PHM-Exch> The Buzz about the Upcoming G8 Summit and Global Health

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from : EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


 *The Buzz about the Upcoming G8 Summit and Global Health

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Jennifer Zelmer Editor-in-chief Healthcare Policy, * 5(4) 2010: 10-14
<http://www.longwoods.com/publications/healthcare-policy/21736>*
Website: http://bit.ly/bWSOTi

*G8 summit on June 25-26 in Canada’s Muskoka region*:
http://g8.gc.ca/g8-summit/



“………G8 watchers have been speculating for months, but it is mosquitoes that
will feature in formal discussions at the upcoming Summit. As host of the
G8, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced that he will ask his
colleagues to focus on the extent to which countries have met previous G8
commitments (Office of the Prime Minister 2010). Among them was a pledge in
1998 to support the global "Roll Back Malaria" initiative, with the goal of
significantly reducing the death rate from the disease by 2010.

 Canada will also be championing a global agenda for improving maternal and
child health at the Summit. With only five years left until the 2015
deadline, much progress still needs to be made to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals (Secretary General to the United Nations 2010). One of
those goals is to reduce the under-five mortality rate by two-thirds between
1990 and 2015. The United Nations reports that child mortality in developing
countries fell from 99 deaths per 1,000 live births at the beginning of this
period to 72 in 2008. With a goal of 33 deaths per 1,000 live births by
2015, there is still much to do.

 Can it be done? Historical analysis by Hans Rosling (2009) from Sweden's
Karolinska Institute demonstrates that significant progress is possible…..


Rosling, H. 2009. *Yes They Can.* Stockholm: Gapminder Foundation. Retrieved
April 12, 2010. <http://www.gapminder.org/videos/yes-they-can/
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