About Making Health Global

What’s Making Health Global?

There was a time when we were all connected.

All the world’s continents were once joined.

All of humanity originated from one place.

Like the continents, we gradually drifted apart. We spread to the ends of the earth – a diversity of cultures, language and traditions emerged.

We now stand at the dawn of a new age. Advances in communication, travel and co-operation between governments have shrunk our world and connected us anew.

We all share a warming atmosphere. We all share in the global economy.

Our fates, our futures, our challenges and our dreams are intertwined.

In 2010 once more, we are all connected.

AIDS, SARS and Swine Flu tell us that we do share bad health. It is time that we used our wisdom and wealth to make good health global.

In September world leaders gathered at the United Nations to discuss progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, designed to halve global poverty, improving global health. In the lead up to this crucial event, representatives from the world’s non-government organizations assembled in Melbourne to discuss these same themes at the 63^rd annual United Nations DPI-NGO Conference.

Through the Making Health Global website you have the opportunity to continue to interact with the themes of the UN DPI/NGO Conference conference. You can see all of the major news and outcomes that came out of the conference on this web site. You can also review the impact of the rich and diverse program of public events than ran from August 27th to September 5th. All events are all listed on this site.

View summaries from the round table meetings by clicking on the links below: