Author: Global Health Europe

Global health partnerships are a specific grouping of global public-private partnerships (GPPPs) which promote cooperation between state and non-state actors both from the national and international level and contribute to the funding of global public goods and the development of a “new public finance.” Global Health Partnerships have progressed rapidly in recent years to become substantial new […]

The International Health Partnership and Related Initiatives provide an important toolkit for development co-operation, providing a framework for agreement with partner countries to provide sustained support for integrated cross sector programmes of action committing both donor and recipient countries to working together and monitoring the achievement of agreed targets in relation to one agreed national […]

European priorities for global health action must engage all actors, including donor and recipient countries beyond the EU. These include all the agencies noted in this glossary and academic, business and civil society networks. It is important to bear in mind that global health is not solely concerned with health threats in or arising from […]

The regulation and resolution of disputes can be resolved through UN agencies and by international courts.With regard to global health, key international WTO agreements cover the following areas: the protection of intellectual property (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights – TRIPS Agreement) trade in services (General Agreement on Trade in Services – GATS […]

The tools for achieving improved global health include international agreements, laws and regulations, policies, action to engage communities including, academic, business and civil, funding mechanisms, international partnerships for health, and improved governance procedures to ensure policy cohesion by establishing priorities for European action on global health. Over the course of several decades, there has been […]

These political and social movements and actions include health forums and platforms and corporate social responsibility. Whether or not people and organizations take up such opportunities and express their concerns, or take action to support global health, depends on the extent of awareness of and concern for these issues and this, in turn, depends on […]

The use and abuse of addictive substances, whether controlled by the state, like alcohol and tobacco, or illicit drugs such as heroin, cocaine and amphetamines, have a major impact on health. Such drugs not only affect their users, but also have an impact on crime, violence and accident levels. Public concerns about the issue have […]

This section of the glossary has outlined the commitments of the European Union to aspects of global health. These show how widely these complex issues are taken up across a broad range of EU’s policy commitments. What is less clear is how such commitments will be delivered in practice. It appears that while there are […]

The link between health and the environment is reflected in the burden of current diseases linked to environmental factors. Indoor and outdoor air pollution is considered to be the most important factor impacting health, with 20 million Europeans suffering from respiratory problems every day. The overall cost to society of asthma, an growing problem all […]

Consumer protection is a critical dimension for global health action to protect against risks and threats to health that are beyond the control of citizens, wherever they may live or travel. In today’s globalized economy, addressing consumer safety in Europe involves addressing manufacturing and production standards worldwide. It is also a test of international cooperation […]