This November provides decision-makers with two opportunities to make decisions which could make a huge difference to development and global health programmes. The first key moment is the G-20 summit in France (3-4 November) with the FTT high on the agenda. The second event is the 4th High Level Meeting on Aid Effectiveness which will take place in Busan (South Korea) at the end of the month.

This is the question that was foremost in my mind after the first day of the 7th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. Of all the actors engaged in international health – health workers, patients, families, policymakers, advocates, researchers, pharmaceutical companies, insurance providers, and beyond – who is making choices that are making a real impact?

With preparations for the Busan forum intensifying over the coming months, AfGH has launched its most recent report on the meaningful participation of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the health sector. The report is based on case studies carried out in three countries – El Salvador, Mozambique and Nepal – where AfGH assessed the level [...]

After three days of debates and workshops on CSO effectiveness, the CSO open forum closed its second global assembly (30 June). While the opening day was dedicated to an overview of the process, during the second day participants worked in regional and thematic working groups to finalise the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness, the political [...]

DSW and Action for Global Health recently released a briefing on improving aid to Mozambique that provides recommendations to inform the discussions among aid donors at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness scheduled to occur in Busan, South Korea in November. While the briefing itself is actually very good, it also reflects an [...]

The European Court of Auditors has launched  a report on General Budget Support to ACP, Latin America and Asian countries (16th February). The recommendations of the report highlight very similar themes to those included in Action for Global Health’s submission to the Commission’s online consultation on GBS last year. Whilst the Court’s report acknowledges the [...]

Between October 2010 and April 2011, DSW and the Action for Global Health (AfGH) Network are organising an online discussion on Aid Effectiveness in the health sector. You can register for this discussion at: http://my.ibpinitiative.org/reproductiveaid/afgh In January 2011, we attempted to answer the question: “What do we want to achieve through health aid? Managing for [...]

“Where do I sign?” was the response of El Salvador’s Vice Health Minister when visiting members of Action for Global Health told him about the International Health Partnership. Launched in 2007, the International Health Partnership and related initiatives (IHP+) seeks to achieve better health results by mobilising donor countries and other development partners around a [...]

It’s our third straight day of nonstop rain and all the Tanzanians are saying that it never rains like this without letting up at some point. Nonetheless, I seem to be the only one surprised when the streets flood: everyone else just gets on with it and wades through the deluge. This morning we’ve been [...]