People standing up for their right to health - watch a promising story from India
To mark Human Rights Day (10 December), AfGH and ActionAid India launched a new video which shows how communities of a remote area of Orissa in south-eastern India stand up for their right to health. It is crucial that NGOs, governments and the international community support them in this process. [Watch the video...]
AfGH launches an EU online guide to global health
The online guide is an excellent and in-depth tool for anyone who wants to know more about EU's global health policies, resources and who is who in defining the global health agenda for the EU. In the online guide, interested advocates can learn about specific opportunities to influence ongoing policy processes. [Read more...]
AfGH encourages parliamentarians to play a strong role in health
At the 20th Session of the African, Caribbean, Pacific-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Kinshasa (DRC), AfGH brought together parliamentarians for a lively debate on the role of parliamentarians in achieving the health MDGs. [Read more...]
MEPs visit a health project in Kinshasa
On the occasion of World Aids Day, AfGH brought MEPs attending the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly to visit a health care centre. The objective was to improve the parliamentarians' understanding of the health sector in the DRC and to show the challenges that people face in accessing health care. [Read more...]
Remeber Martha? Our Health Hero returns...
At the UN MDG review summit in September, we teamed up with Martha Kwataine, executive director of the Malawi Health Equity Network. A passionate and vivacious advocate, it was only a matter of time before we joined forces with her again. Now Martha - our dynamic health hero - is back, braving the biting Brussels weather to take part in the European Development Days. [Read more...]
