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*The post-2015 development agenda: What good is it for health equity?*

The UN consultation on the post-2015 development agenda provides a crucial
opportunity to reflect on the kind of future we want and how to get there.
In a position paper* prepared by a drafting team of health advocates, we
envision a future in which everyone enjoys the right to health. ****

While acknowledging the progress made on global health outcome indicators
that are part of the current MDG framework, we highlight a number of
weaknesses in this framework that need to be addressed in order to progress
further and ensure that the benefits of globalisation are distributed
equitably.****

The heavy emphasis in the MDGs on development assistance and need for
reforms in low-income countries should be balanced by equal attention to
the need for high-income countries’ reform in areas such as climate change,
global trade and finance, to avoid the erosion of gains made in wellbeing.
Secondly, the focus on a few measurable outcomes has led to the neglect of
other important aspects of development, not all easily measured, such as
participation and democratic governance. Thirdly, global targets were set
that were not sufficiently aligned to local needs and not disaggregated for
different population groups. As a consequence we have seen the
fragmentation of health systems, an uneven allocation of Official
Development Assistance (ODA) and increased inequity. ****

We call for a post-2015 framework, that:****

·         Addresses the root causes of poverty and structural power
imbalances, has universal applicability and is not only applicable to low-
and middle-income countries;

**·         **Recognises health as a right in and of itself and seeks to
reduce inequities in health and other aspects of development, including
through the use of disaggregated data in the design, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of health programs; ****

**·         **Ensures broad participation in its preparation, monitoring of
processes and outcomes and includes systems of accountability and
governance that strengthen the building blocks of health systems in a
comprehensive way;****

**·         **Establishes a clear financing framework that moves beyond
ODA, is based on social justice and addresses the illicit outflow of funds
from developing countries;****

**·         **Takes due attention to the three R's (Regulation, Rights, and
Redistribution) as principles for the global governance for health in
policy domains within and beyond the health sector;****

**·         **Includes health and equity as outcome indicators in
non-health development goals.    ****

**Summary of the **Beyond 2015* <http://www.beyond2015.org/>* position
paper for the thematic consultation on health in the post-2015 UN
development agenda. The Medicus Mundi International Network (MMI)
coordinated the drafting of this paper based on input by a wide range of
civil society organisations. Lead authors: Mariska Meurs and Remco van de
Pas, Wemos. In the end of December 2012, the final version of the position
paper was signed off unanimously by the Executive Committee of Beyond 2015,
submitted to the UN team and published on the website of the thematic
consultation.*

*References*: ****

**·         **Beyond 2015 paper (pdf): http://bit.ly/beyond2015-healthpaper*
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**·         **Website of thematic UN consultation:
www.worldwewant2015.org/health ****

**·         **MMI thematic guide: www.bit.ly/mmi-beyond2015guide ****

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*What’s up in 2013*

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·         132st session of the WHO Executive
Board<http://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_eb132.html>
Geneva, 21-29 January 2013****

**·         **UN’s post-MDGs thematic consultation on
health<http://www.worldwewant2015.org/health>
High-level dialogue to conclude the consultation
Botswana, 5-6 March 2013****

**·         **World Social Forum on Health <http://www.fsms.org.br/ingles/>
Tunis, 26-30 March 2013 ****

**·         **Sixty-sixth World Health
Assembly<http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/governance/wha/en/index.html>
Geneva, 20-28 May 2013****

**·         **3rd Global Forum on Human Resources for
Health<http://www.who.int/workforcealliance/forum/2013/3gflatestnews/en/>
Recife, 10-13 November 2013****

International Health Policy: MMI Updates...

