Author: FCGH Alliance

  • The Right to Health and Digital Technologies

    Today, I will talk about the Summit of the Future, looking at the role of civil society in health promotion in this process and beyond, then look at the impact of digital tools on the right to health and, final look to see how we can further implementation of the Summit's health commitments and promote the right to health in the digital transformation of health, both through a Framework Convention on Global Health.

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  • 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...

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  • 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….

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  • 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.

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