CIH 3.0 Donor Engagements
Norway’s Expert Committee on Global Health
Norway has played a leading international role in global health over the last 25 years. How should this work be continued? An expert committee led by Camilla Stoltenberg, has released a new report examining Norway’s opportunities and challenges in global health up to 2050, providing recommendations to Norwegian policymakers. The report called “Norway Can, Norway Should Take the Lead in Halving Premature Death by 2050,” embraces many of the recommendations of the CIH 3.0 report.
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OpEd by Bill Gates: Norway’s Leadership Saves Millions of Lives
In an editorial in Norway’s largest daily newspaper, Aftenposten, Bill Gates discusses Norway’s Expert Committee on Global Health and the benefits of investing in health. “Norway’s oral leadership in the field of aid,” he writes, “is nothing short of impressive and has contributed to saving millions of lives”
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Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), one of the bilaterals that supported the development of the CIH3 report, hosted a satellite session at Health Systems Global 2024 in Nagasaki, Japan. The session was opened by Saeda Makimoto (JICA) and featured presentations from commissioners Dr David Watkins, Ms Sarah Bolongaita, Dr Wenhui Mao, and Prof Hitoshi Oshitani. The presentations were followed by a panel session featuring Prof Viroj Tangcharoensathien (Thailand), Dr Roselynn Omolloh (Kenya), Dr Kumanan Rasanathan (WHO), and Dr Satoshi Ezoe (Japan). The room was completely full of attendees, and the presentations and panelist remarks sparked a lively discussion and audience interest in the report.
Front row (left to right): Wenhui Mao, Sarah Bolongaita, Roselynn Omolloh, Kumanan Rasanathan, Satoshi Ezoe.
Back row (left to right): David Watkins, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Hitoshi Oshitani (joining by zoom), Saeda Makimoto.
Sweden’s Expert Group for AID studies (EBA)
Sweden’s Expert Group for AID Studies (the EBA) invited the Commission on Investing in Health to contribute a chapter about the Global Health 2050 report for its 2024 Anthology on Swedish Development Assistance for Health. The chapter summarizes the key lessons of the Global Health 2050 report for the future of Sweden’s global health investments.
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A Prescription for Denmark in Global Health
In December 2024, the Danish Expert Group on Global Health published its recommendations to the Danish government, titled “A Prescription for Denmark in Global Health”. This report outlines the recommendations for Denmark to once again become a frontrunner in global health. Denmark is in a unique position to advance progress in global health in a time of crises. The report includes 19 recommendations for Denmark to leverage its unique strongholds in health, while also rethinking its approach to advance more mutually beneficial partnerships for global health.
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Click here to watch the “Launch of report & recommendations by the Danish Expert Group on Global Health”
