PHA-Exchange> A global health equity agenda for the G8 summit

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From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) 

A global health equity agenda for the G8 summit 
Ronald Labonte, Canada research chair1, Ted Schrecker, senior policy researcher1, Amit Sen Gupta, co-convenor2 

1 Globalisation and Health Equity Research Program, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, 2 People's Health Movement-India, New Delhi, India 

 

BMJ  2005;330:533-536 (5 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7490.533 

 

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/330/7490/533?etoc

 

"...Substantial reversals of the global trend in improvements in health of the past 150 years are now evident in large parts of the developing world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to its intrinsic value as a human right, health is an important contributor to economic development. This creates a compelling case for investing in health, especially since several cost effective interventions are available that can produce rapid and broadly shared improvements in health.."

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 Summary points 

- Health is a human right and an essential investment for economic development 
- Interventions to reverse declining health in developing countries are readily available and affordable. 
- G7 cancellation of African debt and doubling of development aid is essential 
- Support for fairer trade rules that strengthen special and differential treatment for African nations is also needed 
- The cost to G7 countries of these policy reforms is trivial

Related links: 

The G8, Africa and Global Health: A Platform for Global Health Equity for the 2005 Summit 
Draft Working Paper:  November 15, 2004
            URL: http://www.iph.uottawa.ca/English/Platform%20November%2015%202004.htm 

 

This article is based on the Nuffield Trust report, The G8, Africa and global health: a platform for global health equity for the 2005 summit, which was launched on 28 February 2005 (www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/globalhealth/index.php ).

 

 



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