*Health systems strengthening, Health services, health financing, Universal
health coverage*

**·         **The emergence of global attention to health systems
strengthening. Tamara Hafner and Jeremy Shiffman
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/1/41.full****

**·         **Universal Health Coverage in the post-2015 agenda. Papers
submitted during UN thematic consultation
http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/299641 ****

**·         **Public financing - the key to Universal Health Coverage. Rob
Yates
http://uhcforward.org/blog/2012/jan/10/public-financing-key-universal-health-coverage
****

**·         **The road to Universal Health Coverage. Documentary on health
financing by AIM-ZCABT and WHO WPRO, 2012
http://uhcforward.org/blog/2013/jan/10/road-universal-health-coverage-documentary-health-financing
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**·         **Universal health coverage anchored in the right to health.
Gorik Ooms et al. in: WHO Bulletin
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/1/12-115808/en/index.html****

**·         **Choosing pathways that lead to Universal Coverage: What are
the options? Di McIntyre, Equinet editorial
http://equinetafrica.org/newsletter/index.php?issue=143 ****

**·         **Health service financing for universal coverage in east and
southern Africa. Di McIntyre, Equinet discussion paper
http://equinetafrica.org/bibl/page.php?record=2395****

**·         **Universal Health Coverage: Is India up for the challenge?
Mridula Shankar and Radhika Arora
http://e.itg.be/ihp/archives/universal-health-coverage-india-challenge/****

**·         **Universal Health Coverage is in sync with the new
geopolitical reality. Wim van Damme
http://e.itg.be/ihp/archives/universal-health-coverage-sync-geopolitical-reality/
****

**·         **...and a “Happy New Year” video message from WHO: “In 2013 we
will work to make universal health coverage (UHC) a reality.”
http://goo.gl/paoJ3 ****

*Human resources for health, Migration of health professionals*

**·         **Restructuring brain drain: strengthening governance and
financing for health worker migration. TK Mackey and BA Liang
http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/19923****

**·         **Health workforce: advances in responding to shortages and
migration, and in preparing for emerging needs. WHO Secretariat report for
132nd session of EB
http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB132/B132_23-en.pdf ****

**·         **Civil society contribution to implementing the WHO Code on
Int. Recruitment of Health Personnel in Europe. Mans et al.
http://bit.ly/WHI5ZO ****

**·         **Effective implementation of the WHO Code of Practice on
International Recruitment of Health Personnel. Reddy / Hegarty
http://bit.ly/13ywUJ0 ****

**·         **'Going private': Medical specialists' job satisfaction in the
public and private sectors of South Africa. John Ashmore
http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/11/1/1/abstract****

**·         **Tanzania's health system and workforce crisis. Gideon
Kwesigabo et al.
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jphp/journal/v33/n1s/full/jphp201255a.html*
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**·         **Managing health worker migration: a qualitative study of the
Philippine response to nurse brain drain. Dimaya et al.
http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/10/1/47/abstract****

*Women’s and children’s health, Sexual and reproductive rights and health*

**·         **Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights after 2015: Back in
the pre-Cairo MCH era? Thérèse Delvaux
http://e.itg.be/ihp/archives/srhr-post2015-back-in-precairo-mch/ ****

**·         **Review: addressing the challenge of neonatal mortality. H.
Blencowe and S. Cousens
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tmi.12048/pdf ****

*Equity and human right to health, Social determinants of health, Poverty
and social protection*

**·         **Health in the post-2015 development agenda: need for a social
determinants of health approach. UN Platform on SDH
http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/300184****

**·         **Action:SDH. Electronic discussion platform on the social
determinants of health created by WHO
http://www.actionsdh.org/Contents/About.aspx****

**·         **Ethnicity, migration and the "Social Determinants of Health"
agenda. David Ingleby
http://bit.ly/ZlxllZ****

**·         **Inequality is at the heart of the debate of how to create a
more sustainable world. Broker online dossier
http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/Dossiers/Inequality****

**·         **Social and health equity and equality – The need for a
scientific framework. Adriana María Correa Botero et al.
http://www.socialmedicine.info/index.php/socialmedicine/article/view/639 ***
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**·         **What contribution of Right to Health to sustaining and
extending international assistance for health? Forman et al.
http://bit.ly/Y74o1A****

**·         **Human rights and health systems: Confronting politics of
exclusion and economics of inequality. D Maru and P Farmer
http://hhrjournal.org/index.php/hhr/article/view/535/832****

**·         **Why are we failing on health equity and how can we do better
in future? Gavin Mooney
http://bit.ly/101mkLl****

