In order to address current challenges to relevance and credibility think tanks face, the author suggests five practical steps all think tanks can follow, in addition to a set of principles think tanks and their counterparts shall commit to in order to work together for the sort of peaceful and cooperative world their missions aspire for. The author also questions if it is sufficient for leading think tanks to sorely act as sources of objective debate and analysis when they can also further act with more proactive stance by being explicit about the principles they believe in.
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Building on the case of Afghanistan, this blog post argues that SDG monitoring and evaluation must not be limited to the outcomes - ie the targets and indicators - but also include the processes through which these outcomes will be achieved, in particular the degree of inclusiveness of these processes.
This blog post argues that working towards achieving the SDGs in Pakistan is a matter of necessity, but realising the 2030 agenda and improving the population’s health and well-being will require a fundamental shift in policy, at all levels.
Bangladesh is one of the successful countries in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The country is also on track in developing strategies and actions for attaining the SDGs. As efficient health service delivery depends on effective intra- and inter-departmental coordination involving public and private sectors, there is a need to know the role of the relevant stakeholders for SDG implementation and monitoring.
With the recognition of the importance of inter-sectoral partnerships to achieve SDG 3, the Aga Khan University, Karachi and the Unviersity of Toronto collaborated to review ongoing national level actions to plan and implement health and health-related SDGs. The report shows what lower and middle income countries have done to plan for and implement programs in order to accelerate the achievement of SDGs at the institution level. Based on the scoping review, objectives and key findings of all 54 studies/reports are presented, and preliminary conclusions are derived with next steps.
Global health networks have proliferated over the past quarter century. In a recent editorial in this journal, the author presented evidence that their effectiveness in addressing four challenges—problem definition, positioning, coalition-building and governance—shapes their ability to influence policy. The editorial prompted five thoughtful commentaries that reflected on these and other challenges. In this follow-up editorial, the author build on the commentaries to suggest ways of advancing research on global health networks.
Bhutan is at crossroads to reorient its plans and priorities to attain the 2030 Agenda. At the same time, it is also vital for the government to fully understand ground realities and have access to real-time data to make authentic analysis and strategic interventions. This country report, briefly delineates the institutional framework in Bhutan for implementing health-related SDGs and reflect on the role of Policy Research Institutions in the health sector.
This discussion paper views the whys and hows of feminist engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a broader context: the key UN-related processes from the time women began getting involved with them in the 1970s. This contextual analysis for the period from the 1970s up to 2010 illuminates a central argument of the paper: namely, that feminist movement building is not a simple volitional act but is enmeshed in the fluxes and changes of its external environment and institutions.
This BMJ analysis points out the absence of UHC indicator that explicitly monitors household and community participation and action for health. The effective engagement of the demand side of UHC build strong, resilient and responsive health systems, and it is well recognised internationally as we can see from Dr Tedros' statement, "health is made and sustained by families" in their homes and communities.
This report emerges from the Second Global Meeting of Global Health Policy Think Tanks, held in December 2017 in Geneva and focusing on the governance implications of the SDGs and their impact on health. The conference provided a platform for mutual learning from context-specific solutions and experiences and highlighted issues in relation to the political dimensions of SDG implementation. Recommendations were identified on four crucial thematic agendas, namely AMR, NCDs, UHC and planetary health, to move the implementation of the SDGs forward.