From: <b class="gmail_sendername">David Legge</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:D.Legge@latrobe.edu.au">D.Legge@latrobe.edu.au</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><br>
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WHO Reform: Background notes, Broader context; Directions for advocacy<br>
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WHO is in crisis. It is in debt and its agenda is increasingly dictated by donors rather than member states. The Director General has initiated a reform process which will come to a head in November 2011. There are powerful pressures at work which are directed to restricting WHO to a purely technical role and towards closer relationships ('partnerships') with private corporations and private foundations (in particular the Gates Foundation).<br>
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This paper provides background to the WHO Reform process, contextualises the reform initiatives within the wider global health governance scene and provides a starting point for consideration of possible advocacy messages.<br>
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Read more at: <a href="http://www.ghwatch.org/sites/www.ghwatch.org/files/Legge110909_WHOReformBackgroundOptions.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ghwatch.org/sites/www.ghwatch.org/files/Legge110909_WHOReformBackgroundOptions.pdf</a><br>
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