by ghgovernance | Nov 30, 2014 | Complete Issues, Spring-Autumn 2014
Chantal Blouin, Laurette Dube, Ebony Bertorelli and Monique Moreau This article presents a case study of the policy process leading to the UN High-Level Meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The case study tests an analytical framework to understand the factors...
by ghgovernance | Nov 30, 2014 | Complete Issues, Spring-Autumn 2014
Suchita Shah A controversial international debate has arisen between those who call for stronger intellectual property legislation to protect their scientific innovation, and those who claim ‘biopiracy’ of their traditional medical knowledge (TMK) under such...
by ghgovernance | Nov 30, 2014 | Complete Issues, Spring-Autumn 2014
Eileen S. Natuzzi and Thomas Novotny International aid policy is evolving. The Rome Declaration on Harmonization, the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action have shifted development assistance efforts toward recipient countries assuming...
by ghgovernance | Nov 30, 2014 | Complete Issues, Spring-Autumn 2014
Laura L. Janik Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have the potential to distribute public goods and lessen the development gap between the Global North and Global South. By drawing together public and private entities, PPPs attempt to capitalize on the unique...
by ghgovernance | Nov 30, 2014 | Complete Issues, Spring-Autumn 2014
Tiffany Robyn Soetikno , Agus Suwandono and Tikki Pang Introduction: The year 2014 has been a landmark and monumental year for Indonesia’s health care environment. The year began with the implementation of Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), a public health care...
by ghgovernance | Nov 30, 2014 | Complete Issues, Spring-Autumn 2014
Jenna Karp The ongoing political crisis in Syria between the Ba’ath regime and rebel forces has created a humanitarian disaster, with over 150,000 deaths and 2.8 million refugees. Civil war has been raging for over three years, as brutal fighting between forces loyal...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Karen A. Grépin and Kim Yi Dionne This article identifies conditions under which newly established democracies adopt Universal Health Coverage. Drawing on the literature examining democracy and health, we argue that more democratic regimes – where citizens have...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Fabienne Richard, Matthieu Antony, Sophie Witter, Allison Kelley, Isidore Sieleunou, Yamba Kafando, and Bruno Meessen Several countries have recently introduced maternal health care fee exemptions as a quick win approach to reach MDG 5 goals. It has also been argued...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Viroj Tangcharoensathien, David Evans, and Robert Marten Based on various momentums, the World Health Assembly 64.9 in 2011, had moved Universal health coverage (UHC) from the Geneva-based Health Ministers discussion at the World Health Assembly to a New York-based...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Paul Bukuluki, Peter K. Byansi, John Sengendo, Nyanzi I. Ddumba, Paul Banoba, and David Kaawa-Mafigiri Uganda has undergone several reforms in governance of the health sector. One of the profound reforms has been the radical shift in management of medicines from the...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Rebecka Rosenquist, Olga Golichenko, Tim Roosen, and Julia Ravenscroft This article explores how nascent civil society ‘movements’ are working towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC), why the involvement of civil society is essential for delivering a...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Taufique Joarder, Aftab Uddin, and Anwar Islam Initial attempts at Universal Health Coverage (UHC) meet with resistance from different quarters. Therefore, it is imperative to empower the community and generate demand for it. This paper argues that community...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Ramon Pedro P. Paterno The present Philippine administration has committed to achieve Universal Coverage by 2016. Yet the Philippines has relied on Social Health Insurance or PhilHealth as the key to its health financing reform. PhilHealth has been attempting to...
by ghgovernance | Sep 17, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013
Matthew Brown, Bryan A. Liang, Braden Hale, and Thomas Novotny China is the world’s fastest growing economy.1 China also presents challenges to the United States as differences in trade policy, human rights, and regional interests become more pronounced.2 In addition,...
by ghgovernance | Sep 17, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013
Tess van der Rijt and Tikki Pang WHO has been guilty of complacency and taking its unassailable leadership role in global health for granted. The WHO’s governing bodies are currently engaged in a programme of reform in an attempt to resuscitate the lethargic and...
by ghgovernance | Sep 17, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013
Matthew Hoisington This article argues for a “living, breathing” Global Health Governance Constitution, which would be initiated by a World Health Governance Forum (“Forum”) convened by the World Health Organization (WHO). The content of the new constitution would...
