Public health advocacy strategies to influence policy agendas: lessons from a narrative review of success in trade policy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite accumulating evidence of the implications of trade policy for public health, trade and health sectors continue to operate largely in silos. Numerous barriers to advancing health have been identified, including the dominance of a neoliberal paradigm, powerful private sector interests, and constraints associated with policymaking processes. Scholars and policy actors have recommended improved governance practices for trade policy, including: greater transparency and accountability; intersectoral collaboration; the use of health impact assessments; South-South networking; and mechanisms for civil society participation. These policy prescriptions have been generated from specific cases, such as the World Trade Organization's Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Healt

SUBMITTER: Townsend B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10463651 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature