Health Project Latest News

Health Project Featured in University Brochure
16/06/2008
The Global Health Governance project, and its Director Dr. Devi Sridhar, are featured in the University's new research brochure. The article can be seen here.

High-Level Working Group on Global Health
30/05/2008
The Global Economic Governance Programme convened a High-Level Working Group on ‘Setting a Developing Country Agenda for Global Health’ in order to to identify challenges faced by developing countries in dealing with global health donors and institutions. The group, which met from May 11-13 2008 at Ditchley Park, identified urgent priorities for governance reform in global health and will be collaborating to move these reforms forward. The following literature and media related to the event is now available:

• Short report summarizing key points emerging from the meeting
• Video of Health Public Forum - 13th May 2008. Please note that the video may take a few minutes to load, depending on connection speed.
• Photos of Health Public Forum - 13th May 2008.

A Conversation with the Tanzanian Health Minister
02/05/2008
On Friday 9 May, at 2:00 pm, the Hon. Professor David Mwakyusa, Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania since 2006, will visit the Global Economic Governance Programme to discuss his country's interactions with donors, and the challenges of crafting a national health plan amid so many donor demands. There will be no lecture or prepared remarks; this is your opportunity to ask the Minister about the challenges in addressing Tanzanian health priorities.

Speaker: The Hon. Professor David Mwakyusa, Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania
Title: The challenge of crafting a National Health Plan amid so much international aid
Date: Friday 9 May
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College

Public Forum: Setting a Developing Country Agenda for Global Health
25/04/2008
On 13 May, GEG will host a public forum where several prominent developing country ministers will reflect on priorities for governance reform in global health. The ministers will discuss the priorities emerging a High-Level Working Group on 'Setting a Developing Country Agenda for Global Health.' There will be ample opportunity for audience questions, and a chance to meet some of the ministers in a reception which follows.

This Working Group, convened by Oxford's Global Economic Governance Programme, brings together health ministers from developing countries, joined by finance ministers and ex-heads of state, to set an agenda for governance reform in global health. The Working Group participants, among the most accomplished ministers from around the world, have been selected based on their success, advocacy, and experience in the pursuit of developing country priorities.

The Working Group is the first which excludes donors and their representatives, and has geared discussion toward the fundamental changes in health governance demanded by developing country officials. This public forum comes at the conclusion of the Working Group meeting.

Title: Public Forum: Setting a Developing Country Agenda for Global Health
Date: Tuesday 13 May 2008
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, Manor Road Building, Oxford OX1 3UQ (for a map of the location, click here).

If you would like to attend this event, please RSVP to geg@univ.ox.ac.uk.

Confirmed participants: (Please note that not all will be participating in the forum due to travel schedules.)

Santiago Alcazar, Brazil (International Health Advisor, Ministry of Health)
Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Ghana (Minister of Finance and Economic Planning)
Eyitayo Lambo, Nigeria (Former Minister of Health)
Stephen Mallinga, Uganda (Minister of Health)
Mahesh Maskey, Nepal (Chair, Health Policy Advisory Group, Ministry of Health)
David Mwakyusa, Tanzania (Minister of Health and Social Welfare)
Charity Ngilu, Kenya (Minister of Water and Irrigation; Former Minister of Health)
Alfredo Palacio, Ecuador (Former President; Former Minister of Health)
Srinath Reddy, India (President, Public Health Foundation of India)
Ismail Sallam, Egypt (Former Minister of Health)
Francisco Songane, Mozambique (Former Minister of Health)
Mongkol Na Songkhal, Thailand (Former Minister of Health)
Siti Fadilah Supari, Indonesia (Minister of Health)

Ownership at the Community Level: Lessons from Kenya
24/09/2007
Sammy Gitau from the University of Manchester recently presented at the GEG for the Global Health Governance Project. He spoke on 'Ownership at the Community Level: Lessons from Kenya'. Literature and media are available here.

Mainstreaming Nutrition as a Social Welfare
24/09/2007
Devi Sridhar, Director of the Global Health Project, recently published the following article on 'Mainstreaming Nutrition as a Social Welfare' in the UN Chronicle Online Edition.