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The European Commission Global Health Policy Forum

The European Commission organises the Global Health Policy Forum four times a year to meet and exchange information with representatives from different institutions, including international bodies such as the WHO, civil society organisations, private sector companies and academic institutions. The forum also serves the function of informing representatives from these institutions about the work of the European Commission and ongoing efforts that relate to different aspects of global health. Each forum is dedicated to a specific issue. The European Commission invites several speakers, who give a presentation and share their expertise and perspectives on the issue. The presentations are followed by an open discussion that involves the speakers as well as the forum's other participants. Past forums focused on issues such as health and migration, access to medicines and global health research.

Through the Global Health Policy Forum the European Commission hopes to ensure an open dialogue between Commission services and key stakeholders. In order to encourage openness and the sharing of information, discussion at the Global Health Policy Forum is held under Chatham House Rules, which specify that participants are free to use the information received, but cannot reveal the identity or affiliation of any of the speakers, nor that of any other participants.

A brief history of the Global Health Policy Forum

The Global Health Policy Forum was established following the Commission Communication on Global Health, adopted on 30 March 2010 and the subsequent Council conclusions, which were adopted in May 2010. The leading Commission services involved are DG Health and Food Safety, DG International Cooperation and Development, as well as DG Research and Innovation. The first Global Health Policy Forum was organized by DG Health and Food Safety in 2011. Since then each of the leading Commission services has been in charge of organising and chairing several meetings of the Global Health Policy Forum.

Information on all previous meetings of the Global Health Policy Forum

Events

12 December 2016
Global Health Policy Forum on Access to New Medicines

Agenda | Participants List

Presentations

Ensuring Access Through Legal Provisions 826 KB
Joan Herbert
Director of Business Development, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
Ensuring access to new medicines: A case study from TB Alliance 673 KB
Willo Brock
Senior Vice-President of External Affairs, Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance)
Access without Excess: Bedaquiline 1.7 MB
Myriam Theeuwes
Compound Development Team Leader, J&J Janssen
Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) - A Joint DNDi / WHO initiative 901 KB
Jean-Pierre Paccaud
Director of Business Development, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)
Enshrining Access in R&D: The 3P Project 409 KB
Grania Brigden
3P Project Lead, The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)

Further information

Access case study from TB Alliance 90 KB
Access case studies from DNDi 172 KB
3P Project – Fact sheet 553 KB

7 July 2016
Global Health Policy Forum on Health and Environment

Agenda 92 KB

Presentations

Linking Environment and Health through the 2030 Development Agenda 5.9 MB
Bettina Menne
Coordinator of SDGs, WHO Regional Office Europe
Our Planet, Our Health 1.6 MB
Stuart Pritchard
EU Affairs Manager, Wellcome Trust
Activities and Plans for a Joint UNDP/WHO Programme on NCD Governance 2.7 MB
Nick Banatvala
Senior Adviser to the Assistant Director General, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, WHO
Cancer Research UK’s International Tobacco Control Programme 194 KB
Alastair Bradstock
Programme Director, International Tobacco Control, Cancer Research UK
European Regulatory Science on Tobacco- Policy Implementation to Reduce Lung Disease 1.1 MB
Constantine Vardavas
Programme Coordinator, European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP)