Category: Statement
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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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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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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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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...
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Alliance For Health Promotion Statement to ECOSOC High-Level Segment
FCGH Alliance member Alliance for Health Promotion (A4HP) submitted the following statement to the 2021 High-Level Segment (HLS) of the Economic and Social Council. This year’s HLS will focus primarily...
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A Pandemic Response and Global Health Architecture Rooted in the Right to Health
The FCGH Alliance welcomes the call of 25 world leaders, including the President of the European Council, Charles Michel and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, for an international pandemic treaty....
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FCGH Alliance Statement on COVID-19
The Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) Alliance extends our condolences to all the families of the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our thoughts are also with the courageous frontline...