for-un-leader.html - Why Should High-Income Countries Help Combat Ebola?
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1905876#.VBKKj5qLFLo.twitter - The silver bullet of resilience. Ebola and the capacity to adapt and thrive in the face of challenge.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961613-5/fulltext - Ebola’s Hard Lessons
http://www.smartglobalhealth.org/blog/entry/Ebolas-Hard-Lessons/ - The Ebola virus disease: another wound in Africa’s health
http://ow.ly/B2xr4 - Ebola, or the messy cocktail of public health and globalisation in post-colonial Africa. Jose Martin-Moreno
http://globalhealth.thelancet.com/2014/09/04/ebola-or-messy-cocktail-public-health-and-globalisation-post-colonial-africa - How can you have an effective global response with an underfunded international health agency? #
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/world/africa/cuts-at-who-hurt-response-to-ebola-crisis.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 - Ebola: towards an International Health Systems Fund
http://download.thelancet.com/flatcontentassets/pdfs/S0140673614613453.pdf - The 2014 Ebola outbreak: ethical use of unregistered interventions. Ruediger Krech & Marie-Paule Kieny
http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/92/9/14-145789/en/index.html - Why did it take an Ebola outbreak to realize importance of health systems?
http://www.globalhealthhub.org/2014/08/21/take-ebola-outbreak-realize-importance-health-systems/
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Women’s and children’s health
Sexual and reproductive rights and health
- Every Woman, Every Child: A Post2015 Vision. 3rd report of ind. Expert Review Group
http://www.who.int/woman_child_accountability/ierg/reports/2014/en/ - Tracking Financial Commitments to the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health. PMNCH 2014 Report
http://www.who.int/pmnch/knowledge/publications/2014_pmnch_report/en/ - Levels & Trends in Child Mortality. Unicef, WHO, World Bank, UNDESA Report 2014 http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/child_mortality_estimates/en/#.VBiB9kkumcI.twitter
- Putting science into practice for early child development: Comment by UNICEF and WHO
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)61680-9/fulltext - Cairo+20: what progress has been made on women’s rights? Achilleas Galatsidas and Liz Ford
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2014/sep/22/cairo20-progress-womens-rights - WHO and ICPD Beyond 2014
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/icpd/en/ - Reproductive Health Supplement : Quality of Care in Maternal and Child Health
http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/supplements/11/S2 - Child death in high-income countries. The Lancet series
http://www.thelancet.com/series/child-death-in-high-income-countries - Sexual health isn’t just about health – it’s about sex too. Pauline Oosterhoff
http://gu.com/p/4×984/tw - Association between coverage of MCH interventions and under-5 mortality in 35 SS African countries.
http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/24765 - Maternal and perinatal health research priorities beyond 2015: a prioritization exercise. Joao Paulo Souz et al.
http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content/11/1/61?utm_content=buffer9dc2b - Empowering Women and Girls: The Impact of Gender Equality on Public Health. Deborah Derrick
http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/00284
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Prevention and control of NCDs
Disabilities, Mental Health, Care
- Why the NCD response needs universal health coverage. Chelsey R. Canavan and Jonathan Jay
http://globalhealth.thelancet.com/2014/09/15/why-ncd-response-needs-universal-health-coverage - Towards the world we want. NCD control and post2015 development goals. Oleg Chestnov et al.
