Consortium for Global Health Diplomacy (CGHD)

The CGHD brings together institutes and programmes that work to develop an interdisciplinary approach to the interface of global health and foreign policy.
The overall aim of the consortium is to act as a catalyst for the development and growth of such centres, institutes and programmes, and networks around the world, in particular in developing countries and emerging economies.
In particular, the CGHD aims to develop and strengthen:

• Interdisciplinary research at the interface of global health and foreign policy
• Education and training in global health diplomacy
• Advisory services on global health policy development and policy coherence

The members of the CGHD agree to share and discuss their respective concept and approaches to global health diplomacy as well as their priority areas of work initially over a period of five years in order to enable exchange and cooperation.

• Conduct joint comparative research and capacity-building to improve the scientific basis of interdisciplinary global health
• Develop and strengthen training in global health diplomacy
• Engage in student and staff exchanges
• Connect to global conferences, initiatives and organisations
• Contribute to the publication series on Global Health Diplomacy to be launched in 2009 with World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte.Ltd., Singapore
• Seek funding for the joint efforts
• Reach out beyond the founding members and build a strong integrated global network.
  

The CGHD is a partnership of 20 institutes and programmes based in Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, and USA who work at the interface of health and foreign policy. The expertise and experiences of the individuals involved in the CGHD is interdisciplinary and ranges from international relations, economics, public health to development. Some institutes have close relationships with national policy-makers and practitioners. The consortium is presently reaching out to add members from Africa and the Middle East.
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The CGHD wants to strengthen the capacity of its members at the individual and organisational levels. In particular, it aims to contribute to a better understanding of global health diplomacy, to identify research needs in this area, to undertake comparative research and communicate findings effectively. The consortium also works to strengthen the capacity of policy- and decision-makers, diplomats, health experts and others in global health diplomacy contributing to a more holistic understanding of negotiations in global health.

The CGHD builds on the networks of its members in order to ensure the dissemination of information, such as print publications (journal articles, briefing notes, posters); information on conferences, initiatives and global meetings, as well as innovative approaches through the internet will be applied.

The CGHD is presently chaired by Dr. Ilona Kickbusch from the Global Health Programme at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva and is co-chaired by Dr. Lucy Chen from the Institute of Global Health Beijing, Dr. Paulo Buss from the Center for Global Health, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, and Dr. Stephen Matlin from the Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva.

For further information on the consortium, please contact: globalhealth@graduateinstitute.ch