Global Health EuropeGlobal health refers to those factors that transcend national boundaries and governments to determine the health and human security of people across rich and poor countries, and of future generations. The determinants of health are a complex range of biological, social, economic environmental, political and other factors. These include new and re-emergent communicable diseases spread […]
In the Gulf of Mexico the blow out beneath BP’s oil rig has revealed just how little regulation was provided by the US Minerals Management Service. It now seems likely that BP, an international giant formed as the result of a merger between the Amoco (formerly Standard Oil) and British Petroleum Companies, will be held […]
The EU Commission launches its consultation on “Strengthening European Union Preparedness on Pandemic Influenza” against a background of accusations that the threat of this pandemic was overstated and that European countries (with the exception of Poland) were persuaded to invest too much in stocks of anti-viral medicines. This controversy was fuelled by the revelations published […]
The Health in All Policies initiative, proposed during the 2006 Finnish presidency of the EU, provided an important opportunity to consider the impact of both internal and external policies on health. It noted that many of the key determinants of health – and global health – lie outside the domain of traditional health policy. For […]
The European Commission has made a summary of the contributions it received from stakeholders during last year’s open consultation on the EU Role in Global Health available online. In total 106 sumbissions were recieved in response to the issues paper produced by the Commissions directorates for public health, development cooperation and research. Over the course of the […]
These notes provide responses to the questions raised by the EC consultation paper on the “Role of the EU in Global Health”. Our responses reflect discussions at the Graduate Institute’s international symposium “What is the Role of Regional Organisations in Global Health” held in Geneva on 15th October, online discussions held on the Global Health Europe web […]
These responses to the Commission consultation on the Future “EU 2020” Strategy are submitted on behalf of Global Health Europe. Our response to this consultation is focussed on the role of health and healthcare both within the economy of the EU and in the global economy as a basis for sustainable development and an engine […]
The Swedish Presidency of the European Union convened a meeting of high level European global health stakeholders in Stockholm on Friday, 4 December 2009. The meeting was co-organised by the Karolinska Institutet and Global Health Europe. The seminar came at a crucial moment for European engagement in global health; its objective being to give feedback […]
Mrs. Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director-Elect for the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO EURO), has asked Global Health Europe to host an open letter to the European Health Community on her behalf. This letter outlines her vision for the future of WHO EURO. As a crucial part of her transition into the office […]
Commonwealth leaders meeting in Trinidad have backed the proposals put forward by the UK and France for a global fund intended to build up to a total of $10 billion per year to help low income countries achieve carbon emission targets. They unanimously agreed to seek a legally binding international agreement. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh […]