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Global Health Governance and Financing Mechanisms

Despite extraordinary successive increases in international aid, we have not achieved desired gains in health equity. There has been a tendency to focus on vertical programmes and specific diseases, rather than supporting countries to develop sustainable health financing systems that would lead to universal coverage. Despite the statements agreed to in the Paris and Accra […]

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The Case for Europe as a Leader in Research and Innovation for Global Health

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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Consultation on the future of EU Budget support to third countries

Global Health Europe’s response to the EU’s consultation on the Green Paper on the Future of EU Budget Support to third countries reflects our central concern with aspects of health and its governance in the interests of the people of the European Union, our neighbours and global citizens. Global Health Europe invites you to register and […]

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GHE Response to EU Stakeholder Consultation on a Future Trade Policy

Following the ‘Europe 2020’ paper adopted by the European Commission on 3 March 2010, the European Commission DG TRADE launched a broad public consultation on the future direction of EU trade policy. The Commission’s intention is to set out its policy during autumn 2010, explaining how trade policy can help achieve the objectives of the ‘Europe 2020’ […]

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GHE Response to EU Stakeholder Consultation on Pandemic Preparedness

Global Health Europe has prepared the below response to the EU Stakeholder Consultation on Strengthening European Union Preparedness on Pandemic Influenza. Responses must be submited to the European Commission by 23 July 2010. We are making our response available here first where registered viewers can send us their comments. Alternatively email your comments and suggestions […]

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EU publishes summary of contributions to the consultation on the EU Role in Global Health

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 […]

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The EU Role in Global Health: Answers from Global Health Europe

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 […]

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“EU 2020”: Responses from Global Health Europe

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 […]