[EQ] From Alma Ata to the Global Fund: The History of International Health Policy

From Alma Ata to the Global Fund: The History of International Health Policy

Italian Global Health Watch (OISG)

Gavino Maciocco, President Italian Global Health, Bologna, Italy

Social Medicine - Volume 3, Number 1, January, 2008

“….Global Funds are like stars in the sky, you can see them, admire them, appreciate their abundance… but fail to touch them….”

Ministry of Health Official, Malawi

 

Available online at: http://journals.sfu.ca/socialmedicine/index.php/socialmedicine/article/download/186/380

 

 

“……This paper traces the evolution of international health policies and international health institutions, starting from the birth of the World Health Organization, the setting up of the Health for All target at the Alma Ata conference in 1978 and the rise of neo-liberal policies promoted by international financial institutions from 1980 to the present.

The paper looks at different issues surrounding public-private partnerships and the setting up of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the influence of these institutions on the health systems in poor countries….”

OISG – Working Paper – 1.07 - Da Alma Ata al Global Fund
L’Osservatorio Italiano sulla Salute Globale
Italian version : http://www.saluteglobale.it/pagine/documentazione/Da%20Alma%20Ata%20al%20Global%20Fund.htm

De Alma Ata al Fondo Global. La historia de las políticas internacionales de salud
Observatorio Global de Salud Italiano

 “……Este artículo analiza la evolución de las políticas de salud y las instituciones de salud globales. Empieza con el nacimiento de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, el establecimiento del objetivo de “Salud para Tod@s” en la conferencia de Alma Ata en 1978 y el surgimiento de las políticas neoliberales promovidas por las instituciones financieras internacionales de 1980 al presente. Revisa diferentes temas relacionados con las asociaciones público-privadas y el establecimiento del Fondo Global para combatir al SIDA, la tuberculosis y la malaria. Por último, reflexiona sobre la influencia que el Fondo Global tiene en los sistemas de salud de los países pobres….”

 

Editorial:

 

New Global Health - A Reversal of Logic, History and Principles

Alison Katz, CETIM (Centre Europe Tiers Monde), People’s Health Movement
Social Medicine - Volume 3, Number 1, January, 2008

 

Available online at: http://journals.sfu.ca/socialmedicine/index.php/socialmedicine/article/view/193/352

 

 

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