PHM-Exch> The Lancet-University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: David G Legge <dglegge01 at gmail.com>


Improving health worldwide is not merely a matter of technical intervention
or resource mobilization, but also demands credible, legitimate
decision-making processes and effective, efficient and equitable action. ***
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There is growing recognition that global governance processes outside the
health sector such as those relating to security, finance, trade
environment, agriculture, and migration, increasingly affect health – both
negatively and positively. There are, however, no satisfactory mechanisms
to protect and promote health in other governance arenas. ****

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The Lancet-Uio Commission on Global Governance for Health was launched in
Oslo in December 2011 in response to an invitation by The Lancet, and a
call by the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre for an
academic commission on global governance for health, as a way of promoting
new thinking that would move beyond the conventional wisdom. The Commission
sees it as a key task to bring new research and analysis to bear on
questions about the need to engage beyond the health sector to solve key
challenges in global health. ****

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The Commission comprises 18 renowned researchers and policy makers. The
members were selected and invited by the University of Oslo according to
criteria of bringing diverse geographical, disciplinary and personal
perspectives to the table (see enclosed list of participants with short
biographies). Rector at the University of Oslo, Ole Petter Ottersen serves
as Chair. Jashodhara Dasgupta, who is from India and a researcher and
policy advocate on women’s health, is the Vice Chair. ****

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Home-page and blog:
http://www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/research/global-governance-health/  ***
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Email: info-ggh at helsam.uio.no ****

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