Health, International Cooperation, and International Relations Juan Manuel Sotelo

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Health, International Cooperation, and
International RelationsJuan Manuel Sotelo

• Washington, DC, 9 de Mayo, 2014

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Some Definitions

• Assistance/Aid
• Cooperation
• Needs/demands
• Networking
• Partnerships
• Official Development Assistance (ODA)
• High level meetings (Summits)

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Key players

• States. National Interest concept. Collective
  will.
• International Organizations. UN, IFIs, EU, OECD,
  Funds, Alliances, Others.
• Non-State institutions. Foundations, Academia,
  private sector.
• Population. Communities, NGOs, professional
  associations, patients/relatives association,
  clubs, others.

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Evolution

• First International Sanitary Conference, 1851
• First International Sanitary Convention (Cholera)
  1892.
• New International Convention (Plague) 1897.
• 1903 Conference agreed that a permanent
  international bureau should be established. The
  American republics established the International
  Sanitary Bureau in 1902.

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Evolution

• 1907 in Rome, established an office in Paris
  International dHygiene Publique.
• 1945, April, in San Francisco, Brazil and China
  proposed an International Health Organization
• WHO was established.
• PAHO became the Regional Office of WHO for the
  Americas.
• 1978, Buenos Aires, UN Conference on TCDC

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Levels of Action

• Community
• Nation
• Sub-region
• Region
• Inter-region
• Global

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Some Instruments

• Traditional resolutions, projects, MOUs,
  conventions, frameworks, programs of interchange,
  fellowships
• Non-Traditional dialogue, social media, citizens
  control, pressure measures, direct interventions

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Some Cases

• Complex situation in Argentina 2000 (priorities
  definition, helping the social and political
  dialogue)
• Policy building HFA, PHC, MDGs, NCDs, global
  health security
• Technical matters international health
  regulations, tobacco control, traffic accidents,
  injuries, antimicrobial resistance
• Caribbean cooperation in health, other
  sub-regional initiatives

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Some Cases

• Mexico NAFTA, healthy municipalities
• Chile Interagency interaction, ECLAC
• Washington Dialogue with main partners, forum
  for NCDs, partnership with FBO, OAS, sub-regional
  entities

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Ingredients to Add Value

• Diplomacy
• Transparency/honesty
• Sustainability
• Openness to new ideas and schemes
• Information sharing
• Presence in key scenarios
• Commitment to goals and institutions