Editorial on the Proposed Framework Convention on Global Health

Michel Sidibéa and Kent Buse published the editorial A framework convention on global health: a catalyst for justice in the December issue of the Bulletin of the WHO.

Their main message is as follows:

[...] global health advocates must think strategically about positioning health in the post-2015 development agenda. After all, health is intrinsic to human dignity and a precondition for economic transformation, stability and security. [...] The proposed framework convention [...] places justice at its core by calling for equity measures across all commitments and by seeking the repeal of unjust laws that involve, among other things, the criminalization and persecution of sexual minorities. [...] As we approach the post-2015 agenda on sustainable development, with its emphasis on justice, mutual responsibility and solidarity, let us look to the proposed framework convention on global health as a catalyst to making justice in global health a common cause.