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Engaging Business to Tackle Global Health – A GBCHealth Overview. Sancia Dalley, Manager Global Membership & Advisory Services Regional Co-Lead, Latin America & the Caribbean. June 14, 2012 Argentina.
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Engaging Business to Tackle Global Health – A GBCHealth Overview Sancia Dalley, Manager Global Membership & Advisory Services Regional Co-Lead, Latin America & the Caribbean June 14, 2012 Argentina
GBCHealth grew out of the efforts of forward-thinking international leaders who saw the then-untapped power of business to fight AIDS.
Our History 1997 Nelson Mandela called for business leadership on AIDS; 17 companies stepped up 2000 U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan called for broader, deeper business engagement 2001 Ambassador Richard Holbrooke grew network with support from Soros, Turner, Gates: 100+ companies • Membership extended to formally include select group of major global health NGOs • Mandate expansion and formal name change
Our Vision: Our Mission: A global business community that is fully contributing its assets, skills, influence & reach to make a healthier world for employees, their families and their communities. To leverage the power and resources of the business community for positive impact on global health challenges.
Our Approach • Convene and connect businesses, governments, multilaterals and civil society • Drive the creation of high-impact partnerships and collective actions • Provide recognition and visibility to members • Champion best practices in business engagement on health • Represent business in key global health settings • Provide advisory services and guidance GBCHealth helps unlock the power of business in these ways:
Multiple levels of engagement… Advocacy Partnerships Community Programs Workplace Programs Events Collective Action Media
… across several health topics… HIV-TB MALARIA WOMEN + GIRLS ISSUES COMPREHENSIVE WELLNESS Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) And so on
Board, Advisors and Founders • Founding Members • American Express Company • Anglo American PLC • Bristol-Myers Squibb • The Coca-Cola Company • Daimler AG • Debswana Diamond Co. (Pty) Ltd • Edelman • Eskom • Estee Lauder Companies • ExxonMobil Corporation • GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) • Levi Strauss & Co. • MAC Cosmetics / MAC AIDS Fund • Merck & Co., Inc. • SSL International PLC • Tata Steel • Unilever • Viacom International • (Black Entertainment Television (BET) & MTV Networks) Board of Directors Corporate Advisory Board
Snapshot of HIV/AIDS Results • +1,000,000: Number of people reached with through member workplace HIV/TB/Malaria Programs • +750,000,000: Number of people reached by CHAMP PSAs featuring Chinese movie stars highlighting AIDS prevention and stigma • 30,000,000 : Estimated number of Russians who took action to protect themselves after viewing PSAs aired by GBCHealth’s Russia Media Partnership • 250,000 : Number of Kenyans reached by Health at Home/Kenya’s door-to-door HIV testing • 116: Total number of CEOs who signed the Coalition’s HIV/AIDS non-discrimination pledge • 5,000,000 : Total number of employees covered by their CEO’s declaration • 7: National governments with whom GBC has brokered Public Private Partnership engagements (Angola, China, Ghana, Kenya, Russia, South Africa, U.S.) • +$3,000,000 USD: Invested by GBCHealth member Chevron Corporation to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS for programs in more than 10 countries.
Workplace Policy and Community Action Advocacy Advocacy Launched Global HIV/AIDS Policy on World AIDS Day 2011 CEO Rick Waugh signed GBCHealthCEO Non-discrimination Pledge in 2008 Partnerships Partnerships Workplace Programs Community Programs Community Programs Scotia Jamaica’s Primary School’s Debating Competition • Creation of Guyana Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS Canadian Aboriginal Initiative on HIV/AIDS Caribbean Regional Testing Initiative in partnership with Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership Events Events Workplace Programs Collective Action Collective Action Media Media
The Global Fund PSD • GBCHealth is the Focal Point for the Private Sector Delegation (PSD) to The Global Fund, the largest financial mechanism for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in the world. • The Global Fund is one of the most efficient avenues for business investment and it provides strategic opportunities for co-financing and collaboration on the ground. • GBCHealth brings the Private Sector voice and perspective to The Global Fund, giving corporate members the opportunity to actively engage in policy and strategy matters presented to the Board.
Mandate Change: An Informed, Yearlong Process “Where we go next will be a reflection of the needs and strategies of our members and partners, but also informed by GBCHealth’s unique vantage point at the nexus of business, government and societal action on global health.” John TedstromGBCHealth President and CEO • Member Surveys • Stakeholder Dialogue • Thought Leader Engagement • Next Generation Task Force
A Changing Global Health Landscape PRESENT PAST Diabetes Obesity Education HIV/AIDS Gender Equality Maternal Health GBC Health Systems Strengthening Economic Empowerment Cancer Nutrition TB Malaria Clean Water • Socio-economic changes in developing world introducing developed-world health challenges • New health threats emerging – e.g Drug/insecticide resistance, Non-Communicable Diseases • Comprehensive wellness taking on greater importance • Organizations adopting increasingly holistic approaches
Member Interest: Beyond HIV, TB & Malaria 30.8% 35.9% 38.5% 38.5% 43.6% 43.6% 48.7% 53.8% 56.4% Source: GBC Member Survey, 12-2010
Priorities – 2012 and beyond… • Galvanize business in the NCD space especially Diabetes, Nutrition, Tobacco Cessation • Expand into key markets such as Latin America • Elevate urgency of focusing on Women and Girls • Prioritize key HIV/AIDS gaps – e.gPMTCT
Business Action on Health in Latin America & the Caribbean Convenings around specific health issues (HIV/AIDS, nutrition, diabetes) and key industries (food, mining etc) Collective action initiatives with key partners such as PAHO, Slim Health Institute • Regional baseline survey project with Booz & Co. and Abt Associates • Collection and dissemination of Case Studies on best practice health programs
Healthy Women, Health Economies Gender- Based Violence Engaging Boys and Men Economic Empower- ment Education Health Initiative to promote impactful business engagement to Improve the lives of women and girls.
AIDS @30: Opportunities for Action • New HIV prevention tools and strategies give hope to reach an “AIDS-free generation.” • Treatment as prevention • Male circumcision • PMTCT • Funding levels to fight AIDS globally have leveled off • Domestic governments need to invest more • “whole of society” approach required to make greater impact with little resources • HIV being managed as a chronic disease due to treatment push – integrate delivery as part of core health services • . “Take AIDS out of isolation. Look at it as part of a response to global health.” • --Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director
CEO Pledge – Advocacy Campaigns In 2009 more than 100 corporate leaders signed the GBCHealthCEO Non-discrimination Pledge In 2012 at the AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. mobilizing CEO’s to sign the CEO Travel Ban Pledge Campaign to call for end to travel restrictions for HIV+ individuals - 47 countries still have restrictions in place
Discussion • Sancia Dalley, Manager, GBCHealth • sdalley@gbchealth.org