Advocacy Updates

Lookout for GHC members at the Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR 2018)! 

Between October 8 and 12, several GHC members, including Frontline Health Workers Coalition, Management Sciences for Health, IntraHealth International, IMA World Health, Medtronic Foundation, and John Snow Inc., will host booths and side events at the largest research conference in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Our members are getting ready to discuss health systems in fragile settings, strengthening the capacity of community health systems, engaging health workers, peer-to-peer learning to achieve UHC, and expanding access into the hardest-to-reach communities. This year, the HSR 2018 Conference is centered around innovative ways of financing health, delivering services, and engaging the health workforce. 

Innovations for Global Health Impact: The 2018 Triangle Global Health Consortium Conference 

A On September 27, GHC joined other actors from nonprofit, academia, and the private sector for the annual Triangle Global Health Consortium Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. This year’s theme – Innovations for Global Health Impact – covered a wide range of topics including digital health, epidemic preparedness, and transition of developing countries from donor health assistance. The event attracted 300 professionals and students who participated in panel discussions, poster presentations and an exhibition by event sponsors. 

WHO’s First Investment Case can Save up to 30 Million Lives

On September 19, the World Health Organization (WHO) laid out the potentially broad impact of global health and development through their first investment case. According to WHO, if an investment of $14.1 billion from 2019 to 2023 is made, up to 30 million lives could be saved. This could add up to 100 million years of healthy living to the world’s population and add up to 4 percent of economic growth in low and middle-income countries by 2023. Such an investment would also help achieve the “triple billion” targets of WHO’s General Programme of Work: 1 billion more people benefiting from universal health coverage; 1 billion more people better protected from health emergencies; and 1 billion more people enjoying better health and wellbeing.