**·         **We are failing on health equity because we are failing on
equity. Paula Braveman
http://bit.ly/Yw0FKA****

**·         **Health inequities: causes and potential solutions. Kalie
Kissoon et al.
http://bit.ly/Yw00sO****

**·         **Intersectoral governance for health in all policies.
Structures, actions and experiences. WHO Europe
http://bit.ly/WHI3kG ****
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*Global health governance: Focus on BRICS*

**·         **Outcome document: Second BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting, New
Delhi, 11 January 2013
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91533****

**·         **Understanding Brazilian global health diplomacy: Social
health movements, institutional infiltration, ARV geopolitics
http://bit.ly/V6K9jT****

**·         **Human security, multi-polarity, and Development Assistance
for Health (focus on India and China). Karthik Nachiappan
http://blogs.shu.edu/ghg/2012/12/31/human-security-multi-polarity-and-development-assistance-for-health/
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*Global health policy and governance, WHO reform, WHO EB meeting*

**·         **2013, an anniversary (World Development Report 1993,
"Investing in Health"), and a time to take stock. Richard Horton
http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2962185-0/fulltext
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**·         **Health and human security. Susan Hubbard and Keiko Watanabe
in: Special issue of Global Health Governance journal
http://blogs.shu.edu/ghg/2012/12/31/volume-vi-issue-1-fall-2012/****

**·         **UN Global Health Panel for global health governance. TK
Mackey and BA Liang
http://anesthesia.ucsd.edu/research/faculty-research/Documents/MackeyLiangSSMcomplete.pdf
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**·         **Global health justice and governance. Jennifer Prah Ruger
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2188629****

**·         **Does foreign aid result in recipient governments spending
less on health? Aid displacement debate cont'd
http://blogs.plos.org/speakingofmedicine/2013/01/08/aid-displacement-the-story-continues
****

**·         **Key issues for the development of a policy on engagement with
nongovernmental organizations. WHO DG report for the 132nd session of the
WHO EB
http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB132/B132_5Add2-en.pdf ****

**·         **132nd session of the WHO EB, 21-29 January 2013 in Geneva:
annotated agenda and documentation (not yet complete)
http://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_eb132.html****

*Health beyond 2015, MDGs and SDGs*

**·         **Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda. People’s Health
Movement
http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/300158 ****

**·         **What are the politics? MDGs in a changing world. Neva
Frecheville
http://cafodpolicy.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/mdgs-in-a-changing-world/****

See above (other sections and “instead of an editorial”)****

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*Noncommunicable diseases, Mental health*

**·         **Draft action plan for the prevention and control of
noncommunicable diseases 2013-2020. WHO secretariat for 132nd EB session
http://bit.ly/UFdnRh****

**·         **Political priority in the global fight against
non-communicable diseases. Anthony Maher and Devi Sridhar
http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201202/11-Article%20Sridhar.pdf****

**·         **No physical health without mental health: lessons unlearned?
Kavitha Kolappa et al. in: WHO Bulletin
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/1/12-115063/en/index.html****

**·         **Addressing global disparities in the burden of
noncommunicable diseases: Call for Papers by PLOS Medicine Editors
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001360
****

**·         **Global Mental Health – a growing crisis. Danielle Parsons,
Lorea Russell and Alanna Shaikh
http://tomorrowglobal.com/global-mental-health-a-growing-crisis****

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*Way back in 2012...*

**·         **Global health in 2012: key health issues. WHO photo story
http://www.who.int/features/2012/year_review/en/index.html ****

**·         **Global health in 2012: A year in links. Amanda Glassman and
colleagues
http://blogs.cgdev.org/globalhealth/2012/12/global-health-in-2012-a-year-in-links.php
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**·         **2012: Top 10 posts on the IHP blog
http://ow.ly/gP0J0****

**·         **...what we really needed: "2012 - top 5 list of the best
public health top 10 lists".
Courtney McNamara puts focus on SDH
http://www.healthypolicies.com/2013/01/a-top-5-list-of-the-best-public-health-top-10-lists
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