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Health, International Cooperation, and International Relations Juan Manuel Sotelo

Health, International Cooperation, and International Relations Juan Manuel Sotelo. Washington, DC, 9 de Mayo, 2014. Some Definitions. Assistance/Aid Cooperation Needs/demands Networking Partnerships Official Development Assistance (ODA) High level meetings (Summits). Key players.

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Health, International Cooperation, and International Relations Juan Manuel Sotelo

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  1. Health, International Cooperation, and International RelationsJuan Manuel Sotelo Washington, DC, 9 de Mayo, 2014

  2. Some Definitions • Assistance/Aid • Cooperation • Needs/demands • Networking • Partnerships • Official Development Assistance (ODA) • High level meetings (Summits)

  3. Key players • States. National Interest concept. Collective will. • International Organizations. UN, IFIs, EU, OECD, Funds, Alliances, Others. • Non-State institutions. Foundations, Academia, private sector. • Population. Communities, NGOs, professional associations, patients/relatives association, clubs, others.

  4. Evolution • First International Sanitary Conference, 1851 • First International Sanitary Convention (Cholera) 1892. • New International Convention (Plague) 1897. • 1903 Conference agreed that a permanent international bureau should be established. The American republics established the International Sanitary Bureau in 1902.

  5. Evolution • 1907 in Rome, established an office in Paris: International d’Hygiene Publique. • 1945, April, in San Francisco, Brazil and China proposed an International Health Organization • WHO was established. • PAHO became the Regional Office of WHO for the Americas. • 1978, Buenos Aires, UN Conference on TCDC

  6. Levels of Action • Community • Nation • Sub-region • Region • Inter-region • Global

  7. Some Instruments • Traditional: resolutions, projects, MOUs, conventions, frameworks, programs of interchange, fellowships • Non-Traditional: dialogue, social media, citizens control, pressure measures, direct interventions

  8. Some Cases • Complex situation in Argentina 2000 (priorities definition, helping the social and political dialogue) • Policy building: HFA, PHC, MDGs, NCDs, global health security • Technical matters: international health regulations, tobacco control, traffic accidents, injuries, antimicrobial resistance • Caribbean cooperation in health, other sub-regional initiatives

  9. Some Cases • Mexico: NAFTA, healthy municipalities • Chile: Interagency interaction, ECLAC • Washington: Dialogue with main partners, forum for NCDs, partnership with FBO, OAS, sub-regional entities

  10. Ingredients to Add Value • Diplomacy • Transparency/honesty • Sustainability • Openness to new ideas and schemes • Information sharing • Presence in key scenarios • Commitment to goals and institutions

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