Updates
Analysis of UN High-Level Meeting
2024-01-24As part of our advocacy efforts, the Language Compendium published an analysis critiquing the UN political declaration on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The analysis highlighted the lack of new commitments compared to previous declarations, particularly the failure to explicitly protect vulnerable populations, address gender rights, and strengthen community leadership. The piece also emphasized the weaknesses […]
Media Coverage of the HIV Language Compendium
2023-09-20Health Policy Watch covered the Language Compendium team’s advocacy efforts, highlighting expert frustrations with the lack of progress in the recent political declarations on UHC, pandemics, and tuberculosis. Read the full article: ‘From Vegetables to Potatoes to Shoes’: Experts Express Frustration at UN Declarations on Pandemics, Universal Health Coverage and Tuberculosis
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Panel Discussion on Rights-Based Health Frameworks
2023-09-13On September 13, 2023, the Language Compendium team organized a virtual panel titled “Where Might Falls Short of Right: The UN High-Level Draft Declarations and a Rights-Based Framework for Health.” The discussion focused on the gaps in the current draft declarations for UHC, TB, and pandemic preparedness, particularly regarding the absence of rights-affirming language and […]
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Publication on UN Health Commitments
2023-07-18On July 18, 2023, the Language Compendium team published an article on PLOS Blogs titled “UN Member States Must Adopt Bold Commitments on Health,” emphasizing the importance of ensuring strong commitments including community-led health initiatives, equitable access to publicly funded research, and delinking research and development incentives from sales volume. Leveraging the Language Compendium, we […]
Launch of the HIV Language Compendium
2022-07-29The HIV Language Compendium is a compilation of internationally agreed upon language that provides precedents for the use, proper interpretation, and significance of concepts and terms crucial for an evidence-based and rights-affirming response to HIV. By documenting key language in United Nations agreements and related texts, the Compendium is intended to be a resource for […]
