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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...
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Why We Need a Transformative Right-to-Health Pandemic Treaty Now
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...
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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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An international treaty enshrining the right to health should be part of post-covid reforms
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...
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Reform or Revolution in Global Health?
Precious Matsoso, Paulo Buss, Leigh Kamore HaynesIn Project Syndicate | June 7, 2021 The World Health Organization’s governing body of health ministers has responded to a call from dozens of world leaders...
