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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | DEVE | DE KEYSER Véronique ( S&D) | MITCHELL Gay ( PPE), GOERENS Charles ( ALDE), SARGENTINI Judith ( Verts/ALE) |
Committee Opinion | ENVI |
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Events
The European Parliament adopted by 328 votes to 183, with 24 abstentions, a resolution on health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa and global health.
The resolution reminds the international community of its commitments to the Millennium Development Goals, and the EU of its undertaking to step up support for health services in sub-Saharan Africa. Members consider that the international community, including the EU, must support states in the implementation of national health policy, whereby publicly funded health services accessible to everyone must be placed at the centre of these efforts.
Parliament welcomes the success achieved by vertical funds in proving attractive to donors and the progress made in combating major pathologies such as AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, poliomyelitis and other serious diseases. It stresses, however, that this vertical approach can under no circumstances be a substitute for a sustainable horizontal approach to basic health care . Parliament welcomes the diagonal approach adopted by some vertical funds, which have decided to devote part of their resources to consolidating the health care systems of the countries affected by the pathologies targeted.
Stressing that in Africa as elsewhere, health is not a commodity, Members are alarmed at the growing commoditisation of health care and the emergence of a two-speed medical system in countries experiencing political difficulties and shortcomings as regards good governance. They call on the Commission to promote the strengthening of national health systems, inter alia by taking an approach that acknowledges the crucial importance of the public interest and the need for public-private partnerships – including the non-profit sector – in the health field, based on criteria relating to effectiveness, fairness and efficiency.
In this regard, Members consider that mutual health organisations are the best way of creating a social dynamic based on the values of solidarity and providing universal access to health care. They call on the European Union to make the most of the potential offered by mutual health organisations for organising health demand and to support the many existing mutualist initiatives designed to promote access to health care.
Parliament urges the Commission, Member States and international financial institutions such as the EIB to support the development and financing of mutual health insurance systems, e.g. by providing credit guarantees, (co-)funding investments in clinics and funding all or part of health workers’ salaries. Member States are called upon, according to their varying areas of expertise, to provide more technical and financial support to developing country governments for the implementation and extension of social protection systems.
The resolution emphasises that there could be a role for members of the diaspora from sub-Saharan Africa in helping to raise awareness in their countries of origin about the benefits of mutual health insurance and the adoption of such schemes.
The resolution urges the Member States and on European laboratories, in accordance with the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, to negotiate a ‘ partnership approach ’ respecting patent protection in developed markets and covering voluntary licensing agreements, support for health programmes, technology transfer arrangements and an increase in local production capacity with a view to reducing the price of medicines in low-income countries (through tiered or differential pricing). Members ask the EU not to include in EPAs provisions on intellectual property rights that place further obstacles in the way of access to essential medicines.
The EU is called upon to actively support the development of permanent basic health infrastructure – hospitals, dispensaries and pharmacies – as well as the training of qualified health workers and access to medicines.
The resolution calls on the Commission to:
continue to place emphasis on specific projects targeting socio-economic health determinants in the form of drinking water, road infrastructure, food security, decent living and working conditions, protection of the environment, and measures to combat climate change; adopt a firm stance at the meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to be held in New York in October 2010 and to embark on specific projects for the period 2011-2013; supplement its aid for vertical funds with recommendations designed to encourage ‘diagonal’ measures to support basic health care in the countries concerned; make recommendations to the vertical funds with a view to their drawing up medium-term exit strategies for partner countries in line with the progress made in achieving the objectives for which they were set up; support the introduction of health cards in the EU’s partner countries and to work with the countries concerned – at regional level if necessary – to ensure that resources are available to meet the needs in this field; include actions undertaken in the context of humanitarian aid for health care in its efforts to strengthen the horizontal health care system; ensure that European policies on reproductive health are properly promoted among all associations receiving EU funds.
Lastly, the resolution calls on all the Member States and the Commission to allocate at least 20% of all development spending to basic health and education , to increase their contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and their funding for other programmes designed to strengthen health systems, and to prioritise maternal health and efforts to combat infant mortality.
The Committee on Development adopted the own-initiative report drafted by Véronique De KEYSER (S&D, BE) on health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa and global health.
The report reminds the international community of its commitments to the Millennium Development Goals, and the EU of its undertaking to step up support for health services in sub-Saharan Africa .
Members consider that the international community, including the EU, must support states in the implementation of national health policy, whereby publicly funded health services accessible to everyone must be placed at the centre of these efforts.
Stressing that in Africa as elsewhere, health is not a commodity, Members are alarmed at the growing commoditisation of health care and the emergence of a two-speed medical system in countries experiencing political difficulties and shortcomings as regards good governance. They call on the Commission to promote the strengthening of national health systems, inter alia by taking an approach that acknowledges the crucial importance of the public interest and the need for public-private partnerships – including the non-profit sector – in the health field, based on criteria relating to effectiveness, fairness and efficiency, in order to achieve sustainable, lasting results.
In this regard, Members consider that mutual health organisations are the best way of creating a social dynamic based on the values of solidarity and providing universal access to health care. They call on the European Union to make the most of the potential offered by mutual health organisations for organising health demand and to support the many existing mutualist initiatives designed to promote access to health care.
