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Civil society: the catalyst for ensuring health in the age of sustainable development

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Smith, Julia, Buse, Kent, Gordon, Case·2016·Globalization and Health
DOI 10.1186/s12992-016-0178-4PMC PMC4947319
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Sustainable Development Goal Three is rightly ambitious, but achieving it will require doing global health differently. Among other things, progressive civil society organisations will need to be recognised and supported as vital partners in achieving the necessary transformations. We argue, using illustrative examples, that a robust civil society can fulfill eight essential global health functions. These include producing compelling moral arguments for action, building coalitions beyond the health sector, introducing novel policy alternatives, enhancing the legitimacy of global health initiatives and institutions, strengthening systems for health, enhancing accountability systems, mitigating the commercial determinants of health and ensuring rights-based approaches. Given that civil society activism has catalyzed tremendous progress in global health, there is a need to invest in and support it as a global public good to ensure that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development can be realised.

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  • LMIC-based advocates may not feel able to advocate for structural changes, given the continual pressure to obtain scarce funding from international donors.

    “Our study is important as LMIC-based advocates may not feel able to advocate for such changes, given the continual pressure to obtain scarce funding from international donors.54 57 58”

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    The Conclusion says civil society organisations face decreased resources and restrictions on their ability to act as advocates. It does not say that LMIC-based advocates feel unable to press for structural changes because of pressure to secure funding from international donors. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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    “By not limiting themselves to public health alliances, tobacco control advocates successfully built coalitions beyond the health sector (Smith, Buse, & Gordon, 2016).”

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Authors
Smith, J., Buse, K., & Gordon, C.
Affiliations
  • Simon Fraser University (CA)
  • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (CH)
Corresponding author
Smith, Julia
ORCID
Venue
Globalization and Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2016-07-16
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
40-40
ISSN
1744-8603 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/s12992-016-0178-4
PMC
PMC4947319
OpenAlex
W2471564892
Cited by
124
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3
FWCI
15.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Globalization and Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (R01-CA091021)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Public health and occupational medicine
Keywords
civil society, global health, Sustainable Development Goal 3, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, civil society organizations, global health partnerships, health system strengthening, accountability, commercial determinants of health, rights-based approach, global public goods
MeSH terms
Civil Rights, Conservation of Natural Resources, Community Participation, Health, Health Policy, Humans, Social Responsibility, Global Health

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