International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Challenges Facing Global Health Networks: The NCD Alliance Experience; Comment on “Four Challenges that Global Health Networks Face”

Document Type : Commentary

Author
Katie Dain
The NCD Alliance, Geneva, Switzerland
10.15171/ijhpm.2017.93
Abstract
Successful prevention and control of the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) cannot be achieved by the health sector alone: a wide range of organisations from multiple sectors and across government must also be involved. This requires a new, inclusive approach to advocacy and to coordinating, convening and catalysing action across civil society, best achieved by a broad-based network. This comment maps the experience of the NCD Alliance (NCDA) on to Shiffman’s challenges for global health networks – framing (problem definition and positioning), coalition-building and governance – and highlights some further areas overlooked in his analysis.
Keywords
Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)
Civil Society Networks
Coalition-Building
Advocacy
Governance
Human Sustainable Development
Subjects
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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 7, Issue 3
2018
Pages 282-285

  • Received Date 13 June 2017
  • Revised Date 28 July 2017
  • Accepted Date 29 July 2017
  • First Published Date 01 March 2018
  • Published Date 01 March 2018