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/9/14-144808/en/ - Africa’s new crisis. Obesity is growing faster globally than any other cause of disease. Ian Birrell
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/21/obesity-africas-new-crisis?CMP=twt_gu - Reducing the global prevalence of overweight and obesity. Comment by Klim McPherson
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2960767-4/fulltext - Global, regional and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults, 1980–2013. Marie Ng et al.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2960460-8/fulltext - First WHO report on suicide prevention. WHO calls for coordinated action to reduce suicides worldwide
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/suicide-prevention-report/en/ - Time to act for a mental health target in United Nations Sustainable Development Goals #
http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g5189.full?ijkey=dRCTAecKH1TKPHz&keytype=ref
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Equity and human right to health
Social, political and economic determinants of health
Poverty and social protection
- The Political Determinants of Health. Ole Petter Ottersen and Desmond McNeill.
http://www.equilibri.net/nuovo/articolo/political-determinants-health - Health in All (Foreign) Policy: challenges in achieving coherence. Ronald Labonte
http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/suppl_1/i48.full.pdf?keytype=ref&ijkey=hqd93SeGVBUkSd7 - Empowering Women and Girls: The Impact of Gender Equality on Public Health. Deborah Derrick
http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/00284 - Health inequities: the case of the new Hepatitis C treatments #
http://ow.ly/AgJtB - Health risks of climate change: act now or pay later. Andy Haines et al.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961659-7/fulltext?_eventId=login - Climate change and health — action please, not words. Lancet editorial
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961656-1/fulltext - How climate change can rattle the foundations of public Health. WHO DG Margaret Chan
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-margaret-chan/how-climate-change-can-ra_b_5822950.html?1410794135 - Promoting Health While Mitigating Climate Change. Background paper to Climate and Health conference (PDF)
http://www.who.int/entity/phe/climate/conference_briefing_2_promotinghealth_27aug.pdf?ua=1 - Health concerns raised over EU-US trade deal. Neil Bennet
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961492-6/fulltext
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Global health governance and policy
- Smart governance for health and wellbeing: the evidence. Ilona Kickbusch and David Gleicher (eds.)
http://bit.ly/ZG0T4U - Health in All (Foreign) Policy: challenges in achieving coherence. Ronald Labonte
http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/suppl_1/i48.full.pdf?keytype=ref&ijkey=hqd93SeGVBUkSd7 - Hard look at global health measures: Convincing evidence that large-scale projects save lives? Cohen
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6202/1260.full - The G20 and global health – towards convergence?
http://devpolicy.org/the-g20-and-global-health-towards-convergence-20140912/ - The state of global health in 2014. Jaime Sepúlveda and Christopher Murray
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6202/1275.full - The GAVI Alliance and the ‘Gates approach’ to health system strengthening”
http://bit.ly/1qeklOP - Investing for the Few: The IFC’s Health in Africa initiative. Marriott/Hamer
http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications - Health as a political choice (1): Read the Lancet/Oslo report (not only summary, but case studies)
http://www.thelancet.com/commissions/global-governance-for-health - Health as a political choice (2): Dave McCoy and Guddi Singh on “Anti-Politics”
http://www.ijhpm.com/article_2875_0.html - Multiple crises and global health: New and necessary frontiers of health politics. Ted Schrecker
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396382/ - The Kim doctrine for the World Bank: foster economic growth, invest in people and social protection.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961458-6/fulltext - Global health in foreign policy – and foreign policy in health? Evidence from BRICS. Nicola F Watt et al.
