<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">David McCoy</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:d.mccoy@qmul.ac.uk">d.mccoy@qmul.ac.uk</a>></span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(23,55,94)">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.</span><div bgcolor="#FAFAFA" link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(23,55,94)">The article makes a strong criticism of the recommendations of the Commission.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(23,55,94)">You may not agree with the analysis. But there is clearly a need for the global health community to
<span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">have a frank discussion about democracy, global governance and politics.</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(23,55,94)">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. <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Find the link below.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(23,55,94)"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<br>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:<br><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">'<a href="mailto:rektor@uio.no" target="_blank">rektor@uio.no</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Jashodhara@sahayogindia.org" target="_blank">Jashodhara@sahayogindia.org</a>'; '<a href="mailto:chantal_blouin@carleton.ca" target="_blank">chantal_blouin@carleton.ca</a>'; '<a href="mailto:buss@fiocruz.br" target="_blank">buss@fiocruz.br</a>'; '<a href="mailto:cvirasak@medicine.psu.ac.th" target="_blank">cvirasak@medicine.psu.ac.th</a>'; '<a href="mailto:julio_frenk@hks.harvard.edu" target="_blank">julio_frenk@hks.harvard.edu</a>';
'<a href="mailto:fukudaps@newschool.edu" target="_blank">fukudaps@newschool.edu</a>'; '<a href="mailto:rita@birzeit.edu" target="_blank">rita@birzeit.edu</a>'; '<a href="mailto:jgyapong@ug.edu.gh" target="_blank">jgyapong@ug.edu.gh</a>'; '<a href="mailto:jleaning@hsph.harvard.edu" target="_blank">jleaning@hsph.harvard.edu</a>'; Marmot, Michael <<a href="mailto:m.marmot@ucl.ac.uk" target="_blank">m.marmot@ucl.ac.uk</a>>; '<a href="mailto:desmond.mcneill@sum.uio.no" target="_blank">desmond.mcneill@sum.uio.no</a>'; Sigrun Møgedal (<a href="mailto:Sigrun.Mogedal@kunnskapssenteret.no" target="_blank">Sigrun.Mogedal@kunnskapssenteret.no</a>); '<a href="mailto:gooms@itg.be" target="_blank">gooms@itg.be</a>'; '<a href="mailto:espen.bjertness@medisin.uio.no" target="_blank">espen.bjertness@medisin.uio.no</a>';
'<a href="mailto:smoon@hsph.harvard.edu" target="_blank">smoon@hsph.harvard.edu</a>'; '<a href="mailto:sidsel.roalkvam@sum.uio.no" target="_blank">sidsel.roalkvam@sum.uio.no</a>'; '<a href="mailto:k.i.sandberg@medisin.uio.no" target="_blank">k.i.sandberg@medisin.uio.no</a>'; '<a href="mailto:inger.scheel@kunnskapssenteret.no" target="_blank">inger.scheel@kunnskapssenteret.no</a>'; '<a href="mailto:a.l.lie@medisin.uio.no" target="_blank">a.l.lie@medisin.uio.no</a>'<br>
<br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">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.<br>
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<h1><a href="http://medact.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e4ca3b8ac9ba2814089c322d&id=6c6b6f1ff7&e=c53735e56d" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(0,160,176)">Global Governance and Health</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></h1>
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reported on their investigation of the political roots of health inequity and came up with recommendations for how global governance should be improved. <br>
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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. <br>
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Importantly, the article then asks <i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">why</span></i> 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? <br>
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<a href="http://medact.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e4ca3b8ac9ba2814089c322d&id=888d1b5060&e=c53735e56d" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,160,176)">See the article here</span></a>
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