PHM-Exch> About the article on The Lancet of the University of Oslo Commission ...

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: David McCoy <d.mccoy at qmul.ac.uk>

I hope you don’t mind me drawing your attention to an article about the
Lancet University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health.

The article makes a strong criticism of the recommendations of the
Commission.

You may not agree with the analysis. But there is clearly a need for the
global health community to have a frank discussion about democracy, global
governance and politics.

I’m writing in the hope that you will respond to the article – negatively
or positively – but with the idea of contributing to this much required
discussion.

Find the link below.


Best would be to write to the Commission members telling them that their
recommendations fall way short from their analysis. If you feel so inclined
here are their addresses:

'rektor at uio.no'; 'Jashodhara at sahayogindia.org'; 'chantal_blouin at carleton.ca';
'buss at fiocruz.br'; 'cvirasak at medicine.psu.ac.th'; '
julio_frenk at hks.harvard.edu'; 'fukudaps at newschool.edu'; 'rita at birzeit.edu';
'jgyapong at ug.edu.gh'; 'jleaning at hsph.harvard.edu'; Marmot, Michael <
m.marmot at ucl.ac.uk>; 'desmond.mcneill at sum.uio.no'; Sigrun Møgedal (
Sigrun.Mogedal at kunnskapssenteret.no); 'gooms at itg.be'; '
espen.bjertness at medisin.uio.no'; 'smoon at hsph.harvard.edu'; '
sidsel.roalkvam at sum.uio.no'; 'k.i.sandberg at medisin.uio.no'; '
inger.scheel at kunnskapssenteret.no'; 'a.l.lie at medisin.uio.no'

Note: A few PHM members also reacted to the Commission's report in the form
of a letter to The Lancet published last week (Commission on Global
Governance for Health: just another report?, The Lancet Vol.383, April 19,
2014, pp 1379-1380). It was followed by a response of the Commission that
did not really address the issues PHM raised.








         *Global Governance and
Health*<http://medact.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e4ca3b8ac9ba2814089c322d&id=6c6b6f1ff7&e=c53735e56d>

Last February, an international Commission of eminent people set up and
hosted by the Lancet and University of Oslo reported on their investigation
of the political roots of health inequity and came up with recommendations
for how global governance should be improved.

However, an article written by David McCoy challenges the Commission to
withdraw its recommendations and come up with better ones. It argues that
the Commission failed to act on its own analysis and came up with weak and
ineffectual recommendations.

Importantly, the article then asks *why* the Commission failed to come up
with better and bolder recommendations. Was it for strategic reasons? Was
it a lack of consensus amongst commissioners? Or was it self-censorship?

See the article
here<http://medact.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e4ca3b8ac9ba2814089c322d&id=888d1b5060&e=c53735e56d>
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