Author: FCGH Alliance
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Strengthening the Right to Health and Equity in International Law: What can we do? – A collaborative virtual session
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...
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Addressing inequity and advancing the right to health to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response
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...
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SHEM and FCGH Alliance statement to 74th World Health Assembly
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...