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Webinar: Principles to guide engagement with communities and civil society in global health governance; August 2023

In 2020, STOPAIDS, Aidsfonds, Frontline AIDS, & Civil Society Sustainability Network (CSSN) published a report titled ‘HIV, Universal Health Coverage, and the Future of the Global Health Architecture: A civil society discussion paper on key trends and principles for evolution‘. The report collated some of the experiences of the HIV movement and suggested what lessons and principles might inform the development of the global health architecture going forward, including the meaningful … Continued

Principles for ODA-funded Private Sector Engagement in Global Health, November 2022

From Public-Private Partnerships to biomedical Research & Development funding, there has been a substantial increase in the amount of development finance being channeled to the private sector to support the delivery of global development goals. Whilst there are examples of private sector engagement which has advanced global health outcomes, responding to the risks associated with … Continued

Towards Digital Justice: Participatory action research in global digital health, April 2022

In April, BMJ published an article STOPAIDS collaborated on with the Digital Health and Rights consortium[1] outlining their project of developing participatory action research in global digital health. COVID-19 has accelerated the financialisation of digital health and a deepening digital divide. Companies in high-income countries have benefitted during the Pandemic; Big Tech in high-income countries (HIC) mine … Continued

An international pandemic treaty must centre on human rights, May 2021

The proposed International Pandemic Treaty could be undermined by political posturing and national protectionism—or it could be an opportunity to chart a different global future based on human rights. Those in charge of drafting the treaty must begin with a clear look at the grave abuses that have characterized the covid-19 pandemic: authoritarian power grabs; … Continued

A Democracy Deficit in Digital Health? January 2020

Today, new technologies are rapidly reshaping how we access health information, find health facilities, and how health care providers diagnose and treat patients. These new technologies offer exciting opportunities, but also risk rolling back the fragile gains in human rights, by sharing and commodifying our most intimate health and behavioral information, and by leaving vulnerable … Continued

Featured Laying the foundations: Principles of a sustainable, successful transition from external donor funding

A report by RESULTS and STOPAIDS on the principles of a sustainable and successful transition from external donor funding. Transition before a national government and other key stakeholders are ready, willing, committed and able to take over development programmes can lead to gaps in critical services for people and often the reversal of hard won … Continued

The Role of the Private Sector in Global Health

This paper seeks to address several questions including; How does the private sector currently operate in the field of global health? What has the impact of private sector involvement in global health been to date? How has Civil Society engaged with the Private Sector to date? What principles might guide our engagement?

MIC’s Symposium Outcome Document

On 24 March 2016, STOPAIDS convened over 60 representatives from government, multilateral organisations, NGOs, academic institutions, private foundations and activists living in middle income countries from across the international development field to generate ideas and debate around how to engage with middle income countries. Four central themes were discussed throughout the day: indicators for assessing development, leaving … Continued