AHF Institute Taskforce G20
G20 Engagement
The AHF Global Public Health Institute is actively engaged in the G20 process through its participation in the parallel forums of the Think 20 (T20) and Civil Society 20 (C20). The G20 is an international forum that brings together the world’s major economies, comprising 19 countries and the European Union, to address critical global economic challenges and promote international financial stability.
T20 Participation
Represented by Guilherme F. Faviero, Esq., Director of the AHF Global Public Health Institute at the University of Miami, our Institute was a member of the taskforce on Fighting Inequalities, Poverty, and Hunger where our work focused on issues related to promoting universal health coverage, digital health, and open innovations to fight inequalities. Together with researchers from Italy and Brazil, our subgroup put forward proposals to address health inequalities and to ensure universal health coverage while leveraging digital health and open innovation to bridge gaps in healthcare accessibility and quality.
C20 Involvement
The AHF Institute was also represented at the C20 as a member of the Integrated Health for All Task Force, where we worked with fellow civil-society stakeholders to advocate for the adoption of concrete and enforceable measures to ensure global equitable and timely access to health technologies.
This includes enforceable access conditionalities for funding to assure global health equity, refraining from exerting pressure against countries utilizing TRIPS flexibilities, supporting time-bound IP waivers during pandemics, and creating an equitable Pathogen Access and Benefits Sharing System (PABS). We also emphasized the importance of meaningful civil society participation in global health decision-making and adopting measures to fight ongoing pandemics and epidemics while strengthening the ability of LMICs to contain outbreaks at the source.
Latin American CDC
Latin America, significantly impacted by global health crises like COVID-19, needs a more coordinated response system. Despite having only 8.2% of the world’s population, the region reported 80 million COVID-19 cases and 1.7 million deaths. Fragmented national responses and a lack of regional cooperation exacerbated these challenges.
Research and analysis have highlighted the urgent need for better coordination among public health responses in the region. The AHF Global Public Health Institute for Latin America and the Caribbean has been working with academic institutions and public health experts on proposals that can strengthen the regional health architecture. These collaborations led to the publication of a commentary in the prestigious The Lancet calling for the creation of a Latin American Regional Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (LATAM CDC)
The proposed LATAM CDC aims to address these issues by enhancing regional coordination and resource sharing. This center would facilitate cooperation among countries, improve disease surveillance, and standardize public health practices. Involving diverse stakeholders from governments to civil society, the LATAM-CDC would strengthen health systems and ensure timely responses to health emergencies, ultimately safeguarding public health across the region.