Global Health Justice

SID's Work

SID works on Global Health Justice with a focus on the global governance for health and the challenges to health rights associated with the climate emergency and globalization’s processes of health financialization, privatization, and digitalisation.

SID is co-chair and coordinating member of the independent CSO platform Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2), which is a membership-based entity created in Geneva in 2016 to provide a free space for the global health civil society community to gather and discuss , share knowledge and interact with the health-related international institutions in Geneva (WHO, ILO, HRC, WTO). G2H2 facilitates and promotes initiatives to advance a proactive CSO advocacy agenda for democratic and just global health governance and Health for All.

Latest News, Resources, and Events

World in flames: civil society lost in the impotence of international law

25 May 2024 | event

On May 25, 2024, in Geneva, the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) convened a civil society workshop ahead of the 77th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA77). The workshop aimed to provide a space for common reflection and exchange on the escalating violence and humanitarian crises mounting globally, with a particular focus on conflicts in the Middle East, Sudan and Ukraine.

People’s Health Assembly 5

The 5th People's Health Assembly (PHA 5), held from 5 to 11 April, brought together over 600 activists from 60 countries, including health activists, indigenous advocates, and healthcare workers, for a critical dialogue on the future of global health.

Press conference: "Pandemic Treaty Negotiations: Perpetuating COVID-19 Failure?"

12 Mar 2024 | event

Learn more about our press conference "Pandemic Treaty Negotiations: Perpetuating COVID-19 Failure?" held on March 12th which shed light on one of the most problematic topics of the Treaty: its financing.

Event Recap: The Surging Pandemic of Health and Food Financialization

On January 30th 2024, the Society for International Development (SID) organized a workshop in Geneva titled “The Surging Pandemic of Health and Food financialization” with the aim to shed lights on the growing and unregulated trends of financialization in these two separate but interconnected arenas.

Webinar: Reclaiming One Health

16 Jan 2024 | event

In this session, the Society for International Development SID will launch the latest publication of its flagship’s Journal “Development” and initiate a prolific dialogue on the concept of One Health that takes into consideration selected regional experiences, ancestral knowledge and alternative points of view.

Food for Health: From Greed to Care

06 Dec 2023 | event

Don't miss our webinar on Dec 6th, "Food for Health: From Greed to Care," exploring the vital link between food and health systems. Featuring renowned speakers and live interpretation in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French. Register now!

Untangling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): The Legacy of an Unhealthy Development Model

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) possibly represents the greatest global crisis in public health today, and yet - as we shall try to illustrate - the phenomenon stretches well beyond the health domain.

Launch of "Making Peace with the Earth", an Ecofeminist Manifesto

05 Jun 2023 | event

The launch of Diverse Women for Diversity’s Ecofeminist Manifesto “Making Peace with the Earth – Through Diversity, Mutuality, Non-Violence & Care” took place in Rome with Dr Vandana Shiva, President of Navdanya International.