G8 Summit has Unique Opportunity to Fix Global Health Governance

WATERLOO, CANADA, July 4 / MARKET WIRE/ -- 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 consultant and G8 policy specialist. Health is one of the top three priority issues for the G8 leaders at the Hokkaido... [read full story]