The online consultation will be open for public contribution for two months, closing on 9 December 2009. The purpose is to gather orientations and views from relevant stakeholders regarding the rationale, scope and strategic objectives relating to an EU role in Global health. The open consultation centres around an issue paper and questionnaire prepared in […]
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Health ‘forgotten’ in climate talks
Doctors and environmentalists believe the impact of climate change on public health has been largely ignored by policymakers as global leaders step up talks ahead of December’s Copenhagen summit. Health NGOs in Brussels are pushing for greater attention to be paid to the increase in infectious diseases and chronic illnesses that accompany changes to the climate, with campaigners fearful […]
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“The Age of Stupid” connects Global to Local
In a school hall in rural England a group of enthusiasts have arranged a showing of this film by Franny Armstrong about the climate change, which is released through local events rather than mainstream cinemas. The meeting provides a microcosm of what it takes to connect a global issue to local and personal action. Some […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
If corporate responsibility for health and environmental sustainability is to spread through European MNEs, it must be made attractive to businesses by recognizing best practice and championing leading companies so that shareholders and customers can distinguish between well-performing companies and others. It is also important to engage the private sector, shareholder and consumer groups in […]
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New funding tools
In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the scale of investment required to address global health and environmental issues. Action on funding for global health include renewed commitments to the 1970 target for official development assistance of 0.7 per cent of GDP/GNI, and the development of new instruments for financial and other forms of assistance. […]