by ghgovernance | Dec 20, 2018 | Africa, Asia, Complete Issues, Fall 2018 Issue, Trade, World Health Organization
VOLUME XII, NO. 2 FALL 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Full Text Chinese Global Health Diplomacy in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges Olivia Killeen, Alissa Davis, Joe Tucker and Benjamin Mason Meier Regional Health Security: An Overview of Strengthening ASEAN’s Capacities...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Conflict, GFATM, Human Rights, IASC, International Law, LGBT, OHCHR, Pandemic Response, Recent Issue, Spring 2018, Trade, TSMOs, World Bank, World Health Organization
by Benjamin Mason Meier, Hanna Huffstetler and Lawrence O. Gostin Human rights frame global health governance. In codifying a normative foundation for global governance in the aftermath of World War II, states came together under the auspices of an emergent United...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Conflict, Human Rights, Spring 2018, World Health Organization
by Leonard S. Rubenstein A decade ago, when I was researching attacks on health workers and facilities over the preceding decades, I was struck by the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) was silent on violence against hospitals, patients, and health workers,...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, ICESCR, Pandemic Response, Spring 2018, World Health Organization
by Mark Eccleston-Turner Developing states lack access to pandemic influenza vaccines. The provision of ‘essential’ medicines is a core, non-derogable obligation of the right to health in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR),...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, IASC, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Spring 2018
by Sara Davis, Doris Schopper and Julia Epps Sexual violence in conflict settings is recognized as a war crime, constituting a grave violation of human rights. This article compares and contrasts sexual violence intervention monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, OHCHR, Spring 2018
by Gillian MacNaughton Since 1994, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has taken a lead role in promoting human rights around the globe. This article examines the work of the OHCHR on the right to health. Based on the annual reports of the...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, Spring 2018, TSMOs
by Samantha Plummer, Jackie Smith and Melanie Hughes Transnational social movement organizations (TSMOs) played a critical role in integrating human rights into the policies and programs of the United Nations, including in health governance. In this article, we...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | GFATM, Human Rights, Spring 2018
by Sharifah Sekalala and Toni Haastrup New Global Health initiatives, such as the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisations (GAVI), UNITAID, Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and...
by ghgovernance | Aug 28, 2014 | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Global Health Governance Blog, Health Security, Sub-Saharan Africa, World Health Organization
Tara Ornstein, Contributing Blogger The leaders of the global health community have sought to quell the hysteria surrounding the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. On 14 August 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a statement confirming that the risk of...
by ghgovernance | Jul 22, 2014 | Armed Forces/Military, Donor Assistance/Aid, Global Health Governance Blog, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, United Nations
Tara Ornstein, Contributing Blogger On July 7, 2014, the United Nations (UN) released a new report describing the world’s progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and noted several positive developments. According to the report, the proportion of...
by ghgovernance | Jun 26, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, Governance, Health Security, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations
By Gail S. Thornton, founder of Worldview Communications, and member of the Board of Overseers, Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Rare and orphan diseases are disabling medical conditions which affect nearly 30 million Americans,...
by ghgovernance | Jun 16, 2014 | Fall 2013 Issue, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, Pandemic Response
Asif B. Farooq and Shannon E. Majowicz This paper argues that emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) remain a threat-focused security issue as the relative success of recent international responses do not fully reflect our current readiness for EID...
by ghgovernance | Jun 16, 2014 | Fall 2013 Issue, Governance, Human Rights, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, International Law
Jane Galvão, PhD This commentary describes efforts to address sexual violence, especially in situations of armed conflict, and bringing attention to this issue in connection with the Post-2015 United Nations (UN) Development Agenda.1 Analysis on sexual violence during...
by ghgovernance | Mar 23, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, World Health Organization
By Tara Ornstein, Independent Global Health Researcher Since September 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 198 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which include 84 deaths. The majority of cases have been reported in...
by ghgovernance | Jan 16, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, International Health Regulations, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, International Law, Uncategorized
By Tara Ornstein, Independent Global Health Researcher Although on December 18, 2013, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed the deaths of 2,360 migrants in 2013, they indicated that the actual number was much higher. IOM Director General William...
by ghgovernance | Jul 15, 2013 | Asia, Global Health Governance Blog, World Health Organization
Yanzhong Huang, Editor Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations This is a cross-post with CFR’s Asia Unbound Blog. Being an incorrigible tea drinker and a big fan of Chinese herbal products, I was disheartened by two reports released by...