By Lyla Latif (PhD) Health is a Human Right. This is Non-Negotiable There is a quiet contradiction at the heart of the way we talk about health in Africa. We speak of universal health coverage, of dignity, of leaving no…
Reflections by Kyla Young, MSc, JD, member of the FCGH Alliance On May 2nd, stakeholders including non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, philanthropic foundations, academia, medical associations and several member states convened at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York…
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 push health financing to the back burner in low-to-middle-income 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 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…
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…
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…
Originally posted in Bill of Health by Martín Hevia and Ximena Benavides Acknowledging what went wrong during the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial to any pandemic lawmaking efforts. Chief among these concerns should be the centrality of human rights to global health security.…
Eric A Friedman, Kelly E Perry, and Luiz GalvãoOriginally published in The BMJ Opinion | June 24, 2021 As covid-19 claimed ever more lives, destroyed livelihoods, and overwhelmed health systems, world leaders and global health experts rightly recognized the shortcomings of…
