This document summarizes a presentation on achieving the Millennium Development Goals through rights-based approaches. It discusses key frameworks like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and how global health is a human right with duties for both developed and developing nations. It outlines roles for public health professionals in respecting, protecting, and fulfilling rights. It also discusses principles from the Paris Declaration like ownership, harmonization, and accountability and how to measure progress through mutual accountability.

1. 138th APHA Annual Meeting
Monday, November 8, 2008
Title Page
The Right to Development and the
Millennium Development Goals
Elvira Beracochea, MD. MPH
elvira@midego.com

2. Disclosures
I am president and CEO of MIDEGO, a
consulting company dedicated to help
achieve the MDGs through personal and
organizational development programs and
tools.
I believe in and practice human rights
based approaches.
I believe we can achieve the MDGs. We
will if we must! I work to make it a must!

3. Objectives
1. Discuss simple ways of applying
rights based approaches towards
achieving the Millennium
Development Goals
2. Discuss the main challenges to
rights based approaches and ways
to overcome them

4. Know the Legal Framework
and International Declarations
• UDHR
•The Right to Development
•The Millennium Declaration*
•CEDAW
•ICESCR
•General Comment 14
•Paris Declaration*

5. Goals of the Millennium Declaration

6. Know the Duty Bearers, Right
Holders and Advocates
• Global Health is a Human
Right
•Global Health is someone’s
duty
•WHOSE?
Developed AND Developing
Nations

7. Global Health Formula
How to realize it?
Global Plan to Achieve the MDGs
2015 Targets
Global Health = public health +
development assistance +
accountability

8. Role of Public Health Professionals
Respect, Protect and Fulfill
Advocate and Demonstrate
Effectiveness

9. Values of the Millennium Declaration
• Freedom
• Equality
• Solidarity Advocacy
• Tolerance
• Respect for Nature
• Shared Responsibility for International
Relations
• Peace
• Disarmament

10. Paris Declaration: Principles
•Ownership
•Harmonization
•Alignment
•Results
Advocacy
•Accountability

11. Development Assistance
PROTECT: Ownership and Alignment
1. GOVERNANCE: Participation and Representation
2. Three ONES: One plan - One Coordination - One M&E
3. Plans based on National Health Plans and annual targets
4. Plans include donor budget estimates and expenditures
5. Donors use and strengthen existing public health systems
and institutions

12. Implementing a RBA
RESPECT: Harmonization
1. Consensus on comparative advantage and
complementarity to decide which donor will
contribute to achieve goals
2. Simplification of processes
3. Clear coordination and communication
procedures across civil society organizations,
FBOs and NGOS

13. Global Coordination
•8,000,000 children die of preventable
and treatable conditions
– Could 100,000 CBOs prevent 80 deaths
each?
•500,000 women die of preventable
pregnancy and delivery complications
– Could 1000 NGOs prevent 500 deaths
each?

14. Accountability
FULFILL: Managing for Results
1. Result-oriented development plans
included in the National Health Plan
2. Interventions managed at country level
3. ONE M&E
4. Annual report and joint annual reviews

15. How to Measure Progress?
FULFILL: Mutual Accountability
• Joint decision making and transparent
aid commitment
• Transparency: Response to questions
within 3 months

16. Role of Public Health Professionals
Respect, Protect and Fulfill
Demonstrate Effectiveness

17. Q&A

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