WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All
The WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All aims to reframe health for all as a public policy objective, and ensure that national and global economies and finance are structured in such a way to deliver on this ambitious goal. The Council will aim to create a body of work that sees investment in local and global health systems as an investment in the future, not as a short-term cost.
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The Council was established in late 2020 by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Director-General, WHO) to provide new economic thinking – reassessing...
The Council on the Economics of Health For All was established on 13 November 2020 by the WHO Director-General to rethink how value in health and wellbeing is measured, produced, and distributed across the economy.
We believe in three fundamental truths:
- that health and the economy are interdependent;
- that health is in itself a key economic sector and critical to resilience and stability in economies worldwide;
- and that we can channel and shape public and private investments in health to achieve global cooperation towards supranational goals.
Our work will assess, critique, challenge and reimagine the value of health in four major areas:
- Measurement: Valuing and measuring Health for All.
- Capacity: Pathways to Health for All.
- Finance: Investing in Health for All.
- Innovation: Governing Innovation for All.
Our work
One Year Overview
Four briefs
Financing Health for All: Increase, transform and redirect
Governing health innovation for the common good
Valuing Health for All: Rethinking and building a whole-of-society approach
Strengthening public sector capacity, budgets and dynamic capabilities towards Health for All
Statements
11 November 2022
Green financing for good health: common investments for people and the planet
13 October 2022
What is at stake at COP27? Our last chance to achieve a healthy future for humanity
30 September 2022
Barbados' introduction of a pandemic debt suspension clause
26 September 2022
New international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response: contributing to the second round of public hearings
15 July 2022
The new WTO decision on the TRIPS Agreement
22 June 2022
Policy priorities for Germany’s G7 Presidency in 2022 – Towards a more sustainable and inclusive global economy
31 May 2022
A proposed Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response hosted by the World Bank - Elevating ambitions beyond business as usual
19 April 2022
Building an inclusive global fund to address pandemic preparedness and response beyond COVID-19: policy principles and strategic considerations
Insights
29 August 2022
Time-use data can clarify crucial inputs to Health for All
This Council Insight expands on the importance of time-use data referred to in the Council’s Brief on “Valuing health for all” and is...
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