G8 Summit has Unique Opportunity to Fix Global Health Governance

Misaligned policies at global, regional and national levels delaying access to low-cost medicines in poor countries WATERLOO, CANADA--(Marketwire - July 4, 2008) - New research from the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) shows how the Group of Eight (G8) Summit in Hokkaido Toyako, Japan, on July 7-9, can play a unique role in improving policy coherence in global health governance. Global Health Governance and Multi-Level Policy Coherence: Can the G8 Provide a Cure? describes opportunities available to the G8 leaders to remedy weaknesses in the current global health governance regime. Specifically, the paper focuses on the need for increased coherence among international trade policies and practices as they relate to development and public health. It is authored by Dr. Heidi Ullrich, an independent trade... [read full story]