Press releases
International expert group confirms Currency Transaction Tax feasibility - Action for Global Health calls upon heads of state to implement tax
16. July 2010Today [Friday July 16], a group of experts drawn from the financial sector and academia have confirmed the feasibility of taxing financial transactions for the benefit of development. A detailed feasibility study titled “Globalising Solidarity: The Case of Financial Levies” was today handed to the...[more]
Ministers leave job unfinished
14. June 2010LUXEMBOURG – 14.06.2010 – EU foreign and development ministers have taken an important step by agreeing human rights must be at the centre of any strategy capable of meeting the Millennium Development Goals. But unless EU leaders provide concrete detail on how and when this pledge will be met, it...[more]
EU Parliamentarians prepare for an alternative World Cup Kick off … for children’s health!
14. June 2010On African Child Day, 16 June, the cross-Europe network Action for Global Health reminds us of what should not be forgotten. It will launch a new online football game ‘Kick off … for children’s health’ to call for urgent action in the fight against child mortality.[more]
WHO Code of Practice on health workers risks being 'toothless tiger' warns Action for Global Health
25. May 2010Action for Global Health welcomes a new Code of Practice from the World Health Organisation (WHO) which aims to stem the flow of health workers leaving poor countries for rich ones. The code will have a significant impact on the current deplorable shortage of health workers in low-income countries....[more]
Time to get real: EU must end fairytale aid policies for the health MDGs to have any chance of being met
07. April 2010On World Health Day 2010, a new report from Action for Global Health urges EU leaders to commit 0.1% of GNI to ensure universal access to healthcare for people in developing countries.[more]
European Commission Embraces Health as a Human Right for All
31. March 2010The European Commission today signaled a new more coherent EU approach to health across the world as it adopted a Communication on Global Health.[more]
MDG 5: Improve Maternal Health
31. March 2010MDG 5 online memory game and exhibition opening at EU-ACP Joint Parliamentary Assembly [more]
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