The 2022 series of policy dialogues set up as Zoom
webinars in the last days of October is based on a call to Network
members and refers to the format of last years’ successful series of MMI policy dialogues.
In a kind of “warm-up” for the MMS Symposium, we want to feature
contributions and positions in some fields identified as particularly
relevant by our members and partners and provide a space for dialogue
and mutual learning.
Have a look at the initial programme and session outlines, below, save the dates and reach out to the session organizers if you like to engage in the further programming and preparation of a session, or as a speaker.
All sessions listed are already confirmed. Additional sessions might still be added based on proposals by MMI Network members. Stand by for the final programme and registration form to be available here soon.
Programme
Wednesday 26 October 2022, 15.30-17.00 CET
Introducing climate crisis in the field of health cooperation: From theory to first steps in practice
Thursday 27 October 2022, 15.30-17.00 CET
How to better care for those who care for us in times of health emergencies: Time to move from “technical advice” to international legal norms?
Friday 28 October 2022, 15.30-17.00 CET
Why Post Growth policies are essential for planetary health
Monday 31 October 2022, 15.30-17.00 CET
The project of a EU global health strategy: still alive?
For more information please see below and consult the MMI Website: here
To attend one or more of the MMI policy dialogue series: register here (Zoom)
Detailed programme
Wednesday 26 October 2022, 15.30-17.00 CET
Introducing climate crisis in the field of health cooperation:
From theory to first steps in practice
How can a civil society organization working in international health
cooperation incorporate concrete action related to the climate crisis in
its regular work? The Federation of Medicus Mundi Spain started one
year ago a process of institutional reflection in view of developing a
strategy on how to fully take up the challenges related to climate
change and what this means for the practice of international
cooperation.
In the dialogue session, representatives of Medicus Mundi Spain will
describe the starting point, the process and the main goals of this
strategy and the first steps developed to change their institutional
setup and practice. The session will allow other civil society actors to
share their own approaches to become more “climate friendly” and to
learn from each other.
Session organized by Medicus Mundi Spain (FAMME), with contributions by civil society partners. Contact: Carlos Mediano, federacion2@medicusmundi.es
Thursday 27 October 2022, 15.30-17.00 CET
How to better care for those who care for us in times of health emergencies: Time to move from technical advice to new/stronger international legal norms?
After the adoption by the World Health Assembly, in May 2022, of a WHO “global health and care workers compact”
as a “technical document to be considered by member states”, the
negotiation of a “WHO convention, agreement or other international
instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response” by a WHO
Intergovernmental negotiating body (INB)
would provide an opportunity for defining new international legal norms
or strengthening existing ones on how to protect health and care
workers in health emergencies and pandemics, in a chronic and global
situation of scarcity of skilled people who care for us and risk their
lives for doing so.
According to a first working draft
of the “pandemic treaty” published in July 2022, “health workforce” is
one of the specific fields to be addressed by the proposed new legal
instrument. However, the need to protect health and care workers,
provide them with decent working conditions and better enable them to
defend their rights is not addressed of the draft. What can/shall be
demanded from member states in this regard beyond their general
commitment to “invest in an adequate, skilled, trained, competent and
committed workforce”? What existing norms (ILO and other) need to be
explicitly referenced in the new WHO instrument, and may-be
strengthened? How will the International Labour Organization (ILO),
international unions and health and care workers organized in other ways
at a national or international level be heard in the negotiation of the
“pandemic treaty”?
Dialogue meeting organized by the MMI Secretariat together with external partners.
Contact: Thomas Schwarz, schwarz@medicusmundi.org
Session outline with call for speakers and co-organizers: here
Friday 28 October 2022, 15.30-17.00 CET
Why Post Growth policies are essential for planetary health
In these times of multiple crises, much global health efforts have
gone into efforts for technology, medicines and knowledge, such as the
Covid-19 vaccine, to become available across countries. While arguably
much more investments should be made into Primary Health Care, health
workforce development and social health protection, much of the current
funding, also via development cooperation, eventually contributes to the
steadily growing of a health care business that costs the society and
environment more than the benefit it brings.
Poor health care quality and its relative overuse, driven by forces
of privatisation and lack of regulatory capacity, has become a reality
in high-income countries. To what extent is the financialization of
health care, one of the fastest growing economic sectors worldwide, also
becoming a problem in lower and middle income countries and what would
be alternative policy actions to advance social health justice and
overcome deep inequities? Civil society, health and academic experts
explore and discuss what social and ecological pathways could entail
from a Post Growth perspective.
Dialogue session hosted by the MMI Secretariat in collaboration with
the Centre for Planetary Health Policy (CPHP) and various partners.
Contact: Remco van de Pas, remco.van.de.pas@cphp-berlin.de
Monday 31 October 2022, 15.30-17.00 CET
The project of an EU global health strategy: still alive?
The Dutch Global Health Alliance (DGHA) with around twenty member
organisations, was a key stakeholder in the development of the Dutch
Global Health Strategy expected be finalized mid-October. Parallel to
this process, the European Union (EU) has been developing its own Global
Health Strategy. The EU already produced a draft that did not pass the
Council. As the EU reviews its global health strategy, striving for
finalization by mid-November this year, it is important to build more
momentum and visibility around the added value of a global health
strategy.
As part of the learning process, the DGHA reached out to similar
platforms in Europe to learn from their experiences with the development
of their respective national global health strategies. As a result, the
DGHA developed an analysis of the existing Global Health Strategies in
European countries which showcased some points of attention. This
inspired the DGHA to organize this session to exchange good practices
and lessons learned from each of the country’s processes, to learn from
other countries not included in this analysis and to examine possible
underlying geopolitics which should be addressed.
Dialogue session hosted by Cordaid in collaboration with the DGHA. Contact: Christina de Vries, christina.de.vries@cordaid.org
Medicus Mundi International (MMI):
How to cope with a world in crisis?
Overall contact for enquiries and engagement:
Thomas Schwarz, Executive Secretary
Medicus Mundi International
Network Health for All
schwarz@medicusmundi.org
