Contribute to drafting the Framework Convention on Global Health

By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment

Those of us who have been working on the Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) have long debated when it would be time to begin drafting the treaty. The FCGH Alliance has now begun the drafting process, with the aim of catalyzing widespread engagement – and we hope, most importantly, reaching people who rarely have […]

Posted in Global Health, Global Health Governance, Health and Human Rights, Human Rights, Legal Issues ; Tagged: accountability, equality, equity, fcgh, FCGH Alliance, Framework Convention on Global Health, global governance for health, human rights, non-discrimination, participation, right to health, social determinants of health, universal health care.

10.03.17

GHL LLM Students Observe Global Health Governance in Action

By Rebecca Reingold | Leave a Comment

Last week, students of Georgetown’s Global Health Law LLM program attended the 29th Pan American Sanitary Conference (Conference) in Washington, D.C.

Posted in Global Health, Global Health Law LL.M., Global Health Law LL.M. Program, WHO ; Tagged: global governance, global governance for health, health governance, latin america, PAHO.

12.15.15

Why We Need the Framework Convention on Global Health Following the SDGs

By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment

Next month, the WHO Executive Board will meet with a lengthy agenda, representing the range of serious health burdens and threats that persist. One challenge stands above the rest: immense global and national health inequities, linked to some 20 million deaths every year (about which more in an upcoming blog). The Executive Board could take […]

Posted in Global Health, Human Rights, Non-Communicable Diseases, Trade, WHO ; Tagged: accountability, fcgh, Framework Convention on Global Health, global governance for health, health equity, health financing, right to health, SDGs, sustainable development goals, universal health coverage, WHO, WHO Executive Board.

11.11.14

From Afghanistan to Ebola: 8 lessons for Global Governance for Health and a Framework Convention on Global Health

By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment

You may have missed this news from mid-October: Due to the plethora of humanitarian disasters demanding global resources, along with the diminishing international combat presence in Afghanistan, the World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to cut food rations in Afghanistan, affecting up to 1 million people. With its funding appeal experiencing about a $150 million shortfall, […]

Posted in Global Health, Human Rights, WHO ; Tagged: Ebola, fcgh, Framework Convention on Global Health, global governance, global governance for health, governance, health governance, health systems, One Health, right to health.

03.10.14

Arcing Toward Justice: Three Reasons the Fight for Access to Medicines Is Far from Over, But Can Be Won

By Brian Honermann | Leave a Comment

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The past few years have produced a flurry of films documenting (e.g. Fire in the Blood and How to Survive a Plague) and dramatizing (e.g. Dallas Buyers Club) the fight for access to medicines during the […]

Posted in Global Health, Human Rights ; Tagged: access to medicines, global governance, global governance for health, global health, HIV/AIDS.

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