ASPHER Working Group on Global Health

Chair: Andy Haines (London School of Hygiene and Tripical Medicine)
Tel: +44 20 7927 2278, mailto:Andy.Haines@lshtm.ac.uk

Co-chair: Antoine Flahault (EHESP School of Public Health, ASPHER President)
Tel: +33 2 99 02 22 00, mailto:antoine.flahault@ehesp.fr

Main objective:
To create a single forum for interested academic institutions with involvement in Global Health to exchange views and ideas, so as to develop a European voice on Global Health issues and influence relevant policies.

Objectives:

• advocating for evidence-based policies and increased resources for global health in the European Union and other relevant bodies;
• developing guidelines for partnerships between European institutions and their counterparts in low- and middle-income countries;
• fostering exchange of ideas and, where appropriate, collaboration between European global health institutions on research, teaching and capacity building;
• encouraging the formation of similar collaborative networks in other world regions and forging links with those that already exist;
• encouraging and supporting the evaluation of investments in global health to ensure they have the desired effects; and
• raising awareness of the challenges of global health in medical, nursing, public health and allied health professions, as well as the wider public.

Planned events:
March: Meeting of heads of academic institutions and groups in the European Region that are involved in Global Health activities to discuss the objectives and organisation of the proposed group.