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03.25.19
Contribute to drafting the Framework Convention on Global Health
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 […]
Categories: Global Health Global Health Governance Health and Human Rights Human Rights Legal Issues
Tags: 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
Last week, students of Georgetown’s Global Health Law LLM program attended the 29th Pan American Sanitary Conference (Conference) in Washington, D.C.
Categories: Global Health Global Health Law LL.M. Global Health Law LL.M. Program WHO
Tags: 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
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 […]
Categories: Global Health Human Rights Non-Communicable Diseases Trade WHO
Tags: 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
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, […]
Categories: Global Health Human Rights WHO
Tags: 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
“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 […]
Categories: Global Health Human Rights
Tags: access to medicines global governance global governance for health global health HIV/AIDS
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