-
The FCGH
The Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) was first conceived of in 2007 as a global treaty that would address the unconscionable health inequities among and within countries. Since then,...
-
The FCGH Alliance
The FCGH Alliance is made up of individuals and organizations who are working together, at all levels, towards a Framework Convention on Global Health to ensure the right to health...
-
Key principles of the FCGH
Building on years of input into how the FCGH may look, the FCGH Alliance proposes that the FCGH incorporates these principles in order to improve implementation of the right to...
-
Drafting the Treaty
The FCGH Alliance has begun to elaborate on what specifically the FCGH could entail. On this page, you can find a draft of a discussion outline of the treaty. We...
-
Library
In this library you can find a wealth of information about the proposed FCGH to learn more about why the FCGH Alliance is organizing and advocating for a global treaty...
-
Join the FCGH Alliance
Become a member of the FCGH Alliance! Submit this form to apply to be a member of the FCGH Alliance. Someone will follow up with you after receiving your application....
-
Digital health financing, the right to health and the FCGH
Lyla Latif & Akram Latif Why should we care about financing the right to health, especially in the Global South? The problem is stark: limited resources and competing priorities often...
-
The Lancet – Time for a global human rights treaty for health equity
The UN Summit of the Future from Sept 22 to Sept 23, 2024, is fast approaching, with a focus on achieving the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) by 2030, but also looking further into the future. The global health community would do well to consider what should follow the SDGs. To build on the Summit’s broad remit….
-
A Treaty on Health Equity and Health Rights: For the SDGs and the Future
Health equity is the most telling metric of progress on the 2030 Agenda, and a key driver of its success. Virtually all SDGs impact health equity, while actions aimed at reducing health equity gaps will accelerate progress throughout the 2030 Agenda. Yet the world is vastly off track to achieve its health targets. As COVID-19 made plain, the world is facing a pandemic of health inequity.
-
WHA76 Side Event: Framework Convention on Global Health, a rights-based treaty for sustainable health equity
Join a 76th World Health Asembly Side Event organized by the FCGH Alliance and the World Council of Churches Framework Convention onGlobal Health (FCGH), a rights-based treaty for sustainable healthequity...
-
The Imperative for a Framework Convention on Global Health Amid Fiscal Constraints in African Countries
Contributed by Ivan Mugabi, Kabale University, Kampala, Uganda The Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) has been proposed as a global treaty to improve health equity and realise the right...
-
A path for #healthforall through a Framework Convention on Global Health
Contributed by Miguel Correia April 7th marks World Health Day, a day to raise awareness about the importance of health and wellbeing for people around the world. This year’s theme,...
-
Sign the FCGH Alliance’s petition to launch a process towards a treaty on the right to health
The FCGH Alliance calls on governments, the UN, and the WHO to launch a process towards negotiating a global treaty on the right to health, the Framework Convention on Global...
-
The Case for a Framework Convention on Global Health
Giandomenico Barcellona Translated from from Italian by Capucine Barcellona. There are at least two fundamental reasons to promote the creation of a Framework Convention on Global Health. First, health constitutes the...
-
SHEM Human Rights and Equity Statement and Call to Action
The Human Rights and Equity Working Group of the Sustainable Health Equity Movement (SHEM) has drafted a statement and call to action aimed at the UN Human Rights Council, the...
-
International pandemic instrument must address the root causes of inequity
FCGH Alliance submission to first round of public hearings, written component, regarding a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response The international pandemic instrument must address the root causes...