This is a consultative body that gives representatives of European interest groups, a formal platform to express their points of views on EU issues. These views are then forwarded to the relevant EU bodies, thus it forms a bridge between business and civil society and EU decision making. Members of the EESC are drawn from […]
Month: August 2009
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Inequity and Inequality in Health
Inequity and inequality: these terms are sometimes confused, but are not interchangeable, inequity refers to unfair, avoidable differences arising from poor governance, corruption or cultural exclusion while inequality simply refers to the uneven distribution of health or health resources as a result of genetic or other factors or the lack of resources. Inequity is a […]
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The open method of coordination
The open method of coordination (OMC) is an increasingly important process of governance within the European Union whereby Member States voluntarily share guidelines and codes of practice. It is based on the idea that cooperation on social issues where subsidiarity applies (i.e. Member States are free to take their own decisions within broad policy agreements) […]
Among the most prominent global health partnerships in the world is the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), which became operational in January 2002. By 1 December 2008, the Global Fund had signed grant agreements worth US $10.2 billion for 579 grants in 137 countries, and has disbursed US$ 6.8 […]
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Human resources for health
The WHO defines health workers as all people engaged in actions whose primary intent is to enhance health. This includes mothers and carers, community health workers and traditional birth attendants. Formal health workers can be classified into two major groups: the health service providers (two-thirds of the formal health workers) and health management and support […]