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/6/763.full
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World Health Organization
WHO reform and financing
- WHO’s engagement with non-State actors. Topic page as part of WHO governance reform
http://www.who.int/about/who_reform/non-state-actors/en/ - Framework of WHO engagement with non-State actors: report by the Secretariat to the regional committees
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/255477/64wd22e_FrameworkEngage_cvrd_140559.pdf?ua=1 - “We disagree with those WHO Member States who propose using the draft NSA Framework for a trial period.” IBFAN
http://www.babymilkaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IBFAN_Reform_-Framework-NSA.pdf - All presentations at WHO Europe Regional Committee session (slideshare)
http://www.euro.who.int/en/about-us/governance/regional-committee-for-europe/64th-session/speeches-and-presentations - Address by Dr Margaret Chan to the WHO_Europe RC64 session (focus on Ebola)
http://bit.ly/1mJ0N7e - PHM Open Letter to the 67th Session of South-East Asian Regional Committee of WHO
http://www.medicusmundi.org/en/topics/pnfp-sector-and-global-health-initiatives/who-reform/phm-comment-searo-67.pdf
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Health beyond 2015
MDGs and SDGs
- Next steps for the elaboration of the Post2015 Development Agenda
http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?article4518 - Avoiding 40% of premature deaths in each country 2010-30: quantify the UN post2015 health goal. Ole F Norheim et al.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961591-9/fulltext - Quantifying targets for the SDG health goal. George Alleyne et al.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961655-X/fulltext - Post-2015, the MDGs and Health – a lot done, more to do! Mirielle Hart
https://actionforglobalhealth.createsend.com/t/ViewEmail/i/288E849734BEAD17/C67FD2F38AC4859C/ - Towards evidence-based, quantitative Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Børge Brende, Bent Høie
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961654-8/fulltext - Post2015 Means of Implementation: What Are We Trying to Win? Alex Evans (PDF)
http://www.globaldashboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2015-MOI-possible-elements-of-a-deal.pdf - UHC and the post2015 agenda. Open Editorial by MoH of Côte d’Ivoire, France, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco and Senegal
http://ow.ly/BGvxi - Stop loss of trillions of dollars to tax abuse, provide governm.ts with vital funds for post2015 SDGs. Thomas Pogge
http://bit.ly/1x6SOnT - Report of expert committee on dev.t financing misses brilliant opportunity. Bartelsman/Hollander
http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/Articles/A-menu-lacking-in-courage - The post2015 Development Agenda: Three Facts and Three Challenges. Sarah
http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/en/Articles/The-Post-2015-Development-Agenda-Three-Facts-and-Three-Challenges - Sustainable development goals and country-specific targets. Joseph R Fitchett and Rifat Atun
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X%2814%2970282-7/fulltext - Universality means here that the post2015 goals apply to all countries, not just to the so-called “developing” ones.
http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/Articles/The-two-sides-of-the-universality-coin
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Development, aid, NGOs, international institutions
- The future of development, the beyond aid agenda & DFID
http://www.globaldashboard.org/2014/09/17/dfid-beyond-aid/ - “Politics is prioritisation”: ODI’s Jonathan Glennie on why development finance needs a plan, not a wish-list
http://allafrica.com/stories/201409160297.html - Navigating ‘wicked’ problems in development. Ben Ramalingam
http://www.odi.org/comment/8801-wicked-problems-development-aid-complexity-ramalingam - Beyond our two minutes. CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report 2014
http://www.civicus.org/images/SoCS_IGO_final3.pdf - What role should international NGOs have in fragile states? Jeff Tyson
https://www.devex.com/news/what-role-should-ingos-have-in-fragile-states-84323 - The NGO-ization of politics. Arundhati Roy
http://massalijn.nl/new/the-ngo-ization-of-resistance/ - Unchallenged good intentions: experiences of medical students on international health electives to devel. countries
http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/12/1/49/abstract - Good intentions (2): Voluntourism as Neoliberal Humanitarianism. Maximilian Forte
http://zeroanthropology.net/2014/09/03/voluntourism-as-neoliberal-humanitarianism/ - Can the businesslike structure of large NGOs be harmful to their mission?
https://www.devex.com/news/has-civil-society-lost-sight-of-its-goals-84252 - What’s so bad about development? Deborah Doane
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/sep/01/development-ngos-third-world-global-south - A Taxonomy of Arguments in Favor of Bad Aid.
http://aidspeak.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/a-taxonomy-of-arguments-in-favor-of-bad-aid/ - Do NGOs have a future? When NGOs buy into language of philanthrocapital, there’s a problem. John Hilary
http://arena.org.au/do-ngos-have-a-future-by-john-hilary/ - The cookstove-rape prevention myth and the problem with simple solutions. Tom Murphy
http://www.humanosphere.org/global-health/2014/08/cookstove-rape-prevention-myth-problem-simple-solutions/
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