Policy, Accountability and Trust: Governing the Commercial Determinants of Health

23 January 2024 11:00 – 12:30 CET
Virtual event

The World Health Organization is inviting you to the fifth webinar in a series on the Commercial Determinants of Health. This webinar will set out to investigate the particular governance challenges that are met when governing the commercial determinants of health. By gaining insight into the barriers and enablers that those governing the commercial determinants of health may encounter, the webinar aims to start the conversation around which tools may be helpful and/or available to policy-makers working in this area. Within this context, the speakers in this webinar will share their experiences with governing the commercial determinants of health; provide insight into the complexity of shifting away from policy responses that prioritize commercial gain over human and planetary health, and; reflect on to what extent and how we may require a change in the principles underpinning policy-making to enable such a shift. 

Agenda

Welcome and introductions:

  • Ailan Li, Assistant Director General, UHC and Healthier Populations, World Health Organization

Keynote presentation:

  • Fran Baum, Professor, Stretton Institute, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Roundtable and Respondent:

  • Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head of the Secretariat, WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
  • Gita Sen, Professor Emeritus at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India
  • Kent Buse, Professor, The George Institute for Global Health
  • Nason Maani, Lecturer in Inequalities and Global Health Policy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Webinar Chair and Moderator:

  • Mihály Kökény, Former Minister for Health, Hungary

Conclusions and close:

  • Monika Kosinska, Global Lead, Economic and Commercial Determinants of Health, WHO

Why

One of the key priorities identified for WHO is the need to raise awareness and understanding of the commercial determinants of health, their impact, and effective action for policymakers to address them. Therefore, WHO has launched a series of webinars for a diverse audience that will explore the evidence base for commercial determinants of health, how they manifest in practice, and potential actions at different levels and by different actors.

Participants

WHO encourages the participation of a diverse global audience including public-interest civil society organizations, academic experts and students, donors and philanthropic partners, policymakers at a national and local level, WHO staff across levels, regions and programmes and UN agencies.

Further information

Please see the WHO Topics page on the Commercial Determinants of Health and the WHO Factsheet on Commercial Determinants of Health or contact the WHO Secretariat at cdoh@who.int for further information.