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Global Health Governance and Financing Mechanisms |
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Written by Samantha Battams
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 12:38 |
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Despite extraordinary successive increases in international aid, we have not achieved desired gains in health equity. There has been a tendency to focus on vertical programmes and specific diseases, rather than supporting countries to develop sustainable health financing systems that would lead to universal coverage. Despite the statements agreed to in the Paris and Accra declarations aid has in many cases reinforced the organizational and institutional health care divide between developed and developing countries.
The premise of international aid has recently changed, with the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation statement calling for greater ownership of development priorities, greater cooperation between various stakeholders for development, greater accountability for development efforts and more support for South-South and triangular cooperation. Within this framework, supporting health financing and health systems should be an important component of sustainable development. Achieving the right to health - a central goal for global health outlined in the WHO constitution - is intertwined with social, economic and environmental development.
Health equity is not the only goal, as access to processes of participation in agenda setting and cross-sectoral policy mechanisms, along with transparency and accountability are crucial. In our modern globalised system, we need to ensure that citizen's right to participate is not undermined and that social inclusion is a primary goal.
Global Health Europe, together with World Vision International, have developed this resource based on World Health Summit sessions held in October 2011, in order to highlight key recommendations on global health governance and financing mechanisms made at this forum. Through a range of mechanisms, we are advocating for stronger multi-stakeholder and citizen engagement in policy processes for global health, and fairer and more sustainable health financing mechanisms for universal coverage. See the working paper here. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:50 |
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The European Union's voice and influence on global health and the reform of the WHO: the role of diplomacy |
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Written by Samantha Battams
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 11:07 |
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This paper explores the implications of the Lisbon Treaty for the European Union's (EU) role in global health. It also considers the EU position at the World Health Organisation (WHO) and specifically on the reform debate where the WHO's core business, financing, governance and management operations are under review. The paper examines the extent to which the EU represents a single voice in discussions and questions where the EU's performance is undermined by disputes over EU competence on global health, WHO governance procedures, a lack of common EU policy objectives or other incoherencies. It also considers other factors contributing to EU performance in the WHO, and the extent to which the EU brings the experience of EU internal governance practices to the table. The paper is based on qualitative interviews with EU staff, professionals from EU and non EU member states. Results suggest that vertical integration across parts of the EU/EC was well-developed, however there was more scope for integration on global health strategy across the EU. Whilst there was good coordination on the WHO reform, there was also little involvement on the reform across MS (EU and non-EU). Tensions arose between the EU and MS when it came to institutional rather than technical matters. There was more scope for horizontal integration across health, foreign policy, research and development within and across the EU and MS. The 'single voice' and effectiveness of EU representation was affected by a number of factors, including MS trust in EU representation, flexibility in negotiations, lengthy EU coordination processes, MS vying for influence within the EU, and MS rather than EU engagement in behind the scenes and 'soft power' diplomacy. The results are considered in light of prior theory and research on the EU's role in global multilateral governance. To see the full paper, click here. |
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National and Global Platforms for Non Communicable Diseases: The Way Forward |
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Written by Team Global Health Europe
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Monday, 23 April 2012 12:02 |
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The UN High Level meeting on non communicable diseases (NCDs) and the resulting Political Declaration created as many questions as they answered. Notably in relation to decisions about NCD targets, indicators and monitoring and the form that a global platform to oversee NCD strategy and monitoring will take. This session at the Geneva Health Forum 2012 sought to tackle these questions. The session was co-organised by Global Health Europe. It took the form of debate and discussion chaired by Dr Samantha Battams, Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. Introductory remarks from five panellists were followed by Q&As.
Panellists included Swiss Health Ambassador Gaudenz Silberschmidt, Ms Judith Watt, Interim Director, Non-communicable Diseases Alliance, Dr Olivier Raynaud, Senior Director, Global Health & Healthcare at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Ms Ruth Veale, Head of the Food, Health, Environment and Safety Department, BEUC, (the European Consumers Organisation) and Mr Ryoji Noritake, Director, Health and Global Policy Institute, Japan. For a summary of the session please see here. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 23 April 2012 12:28 |
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Call for Applications: Summer School 'European Health Care and Social Systems in Transition' |
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Written by Samantha Battams
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Wednesday, 04 April 2012 12:10 |
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The European Forum Alpbach and the Institute of Social Medicine, Center for Public Health at the Medical University of Vienna present the Summer School "European Health Care and Social Systems in Transition", which will take lace in Alpbach/Austria from 16 to 23 August, 2012. The Summer School will be organized as part of the "European Forum Alpbach", an international interdisciplinary conference.
The summer school will provide specific training for young health care professionals and enable them to build an international network. Up to 25 candidates will be selected from applications received for the Summer School. For more information see here. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 April 2012 12:27 |
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Event: Strengthening the Global Research and Development System |
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Written by Samantha Battams
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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 13:28 |
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Current investments in Research & Development (R&D) and innovation for meeting health needs in developing countries are not sufficient. The existing model of R&D and innovation is not adequate when it comes to discovering and developing medicines and other health technologies which in particular address the needs of markets with low purchasing power. These issues have been analyzed and discussed in several processes at the World Health Organization. However, the issue of how to find a sustainable solution for issues related to financing and coordination of R&D needed more work. The Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination (CEWG) will present its final report to the WHO in April 2012, and the World Health Assembly will in its 65th session in May 2012 discuss and decide on how the recommendations of this group should be taken forward.
The Graduate Institute, Geneva in collaboration with the Harvard Global Health Institute, USA and the University of Oslo, Norway is hosting a seminar to facilitate a multi-stakeholder discussion based on the recommendations of the CEWG report to assess different approaches to addressing R&D and Innovation challenges, in particular the recommendation to create an overarching global framework, such as an R&D Convention, for improving finance, governance and coordination.
To find out more information, and for registration, click here.
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World Health Summit, call for abstracts |
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Written by Team Global Health Europe
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Friday, 30 March 2012 07:50 |
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Abstract submissions for the World Health Summit open April 2012. The M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres and Medical Universities is inviting sumbmissions for the 4th WHS. The overall theme of the conference is 'Research for Health and Sustainable Development.' Abstracts being submitted up to 15th June 2012. For more information see here. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 30 March 2012 07:56 |
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The EU's role in global health and the WHO reform; between health and foreign policy |
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Written by Samantha Battams
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Friday, 02 March 2012 16:41 |
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This paper explores the EU role in global health post the Lisbon Treaty. It was presented by S. Battams at the Lisboan Workshop on EU external representation after Lisbon, 21-22 February, Clingendael Institute, The Hague. See the paper here. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 02 March 2012 16:49 |
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A new governance that promotes global health |
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Written by Samantha Battams
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Friday, 02 March 2012 15:42 |
Paulo Marchiori Buss advocates a new governance that promotes global health, development which considers people first, and calls on banks to finance development. He will soon participate in a workshop with Ilona Kickbusch from GHE and Célia Almedia. See the interview with Paulo here.
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