scholarly journals Civil society in global health policymaking: a critical review

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo J. Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Health Policymaking

scholarly journals Legal and human rights-based approaches to healthy diets and sustainable food systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
D W Patterson ◽  
K Buse ◽  
R Magnusson ◽  
B C A Toebes
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Sustainable Food Systems ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Healthy Diets ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
The Right

Abstract Issue Malnutrition in all its forms poses daunting challenges to global health and development. The agriculture sector is a significant contributor to global warming. COVID-19 has pushed many people into poverty, including food poverty. A radical rethink of business models, food systems, civil society involvement, and national and international governance is required to address the interlinked crises of COVID-19, obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. International human rights law, institutions and mechanisms provide important opportunities for norm setting, advocacy and accountability. Yet these pathways are under-utilised by both governments and civil society. Description The global AIDS response demonstrated the power of a human rights-based approach. United Nations' HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Guidelines greatly influenced the global consensus for effective, evidence-based approaches. The Guidelines also informed resolutions of the UN General Assembly and its Human Rights Council, contributing to more affordable medicines, an unprecedented increase in people on treatment, less stigmatising health services, the empowerment of marginalised groups, and the institutionalisation of norms, including “no one left behind.” Human rights-based approaches have also been successfully utilised in tobacco control. Results In 2019, 180 experts from 38 countries published an open call on WHO and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to initiate an inclusive process to develop guidelines on human rights, healthy diets and sustainable food systems. Most signatories were from the health and development sectors, demonstrating the increasingly broad interest in using human rights mechanisms to address global health challenges. Lessons Opportunities exist to transform food systems and create healthier food environments and a healthier planet by clarifying existing international obligations to progressively realise the right to food and the right to health. Key messages Market forces, alone, are failing to deliver healthy diets and sustainable food systems. International legal frameworks and accountability mechanisms provide opportunities for engagement and action. Human rights guidelines can help mobilize multisectoral action, strengthen State and private sector accountability, and deepen community engagement in the urgent task of achieving Agenda 2030.

Overview

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Critical Questions ◽  
Collective Control ◽  
Control Of Epidemics

Various movements are afoot in the field of global health: from the collective control of epidemics to the personalization of disease; from trial and error to the standardization of evidence and policy; from health as a public good to the pharmaceuticalization of health care; from governmental detachment to the industrialization of the nongovernmental sector and a privatized politics of survival. Alongside them, critical questions abound: Has the biopolitical morphed into a multilevel turf war of private versus public stakeholders battling over the utility of government? Where does this leave the majority and the “surplus” poor and diseased subjects who are not targets of specific interventions? Is their biomedical rehabilitation “futile” in a world where health policies are increasingly oriented by market principles? How does this underside of global health speak to the decline of civil society as a viable “transactional locus” for the guarantee of social justice?...

scholarly journals Grand Challenges in Global Health: Engaging Civil Society Organizations in Biomedical Research in Developing Countries

PLoS Medicine ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. e272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anant Bhan ◽  
Jerome A Singh ◽  
Ross E. G Upshur ◽  
Peter A Singer ◽  
Abdallah S Daar
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Grand Challenges

scholarly journals “Soft” Power of China: Efficiency and Response to the Current Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Lesia Dorosh ◽  
◽  
Myroslava Yablonska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Political System ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
The Political ◽  
Military Power ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Hard Power

The features of the “soft” power of the PRC, which are significantly based on its indicators of "hard" power – economic and military power, – have been studied. It is noted that there is a difference in the assessment of the state of “soft” power of China by Western countries and, accordingly, by China itself. Emphasis was placed on the prospects for the embodiment of China’s cultural “soft” power and its obstacles. Vulnerabilities in China’s “soft” power have been explored, including the political system and civil society. The importance of the tools of "mask" and "vaccine" diplomacy in the arsenal of "soft" power of China used to minimize the negative effects of the pandemic on China’s image and elevate its status as a leader in global health, have been analyzed. The effectiveness of the Chinese “soft” power has been analyzed through the studies conducted by the “Pew Research Centre” and “Portland Communication” agency. The importance of economic “soft” power in China’s conquest of new allies, including Asia and Africa, has been noted. It is emphasized that the most successful “soft” power is among countries where China is not burdened with accusations of human rights violations. It is noted that one of the main problems in China’s implementation of “soft” power policy is the dissonance between the image that China seeks to project and the country’s actions.

In Nightingale's Footsteps—Individual to Global: From Nurse Coaches to Environmental and Civil Society Activists

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deva-Marie Beck ◽  
Barbara Montgomery Dossey
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Global Health ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Healthy People ◽  
Global Development ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), the famous “lady with the lamp,” is indeed the world's most well-known nurse. In our times, now for nearly six decades, the same environmental and social issues that were of concern to Nightingale are understood as key factors in achieving global development and global health. In Nightingale's footsteps, Nurse Coach leaders and all nurses are 21st century Nightingales who are coaching, informing, and educating for healthy people to be living on a healthy planet.

Global health diplomacy: A critical review of the literature

2016 ◽  
Vol 155 ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arne Ruckert ◽  
Ronald Labonté ◽  
Raphael Lencucha ◽  
Vivien Runnels ◽  
Michelle Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Global Health Diplomacy ◽  
Health Diplomacy

scholarly journals How donors support civil society as government accountability advocates: a review of strategies and implications for transition of donor funding in global health

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy McDonough ◽  
Daniela C. Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
International Development ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Donor Funding

Abstract Background Global health donors are increasingly transitioning funding responsibility to host governments as aid budgets plateau or decline and countries meet development and disease burden goals. Civil society organizations (CSOs) can play a critical role as accountability mechanisms over their governments, but transitions raise questions about how donor-supported CSOs will fare following transition, especially in environments of limited political commitment. Decreases in funding may force CSOs to scale back activities, seek other funding, or rely on their governments for funding. Vulnerable populations most in need of support may lose critical advocates, compromising their access to lifesaving care and threatening the reversal of global health achievements. This review investigates donor strategies used in the past to support CSOs as accountability advocates across the international development sector by exploring what activities are supported, how support is provided and who receives support. It provides considerations for global health donors to better equip civil society as advocates during and following transition. Methods A literature review of four databases of peer-reviewed literature, websites focused on civil society support and snowball searching identified 180 documents for review, after application of exclusion criteria, covering up to December 2019. Results were categorized and analyzed by who, what and how donors have supported civil society’s accountability role. Results Donors support a variety of civil society actors, including individual organizations and networks, through capacity building, access to information, backing participation in policy dialogues, securing citizen engagement and targeting the broader policy context. Funding may be provided directly or through pooled, intermediary or bridge mechanisms. Key concerns identified include insufficient engagement of CSOs in defining support, limited donor flexibility, tensions in balancing organizational professionalization with community connections, and jeopardized CSO legitimacy and independence from relying on foreign funds. Conclusions Given the urgency of global health donor transitions, the literature demonstrates that any donor support to CSO advocates should emphasize transition preparations from the start. Capacity building, institutionalizing mechanisms for civil society participation, planning for information needs, and flexible funding are priority mechanisms to ensure that vulnerable populations continue accessing lifesaving care and global health progress is not reversed.

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