Need to increase focus on non-communicable diseases in global health, says WHO

BMJ ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 341 (dec08 3) ◽  
pp. c7065-c7065 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Zarocostas
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases

Powerful Allies and Weak Consensus: Towards a Deeper Understanding of how Health-Harming Industries Seek to Influence Global Health Governance; Comment on "Competing Frames in Global Health Governance: An Analysis of Stakeholder Influence on the Political Declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases"

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Zenone ◽  
Benjamin Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Global Health Governance ◽  
Commercial Sector ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The One

Suzuki et al. have identified commonalities in the policy positions adopted at a global forum by commercial sector actors and high-income countries, on the one hand, and non-governmental organizations and low- and middle-income countries, on the other, in ways that may allow commercial sector actors to block or delay evidence-based policies through the creation of political controversy. The ability of industry actors to draw on the support of the most politically and economically powerful countries for their favoured policy agenda is an important contribution to understanding the dynamics of global health governance in the area of non-communicable diseases and beyond. Here we assess the relevance of this paper for the field of corporate actors’ research and the potential avenues this opens up for further study. More specifically we emphasize the need for comparative, cross disciplinary research to examine the power of heath-harming industries and the relevance of these findings for decolonizing global health.

Capacity Building and Innovation in Caring for Non-communicable Diseases in Maternal Global Health: The Example of Haiti

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 1479-1481
Author(s):  
Isabelle Malhamé ◽  
Louise Pilote ◽  
Rodney Destiné ◽  
Kerling Israel ◽  
Julia E. von Oettingen
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases

scholarly journals US NCI's Center for Global Health Regional Centers for Research Excellence Program to Support Research Infrastructure on Non-Communicable Diseases, Mental Health and Injuries (NCDs)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 44s-44s
Author(s):  
Shannon L. Silkensen ◽  
John S. Flanigan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Research Infrastructure ◽  
Collaborative Partnerships ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Population Science

Abstract 78 In many low and middle-income countries (LMICs) there is a marked need to build or enhance research infrastructure to support basic, translational, clinical, and population science on non-communicable diseases, mental health and injuries (NCDs). To support this growing need, the NCI's Center for Global Health recently invited investigators throughout the world to apply for Planning Grants for Regional Infrastructure Centers (RCREs) for the coordination of research on NCDs in LMICs. The purpose of the funding opportunity (FOA) is to facilitate the planning and designing of RCRE that will build on collaborative partnerships among investigators from institutions in high-income countries (HICs)/ Upper Middle Income Countries (UMIC) and LMICs. The presentation will provide details of the opportunity for funding from the NCI, how partnerships can be created, the requirements for the application to the program and its multiple funding timelines, and early information about the program's global reach. The NCI Center for Global Health encourages the CUGH community to examine and become involved in this this opportunity as primary or partner applicants. AUTHORS' DISCLOSURES OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: No COIs from either author.

"A Promise Unfulfilled": Stakeholder Influence and the 2018 UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs; Comment on "Competing Frames in Global Health Governance: an Analysis of Stakeholder Influence on the Political Declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Ralston
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
The Political ◽  
Global Health Governance ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Stakeholder Influence ◽  
High Level

In recognition of the global burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), the past decade has seen three U.N. High Level Meetings on NCDs. Yet progress in terms of political or financial commitments has been very slow. At the 2018 meeting, a political declaration was approved but featured language that had been watered down in terms of commitments. In "Competing Frames of Global Health Governance: An Analysis of Stakeholder Influence on the Political Declaration on Non-communicable Diseases," Suzuki et al analyze the documents that were submitted by Member States, NGOs and the private sector during the consultation period and conclude that the private sector and several high-income countries appeared to oppose regulatory frameworks for products associated with NCDs , that wealthier countries resisted financing commitments, and that general power asymmetries affected the final document. This comment supports their findings and provides additional considerations for why the NCD response has yet to produce significant commitments.

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