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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>WHO’s engagement with “non-state actors”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Blog by Remco van de Pas, Wemos<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>On 17 and 18 October 2013 the WHO held an informal consultation regarding its engagement with non-state actors. The discussion paper guiding the consultation reads: “This paper proposes ways in which engagement with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private entities can be improved, including the strengthening of due diligence, management of risks and conflicts of interest, and increasing the transparency of engagement.”…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Read the blog at: <a href="http://getinvolvedinglobalhealth.blogspot.ch/2013/10/whos-engagement-with-non-state-actors.html">http://getinvolvedinglobalhealth.blogspot.ch/2013/10/whos-engagement-with-non-state-actors.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>…………………………………………<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Posted on PHM Exchange by: <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Thomas Schwarz, Executive Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Medicus Mundi International Network<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Murbacherstrasse 34, CH-4013 Basel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Phone +41 (61) 383 18 11 (MON-WED)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><a href="mailto:schwarz@medicusmundi.org"><span lang=FR-CH style='color:black'>schwarz@medicusmundi.org</span></a></span><span lang=FR-CH style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><a href="http://www.medicusmundi.org/"><span lang=FR-CH style='color:black'>www.medicusmundi.org</span></a></span><span lang=FR-CH style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=FR-CH style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Sharing knowhow and joining <br>forces towards Health for All</span></i><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>