A policy, research and training programme
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Objective:
To ensure
that globalization works to improve the health of poor and
disadvantaged populations
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Strategies
To improve
population health outcomes through:
- the
promotion of policy
coherence between globalization, trade and health;
- equipping governments,
international development partners and civil society with the
knowledge and skills to respond effectively to the opportunities
and risks of globalization and trade for health ; and
- contributing to enabling actions such as global health programmes, global
public goods, global health funds and international rules for
health.
Areas of
work
1. Health
in the global economy
- globalization and health - risks, opportunities and responses
- trade and
health - impacts of multilateral trade agreements
- international financing for health development
2.
Responding to globalization- managing interdependence for health
- global public goods for health
- negotiating across boundaries
- global health governance
Functions
Policy
- development
of WHO policy
- promotion
of international and national policy coherence between trade and
health
Research
- produce,
commission and disseminate timely, policy relevant,
evidence-informed, peer reviewed working papers, country case
studies and publications
Training
- produce
distance learning materials for public health practitioners and
conduct training courses
- training course
on trade and health
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Introduction