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 | 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 | 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 | 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...
by ghgovernance | May 28, 2013 | Global Health Governance Blog, Health Systems, Health Technology, World Health Organization
The Survival of “Global Health” – Part Four: The New Global Health Architecture Does Not Match Its Emerging Mission By Laurie Garrett, Guest Blogger Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations This is a co-post with Laurie Garrett’s...
by ghgovernance | Feb 4, 2013 | Global Health Governance Blog, Health Security, Human Security, Noncommunicable Diseases, Pandemic Response, World Bank, World Health Organization
Ten Years after SARS: Five Myths to Unravel Yanzhong Huang, Editor Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations This is a cross-post with CFR’s Asia Unbound Blog. Last week, I was in Beijing for an international conference while the...
by ghgovernance | Jan 31, 2013 | Global Health Governance Blog, HIV/AIDS, Latin America, Uncategorized, World Health Organization
Understanding the Geopolitics of Epidemics: How Brazil Outpaced the other BRICS in Response Eduardo J. Gómez, Contributing Blogger Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy & Administration at Rutgers University Despite their similar geopolitical interests...
by ghgovernance | Jan 25, 2013 | Global Health Governance Blog, Health Systems, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, Uncategorized, World Health Organization
Can (MICs) governments make the global R&D system work for all? By Suerie Moon, Contributing Blogger Research Director and Co-Chair, Forum on Global Governance for Health, Harvard Global Health Institute This is a cross-post with the Spanish blog El Pais’...
by ghgovernance | Dec 31, 2012 | Fall 2012 Special Issue: Human Security, Human Security, Most Recent Issue, World Health Organization
The World Health Organization Engaging with Civil Society Networks to Promote Primary Health Care: A Case Study Claire Dickerson, Nathan Grills, Nick Henwood, Susannah Jeffreys, and Ted Lankester Engagement between the World Health Organization (WHO) and civil society...
by ghgovernance | Jun 22, 2012 | Global Health Diplomacy, International Health Regulations, Noncommunicable Diseases, Spring 2012, UNICEF, United Nations, World Health Organization
A WHO-UNICEF Global Code of Practice on the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Beverages to Children Allyn L. Taylor, Ibadat S. Dhillon, Lenias Hwenda The High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases...
by ghgovernance | May 30, 2012 | Global Health Diplomacy, Global Health Governance Blog, Health Security, Health Technology, HIV/AIDS, International Health Regulations, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, World Health Organization
25 by 25: The New 3 by 5? Derek Yach, Larry Gostin & Devi Sridhar, Contributing Bloggers Devi Sridhar is Lecturer in Global Health Politics at Oxford University. Lawrence O. Gostin is Professor of Law at Georgetown University, Faculty Director of the O’Neill...
by ghgovernance | Feb 20, 2012 | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Global Health Governance Blog, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, Pandemic Response, World Health Organization
The WHO Meeting on Controversial H5N1 Research: What Happened, and What Does It Mean? David P. Fidler, GHG Contributing Blogger James Louis Calamaras Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law The conclusion of the much anticipated meeting at the World...
by ghgovernance | Feb 15, 2012 | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Global Health Governance Blog, Health Security, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, Pandemic Response, World Health Organization
The WHO Meeting on Controversial H5N1 Research: What Implications for Global Health Governance? David P. Fidler, Contributing GHG Blogger James Louis Calamaras Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law The World Health Organization (WHO) is hosting a...