Friday, June 3, 2011

[EQ] Towards a Global Agreement on National and Global Responsibilities for Health

The Joint Action and Learning Initiative:
Towards a Global Agreement on National and Global Responsibilities for Health

 

Lawrence Gostin and colleagues discuss their work on the Joint Action and Learning Initiative on National and Global Responsibilities for Health (JALI), which aims to secure a global health agreement (such as a Framework Convention on Global Health) that would inform post-Millennium Development Goal global health commitments.

 

Lawrence O. Gostin1*, Eric A. Friedman 1, Gorik Oom s2, Thomas Gebauer 3, Narendra Gupta 4, Devi Sridhar 5, Wang Chenguang 6,
John-Arne Røttingen 7, David Sanders
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1 O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, 2 Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, 3 Medico International, Frankfurt, Germany, 4 Prayas, Chittorgarh, India, 5 Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, 6 Tsinghua University Law School, Beijing, China, 7 Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway and Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 8 School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

 

PLoS Med 8(5): e1001031. May 2011 - doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001031

 

Available online at: http://bit.ly/kOInnS

 

“…………A coalition of civil society organizations and academics are initiating a Joint Action and Learning Initiative on National and Global Responsibilities for Health (JALI) to research key conceptual questions involving health rights and responsibilities, with the goal of securing a global health agreement and supporting civil society mobilization around the human right to health.

This agreement—such as a Framework Convention on Global Health—would inform post-Millennium Development Goal (MDG) global health commitments.

Using broad partnerships and an inclusive consultation process, JALI seeks to clarify the health services to which everyone is entitled under the right to health, the national and global responsibilities for securing this right, and global governance structures that can realize these responsibilities and close major health inequities.

Mutual benefits to countries in the Global South and North would come from a global health agreement that defines national and global health responsibilities.

JALI aims to respond to growing demands for accountability, and to create the political space that could make a global health agreement possible.

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[EQ] Portuguese version for WHO Social Determinats of Health - Technical consultation

Conferência Mundial sobre Determinantes Sociais da Saúde (WCSDH)

Documento técnico Primeiro rascunho: http://bit.ly/j7eFjR

World Conference on Social Determinants of Health

Consultation on draft Technical Paper  ---  Extended until 10 June 2011


Translations available in Portuguese and Spanish

WHO is currently undertaking a public consultation on the draft Technical Paper for the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19-21 October, 2011) and has reached out to stakeholders globally. Due to considerable interest by Member States, international agencies, civil society organizations and technical partners, the consultation has been extended until Friday, 10 June 2011.

The draft Technical Paper is now also available in Portuguese and Spanish, thanks to the initiative and support of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and PAHO/ WHO.

Comments on the draft can be submitted on the WHO consultation webpage: www.who.int/sdhconference/consultation

For the Spanish version of the draft Technical Paper, visit: http://bit.ly/iouCmn or at

PAHO/WHO Blog on Social Determinants of Health: http://new.paho.org/blogs/dss/

For the Portuguese version of the draft Technical Paper, visit: http://bit.ly/j7eFjR

The Technical Paper aims to provide policy-makers with an overview of key strategies to implement action on social determinants of health to reduce health inequities and to contribute to broader development. The paper is organized around five Conference themes and its final version will inform discussions at the Conference. In particular, comments are sought on whether the draft fulfils its aims to inform the five themes, and whether any major strategies for implementation of action on social determinants have been omitted.

For more information about the Conference, visit: www.who.int/sdhconference/

Dr Rüdiger Krech, Director, Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights

World Health Organization

20, Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland

T.: +41 22 791 33 55   Email: krechr@who.int





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[EQ] Ecosystems and human well-being - Health synthesis - World Environment Day: June 5, 2011

Ecosystems and human well-being – Health synthesis

English: Available online at: http://bit.ly/jf5kUy

 

Ecosistemas y bienestar humano – síntesis sobre salud

Spanish: http://www.maweb.org/documents/MA-Health-Spanish.pdf

 



World Environment Day: June 5, 2011 - http://www.unep.org/wed/

This year's WED theme is 'Forests: Nature at Your Service', which highlights the crucial environmental, economic and social roles played by the world's forests.

As WED host nation for 2011, India will be the focus of worldwide celebrations, with major events planned in New Delhi and Bangalore.
The World 10K Race on 5 June will see some 25,000 runners pound the pavements of Bangalore in support of WED. Organizers and participants will also inaugurate a 'World 10K Forest', to which more trees will be added at future races.

UNEP will also release the Forests in a Green Economy report in New Delhi on 5 June.
In the face of continuing deforestation (currently estimated at 5.2 million hectares worldwide per year), the report outlines how increased public and private investment in forest management and forest resources can boost employment, drastically reduce deforestation and help tackle climate change.

Beyond India, WED celebrations are already taking shape in cities, towns, villages and communities across the world, including:

·                  NEPAL: UNEP is supporting a clean-up expedition to remove an estimated 9 tons of litter in and around Mount Everest. Enlisting some 60 climber volunteers, the long-term aim of the initiative is to develop more sustainable waste management facilities and recycling plants in the region

·                  CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: A major international summit on tropical forest basins will be held from 31 May to 6 June. The event will focus on the sustainable management of forest ecosystems in the Amazon, Congo and Mekong Borneo basins

·                  BRAZIL: The 'MudaRock Project' - a free music download service - will be launched on 3 June. For every song or video downloaded by users, a tree sapling will be planted in a reforestation area in Brazil. The project aims to plant one million native trees within a year.

·                  COSTA RICA: A major success story in reforestation (having increased its forest cover from 22 percent in 1995 to 51 percent by 2010), Costa Rica will host participants from 15 neighbouring countries for a training course on sustainable forest management

·                  CANADA: Toronto is the regional host city for World Environment Day celebrations in North America. To date, over 50 WED events have been registered in Canada including environmental workshops for students, a high-level consultation on the Green Economy with 40 environmental leaders and a series of book readings for children.

·                  BELGIUM: WED celebrations will kick off on 5 June with an environment fete at Parc Cinquintenaire in Brussels, featuring activities, stands and a music concert. Brussels will also be welcoming UN Youth Ambassador and Disney star Monique Coleman as well as comic book hero Marsupilami and his illustrator Batem.

·                  BAHRAIN: UNEP's Regional Office for West Asia will help co-ordinate a beach-cleaning and tree-planting campaign

Planned green events online at http://www.wedchallenge.org  



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