PHM-Exch> European Commission Launches Consultation on EU Role in Global Health

[Slim SLAMA]

Dear PHM colleagues,

The European Commission has launched an online consultation on the EU
role in Global Health. The Consultation will run for eight weeks from 14
October 2009 to 9 December 2009.


The Consulation is introduced by noting the significance Global Health
has gradually and rightfully taken as a priority in the areas of foreign
policy, national health strategies, development partnerships and global
public goods. The dimensions of equity and the global factors affecting
health are challenged by globalization and require an enhanced,
inter-disciplinary and coherent approach of both internal and external
policies and strategies. In view of these challenges, there is a need to
better identify the role and strategy of the EU.

The Consultation itself takes the form of an outline document and
questionnaire  that all EU citizens and relevant organisations are
invited to complete and return. The consultation has three main focuses
within Global Health: Global Health and development cooperation,
research and development and Global Health, and the impact of
globalization on EU health .

All contributions to the document will also be posted online. 

http://ec.europa.eu/development/how/consultation/index.cfm?action=viewcons&id=4765


This announcement has been written by Action for Global Health, a
cross-Europe network of NGOs and charities, calling for Europe to act
now to enable developing countries to achieve the health Millennium
Development Goals by 2015 is taking part to this consultative process.

A roadmap and a ppt presentation for the Communication on the EU role in
Global Health can be found on EUPHA's website:

http://www.epha.org/IMG/doc/roadmap_GH_draft_x_ext_econsultation-cleanf.doc

http://www.epha.org/IMG/ppt/Towards_a_Communication_on_trhe_EU_role_in_Global_Health.ppt


Is PHM aware of this consultation? I think it would be important for the
movement to join Action for Global Health to react and comment on the EU
issue paper.


warm regards

Slim Slama



Dr Slim Slama
Chief resident
FMH Internal Medicine
Programme Director of the Geneva Health Forum
Division of International and Humanitarian Medicine,
Department of Community 
Medicine and Primary Care 
Geneva University Hospitals
24, rue Micheli-du-Crest
1211 Geneva 14
Switzerland
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