This working paper from November 2011 explores the potential and makes recommendations for Europe’s role in research and innovation to improve global health. It highlights the need for coherence between Horizon 2020 and other key EU policies, including that on the EU’s role in global health, and the potential for global health research to play […]
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Social Determinants of Health
Social Determinants of Health have been defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as “the circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work and age, and the systems put in place to deal with illness”. A report published by the WHO Regional Office for Europe titled “Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts” (edited by […]
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Health in All Policies
The Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach recognizes and addresses the fact that many of the determinants of health lie outside of the health sector. HiAP encourages governments to take a more inclusive approach by making the improvement of population health a shared goal across all sectors of governance. HiAP is an instrument to address […]
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Health Governance and Governance for Health
“Health Governance” refers to policy agenda setting processes, implementation and accountability within the health sector. It includes the management and administration of policies and resources in health, including processes for health systems strengthening. “Governance for Health” describes a far more multifaceted and complex process of intersectoral collaboration and policy agenda setting, formulation, implementation and accountability […]
Following the recent World Conference on Social Determinants of Health in Rio, WHO has created a virtual discussion platform aiming to sustain and reinforce discussion and debate regarding action on the social determinants of health. Supported by strong information content developed in collaboration with key WHO partners, the new platform is intended to serve as […]
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Democratising Global Health Coalition
Letter on the World Health Organisation reform sent to Geneva Missions of Member States of the WHO by Democratising Global Health Coalition. 13th September 2011 Dear Member States of the World Health Organisation, Aware of the upcoming discussions on the progress of the WHO reform process and related documents, we would like to share with […]
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 […]
The third paper in the GHE research series provides a discussion on global public goods theory and its relevance for governance for global health in Europe. Many global health challenges bring to mind the concept of public goods, a concept that is well established in economics but has so far been primarily applied to national […]
Senior officials and technical experts from WHO and the European Commission (EC) met in Brussels on 24-25 March 2011 to outline and agree how the two partnering organizations will work more closely together in priority areas of shared interests, WHO EURO reports. The meeting was opened by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, who was […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) is pleased to announce the launch of a web-based public hearing from 21 March to 17 April 2011 on the draft guidelines for monitoring the implementation of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel (“the Guidelines”). WHO invites you to contribute to this public […]