PHA-Exchange> Lancet Debate
DBanerjee
nhpp at bol.net.in
Tue Oct 15 08:58:19 PDT 2002
Dear Dr Ramsay
I am glad to note your assessment of the `Bruntdland Era' and your taking
the initiative to start a debate.
Things look quite otherwise from this end of the highly polarised world. I
had attempted to articulate `The View From the South' in two articles which
have appeared in the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES:
1. A FUNDAMENTAL SHFT IN THE APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH BY WHO,
UNICEF AND THE WORLD BANK: INSTANCES OF PRACTICE OF :INTELLECTUAL FASCISM"
AND TOTALITARIANISM IN SOME ASIAN COUNTRIES, IJHS NO.2 1999.
2. THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON MACROECONOMIC AND HEALTH: A CRITIQUE,
IJHS NO4, OCTOBER 1 2002.
I wull be delighted to have criticism my case to state why I so firmly
disagree with you.
With regards,
Sincerely yours,
D Banerji
Debabar Banerji
Emeritus Professor
Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health,
Jawajarlal Nehru University
B-43, Panchsheel Enclave,
New Delhi 110017
Ph 011 6490851
From: "Sarah Ramsay" <Sarah.Ramsay at lancet.com>
> WHO Director-General elections
> ------------------------------
>
> I'd like to draw attention to the debate surrounding the election of
> a new Director-General for the World Health Organization (see commen-
> tary below). At The Lancet, we have set up a special area of the web-
> site to track coverage of this important event (www.thelancet.com).
> In addition, we invite everyone to e-mail their views on the future
> of WHO and global health to <whodg at lancet.com>. These messages will
> be posted on the website each week.
>
> Sarah Ramsay
> Senior Editor
> The Lancet
> London, UK
> mailto:Sarah.Ramsay at lancet.com
> WHO Director-General elections -- join The Lancet debate
>
> On Aug 23 this year, WHO Director-General, Gro Harlem Brundtland
> shook the international health community by announcing her decision
> not to stand for a second term of office. The assumption that
> Brundtland would stay on as head of the United Nations health agency
> had been so strong that even her closest colleagues at the Geneva
> headquarters were taken aback.
>
> In the past 4 years, Brundtland has changed WHO from the public
> health agency "where good ideas go to die" to a force that is moving
> health, especially the health of the poorest people in the world, up
> the international political agenda. Brundtland's reforms have not
> been without criticism, but few would dispute that she has made an
> indelible mark on the global health. The work that she has started is
> very much still in progress, and a strong and capable successor is
> essential to ensure that the reconfiguration of the world's premier
> health agency continues.
>
> During the next few months, The Lancet will be covering the election
> campaign in depth, starting with a Special Report this week summaris-
> ing WHO's structure and electoral process. In addition, we want to
> foster greater debate about the direction of global health in the
> 21st century and WHO's role in steering the best course. To start
> that debate, we invite readers to send in their comments:
whodg at lancet.com
>
> All messages sent to this address will be posted on our website each
> week. Those individuals with the privilege of electing the next Di-
> rector-General of WHO also carry a great responsibility -- we hope
> that our coverage and your comments can help inform their decision.
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