Global Health Impact Assessment Project
The cross-Government strategy, Health is Global promotes the principle that government should take account of the global health impact and equity of UK foreign and domestic policies.
To help support this, National Heart Forum (NHF) is working with the Department of Health on a project to pilot and support the uptake of a Global Health Impact Assessment tool which will accompany existing Health Impact Assessment (HIA) tools and guidance currently available on the Department of Health website.
The tool will assist UK policy makers to develop policies which promote or protect health globally, particularly in relation to:
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the determinants of health, such as housing, transport, food security
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people’s ability to improve their own health, such as employment and income
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the factors that affect access to healthcare, such health system payment mechanisms and cost of medicines
A poster on the Global Health Impact Assessment project was presented at the XI HIA International Conference in Granada in April 2011. The poster presented the methodology for the project and initial findings to date, including some reflections on the future work necessary to establish a robust methodology for global HIA.
NHF and the Department of Health are planning a workshop to raise awareness among policy makers of the concept of global HIAs, and identify ways in which their use can be mainstreamed.
For further information, contact Modi Mwatsama, International Programme Manager.
