COVID-19: Global Advocacy

AIHMS-Global & VIKASH-SAMUKHYA have joined more than 200 national & international organizations/ institutions of GAVI CSO Constituency in calling on the world stakeholders to commit to an equitable distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines among all nations: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KCLoJDR4YrJzHDrcq7C2sPWeGJllTb_9/view

AIHMS-Global & VIKASH-SAMUKHYA along with Global Health Council & other International Partners and Patrons reiterated its stand to review the United States Government’s Earlier Decision to Terminate Relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) through a Joint Statement: https://globalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/COVID-19-WHO-CSEM-Response.pdf

On 1st December 2020, AIHMS-Global & VIKASH-SAMUKHYA, as associates of Health System Global along with its international patrons and global collaborators have signed the global call to action in urging the heads of state and government, and others involved in shaping the response to COVID-19, to adopt a set of ten principles and approaches to provide inclusive, just, equitable and effective public health approaches in countering COVID-19 and future pandemics: https://www.healthysocieties2030.org/reclaiming-comprehensive-public-health?3ceabe6d_page=2

AIHMS-Global & VIKASH-SAMUKHYA along with its 60 International Partners & Stakeholders have written to UN General Assembly President regarding the Special Session on the COVID-19 Pandemic on 3-4 December 2020 to address its apprehensions & concerns: http://ngosbeyond2014.org/articles/2020/11/17/special-session-on-covid-19-letter-to-president-of-the-un-ge-1.html

AIHMS-Global along with its International Academic Collaborators & Civil Society Partners have been lobbying for Climate Change under its Sustainable Development Programs (SDG-13) since last couple of months after COVID-19 outbreak:https://www.changethechamber.org/participating-organizations

On 7th August 2020, AIHMS-Global along with its 200+ International Partners and Collaborators have updated the endorsed Global Consensus Statement on Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement initiated by PMNCH, WHO: https://www.who.int/pmnch/media/news/2018/meaningful-adolescent-and-youth/en/
The said MAYE Statement is as follows: https://www.who.int/pmnch/mye-statement.pdf?ua=1

VIKASH-SAMUKHYA, along with its 143 International Civil Society Partners call on the major funders in Global Health (WHO, WORLD BANK, GAVI, IMF, ILO, EU, OECD, GFF & GFATM) to prioritise global funding that supports recruitment of health workers in resource limited contexts: https://www.wemos.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Joint-letter-to-global-funders-on-HRH-financing.pdf?fbclid=IwAR37oBzPGUUq4FMKE7y05waSqm8xgLs3767vS7jEnNlPLYV7Ay7ILFWj_3A

AIHMS-Global along with its 166 International Partners & Collaborators had published an Open Appeal to Funders & Donors for Preserving Global South's Research Capacity in the Post-COVID-19 Scenario in this part of the world: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6492/725 & https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/suppl/2020/05/13/368.6492.725.DC1/Reidpath-abc2677-SM.pdf

AIHMS-Global along with its 84 International Partners and Collaborators have urged USA Senate & Congress Committees to not squeeze funding for UN Agencies & WHO amid the Global Health Pandemic of COVID-19: https://betterworldcampaign.org/resource/congress-united-nations-funding/?fbclid=IwAR3TgEuXF9Zyp6jNZ6XAo3b7eN2zyDrmiVslTgcbbn1N9m3dSqv7wUcuWMQ

On 20th June 2020, VIKASH-SAMUKHYA & AIHMS-Global on their part in continuing their efforts in global advocacy on Women & COVID-19 had prepared a Joint Statement and pledged it along with its International Partners & Patrons: https://womenindev.com/campaigns/covid-19/

On 20th May 2020, AIHMS-Global & VIKASH-SAMUKHYA with many leading international organizations have submitted a duly signed Civil Society Open Letter in support of the United Nations and the World Health Organization during COVID-19 Pandemic and promised their total support in days to come:https://iwhc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CSO-letter-in-support-of-UN-and-WHO_20May2020.pdf

On 21st April 2020, AIHMS-Global & VIKASH-SAMUKHYA were among the primary signatories to an "Open Letter Calling on Governments to Apply a Gender Lens to COVID-19 Preparedness, Response, and Recovery" with all your goodwill over the years. Kindly check the same and extend your organizational support to this initiative and oblige: https://deliverforgood.org/sign-on-to-this-open-letter-calling-on-governments-to-apply-a-gender-lens-to-covid-19-preparedness-response-and-recovery/