11 December 2018 In 23-26 May 2019, EU citizens will vote for a new European Parliament. This process will help select the next president of the European Commission, the top job in Brussels. Global Health Advocates (GHA) works with civil society partners in the lead to the European Parliament elections to ensure the next legislature Read More …
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Council supports sustainable development, but more needed to ensure EU R&I delivers benefits for citizens
Civil society has published a reaction to the Council of the European Union’s Partial General Approach on the Regulation for Horizon Europe, the next EU Research Framework Programme. We are encouraged to note that the Council has improved the proposal in several key areas, including by linking the definition and indicators for societal impact and the Read More …
Follow the Funding: Nutrition for Growth Progress Report
The World Health Assembly’s 2012 endorsement of global targets to improve maternal and child nutrition by 2020 was a determined effort, echoed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 2013 combined pledge for nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programs, which surpassed USD 24 billion, helped to secure support for the long-neglected imperative to improve child nutrition. Now, Read More …
Policy Brief: Making the Case for Investing in Nutrition
Generation Nutrition calls on the EU to keep nutrition high in the next multi-annual budget The EU has committed to support partner countries in reducing the number of stunted children by at least 7 million by 2025. Unfortunately, despite all commitments the world is not on track to reach SDG2 and the EU’s own commitments Read More …
Civil society calls on the European Commission to pledge €580 million for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB & Malaria
GHA, alongside AIDSfonds and Global Fund Advocates Network, have asked the European Commission to pledge €580m to replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria before the EU elections of May 2019. One of the best performing global initiatives, since 2002, the Global Fund has already saved 27 million lives. The EU played Read More …
Ensuring Sustainable Societal Impact of EU-Funded Biomedical Research & Innovation
Global Health Advocates very much welcomes the “Matching Health Needs and Pharmaceutical Research” conference organized by the Austrian Presidency today. With Horizon Europe on the negotiating table, the EU should shift towards a needs-driven R&I agenda that focuses on societal impact to deliver better health and wellbeing for citizens. Ensuring the accessibility and affordability of Read More …
Ending malnutrition: what role for the private sector? From prevention to treatment
Full report – Executive Summary After over a decade of decline, the number of people suffering from hunger is on the rise again – reaching 815 million in 2016. Still, the world produces enough food to feed its current population. This is a sign that the current food system is not fit Read More …
Leaving development cooperation behind: is the EU turning its back on Agenda 2030?
Brussels – 14 June 2018 While many are rejoicing at the prospects of increased resources for external action in the face of Brexit, this is by no means justified. The proposal for a Neighborhood, Development, International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) does not constitute an EU pledge to support partner countries’ efforts to “leave no one behind”. Read More …
EU set to downgrade political ambition on health of EU citizens
Brussels – 30 May The EU Civil Society Forum on HIV, TB and Hepatitis, gathering leading civil society organisations at the national and regional level in the EU and neighbouring countries, welcomes with caution the merging of the EU Health Programme into an enlarged European Social Fund+. While the will to address socio-economic determinants of Read More …