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 Wednesday, 24 May, 4:00 – 5:30 pm CET Join us…
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 to health for all. The FCGH Alliance has outlined ten…
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, health for all, is especially relevant in light of the…
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 Health (FCGH) Petition to Governments, the United Nations, and the…
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 main good for every individual on earth and therefore, from…
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 World Health Organization, states, civil society organizations, and foundations. It…
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 of inequity within and between countries through advancing the right…
Join the SHEM for a virtual session on equity, the right to health, and strengthening international law to achieve both. The Sustainable Health Equity Movement’s Human Rights Working Group has developed a draft statement proposing a set of actions that…
The FCGH Alliance partnered with the Global Health Center, Graduate Institute Geneva to organize a seminar on a pandemic treaty on 5 November 2021. The seminar presented gave participants the opportunity to discuss and gain insights into the options and…
A pandemic treaty must address health for all as a human right and be followed by a treaty on the right to health The Sustainable Health Equity Movement (SHEM) Working Group on Human Rights and Equity and the Framework Convention…
