Resources

May 12th, 2011

1. Introductions:

Short, 5-minute Introduction to EG4Health campaign (5 mins).
Longer Introduction to EG4Health campaign (15 mins) and introductory flyer.
Detail on EG4Health? (30 mins) and accompanying handout.

1.2 Supporting Graphs and Diagrams:

Diagram of the wider causes of poor global health, and how some campaigns are tackling them.
Detailed diagram of how economic governance influences health.
A selection of illustrations on economic and health inequalities.

2. On why the global economy is failing to develop low and middle income countries:

Stiglitz, Joseph. Globalization and its discontents. 2002. Chapter 1.

3. On why health is so poor in many developing countries:

WHO: Commission on the Social Determinants of Health
WHO: Action on the Social Determinants of Health pp 14-17. (2008)
ILO: The social dimensions of globalisation (2004)

4. Detailed articles on how the global economy influences health:

On INEQUALITY and health - Detailed explanation of how wealth inequality influences health (pp 23-40), and strong, evidence-based summaries across a range of health areas from The Equality Trust.

On TRADE and health - The Lancet series on Trade and Health.

On PRIVATISATION and health – Why mass privatization is bad for health.

On our Moral mandate – why we have the right to improve the social determinants of health.

On the IMF in particular:

The IMF’s effect on T.B. (also on the BBC)
The IMF’s effect on tobacco: A product like any other?
The IMF’s effect on global health, after the 2008 financial crisis: paper 1, paper 2
Reviving the International Monetary Fund: Concerns for the Health of the Poor.
Scaling up global social health protection: Prerequisite reforms to the International Monetary Fund.