Partnership in Global Health

Global Health Organizations

and Health Policy

Overview

Global Health Organizations

Health Policies

Shaping Global Health Policy

Global Health Organizations

• Global health organizations are usually

divided into three groups:

1. Multilateral organizations

2. Bilateral organizations

3. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

Global Health Organizations

• Multilateral means that funding comes

from multiple governments as well as non-

governmental sources.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) is

the premier international multilateral health

organization. WHO is a intergovernmental

agency related to the United Nations.

Global Health Organizations

• Bilateral agencies are governmental

agencies in a single country which provide

aid to developing countries.

• The largest bilateral agency is the United

States Agency for International

Development (USAID).

Global Health Organizations

• Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can

also be referred to as private voluntary

organizations (PVOs). These organizations are

usually quite small and are often ran by church-

affiliated or missionary societies.

• The largest NGO devoted to international health

in the United States is Project Hope, with an

annual budget of over $100 million (IMVA,

2012).

Health Policies

• Health policy can be defined as the "decisions,

plans, and actions that are undertaken to

achieve specific health care goals within a

society.“ According to the World Health

Organization, an explicit health policy can

achieve several things: it defines a vision for the

future; it outlines priorities and the expected

roles of different groups; and it builds consensus

and informs people.

Health Policies

• Many global health programs give a

percentage of funds to support the

implementation of health policies.

Health Policies

• Funding for malaria control risen from

US$300 million in 2003 to an estimated US$2

billion in 2011. This massive increase was

made possible by the Global Fund to Fight

AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and

commitments from the U.S. President’s

Malaria Initiative, the UK Department for

International Development, UNITAID, the

World Bank, and other bilateral and

multilateral agencies (Amy J, PH 2011).

Shaping Global Health Policy

• The community sector and non-profit

organizations can shape global health

policy and programs by supporting and

advocating for change and

engaging/creating community networks.