The committee urges the Commission, Member States and international financial institutions such as the EIB to support the development and financing of mutual health insurance systems, e.g. by providing credit guarantees, (co-)funding investments in clinics and funding all or part of health workers’ salaries. Member States are called upon, according to their varying areas of expertise, to provide more technical and financial support to developing country governments for the implementation and extension of social protection systems.
The report calls on the Member States and on European laboratories, in accordance with the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, to negotiate a ‘ partnership approach ’ respecting patent protection in developed markets and covering voluntary licensing agreements, support for health programmes, technology transfer arrangements and an increase in local production capacity with a view to reducing the price of medicines in low-income countries (through tiered or differential pricing). Members ask the EU not to include in EPAs provisions on intellectual property rights that place further obstacles in the way of access to essential medicines.
The EU is called upon to actively support the development of permanent basic health infrastructure – hospitals, dispensaries and pharmacies – as well as the training of qualified health workers and access to medicines.
The report calls on the Commission to:
continue to place emphasis on specific projects targeting socio-economic health determinants in the form of drinking water, road infrastructure, food security, decent living and working conditions, protection of the environment, and measures to combat climate change; adopt a firm stance at the meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to be held in New York in October 2010 and to embark on specific projects for the period 2011-2013; supplement its aid for vertical funds with recommendations designed to encourage ‘diagonal’ measures to support basic health care in the countries concerned; make recommendations to the vertical funds with a view to their drawing up medium-term exit strategies for partner countries in line with the progress made in achieving the objectives for which they were set up; support the introduction of health cards in the EU’s partner countries and to work with the countries concerned – at regional level if necessary – to ensure that resources are available to meet the needs in this field; include actions undertaken in the context of humanitarian aid for health care in its efforts to strengthen the horizontal health care system.
The report calls on all the Member States and the Commission to allocate at least 20% of all development spending to basic health and education , to increase their contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and their funding for other programmes designed to strengthen health systems, and to prioritise maternal health and efforts to combat infant mortality.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2011)94
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T7-0355/2010
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0245/2010
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A7-0245/2010
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE443.136
- Committee draft report: PE442.965
- Committee draft report: PE442.965
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE443.136
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0245/2010
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2011)94
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Amendments | Dossier |
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2010/2070(INI)
2010/07/15
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67 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) - having regard to the conclusions of the October 2008 Oslo conference on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement as a means of ensuring observance of the rights of internally displaced persons, i.e. persons displaced against their will as the result of conflict, persecution, natural disasters or development projects, irrespective of whether they have crossed a state border,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that these external factors can
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Reminds the international community of its commitments to the Millennium Development Goals, and the EU of its undertaking to step up support for health services in sub-Saharan Africa;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that women have the right to exercise full control over matters relating to their
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that women have the right to exercise full control over matters relating to their reproductive health, as regards
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that women have the right to exercise full control over matters relating to their reproductive health, as regards procreation, contraception, abortion or sexually transmitted diseases; points to the fact that they are still subject to genital mutilation and extreme violence, while rape remains a weapon of war; therefore pleads for women’ right to access health care in these matters ensured through horizontal approach and ask for diagonal approach to support with priority this health area.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that women have the right to exercise full control over matters relating to their reproductive health,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that women have the right to exercise
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that women have the right to exercise full control over matters relating to their reproductive health, as regards procreation, contraception, abortion or sexually transmitted diseases;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that every child has the right to have access to vaccination and immunisation programmes; points out, too, that 8.8 million children under the age of five (half of them in sub-Saharan Africa) are still dying every year of preventable or curable illnesses;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Points out that pneumonia and diarrhoea are the main causes of infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 a (new) - having regard to the study of customary law carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross, identifying health as a customary right which must be respected under international humanitarian law,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Is concerned that
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Emphasises that, in the area of reproductive health, private organisations receiving EU funding must provide health care services in accordance with fundamental rights and the principles of human dignity and personal freedom;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Points out that, under paragraph 8.25 of the Programme of Action of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the relevant international instruments in force, in no case should abortion be promoted as a method of family planning, and any measures or changes related to abortion within the health system can only be determined at the national or local level according to the national legislative process;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Draws attention to Chapter II, paragraph 9 of the Beijing Platform for Action, stating: ‘While the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind, it is the duty of States, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms. The implementation of this Platform, including through national laws and the formulation of strategies, policies, programmes and development priorities, is the sovereign responsibility of each State, in conformity with all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the significance of and full respect for various religious and ethical values, cultural backgrounds and philosophical convictions of individuals and their communities should contribute to the full enjoyment by women of their human rights in order to achieve equality, development and peace’;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Notes that natural methods of family planning exist and are scientifically proven to be effective; calls on the Commission, therefore, not to refuse financing from European funds for the purpose of offering a wider range of approaches more specifically tailored to the needs of the target communities;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Condemns the proliferation of
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Points out that, through appropriate training measures, former female circumcisers can be trained as health educators who can then play an active role in providing information and advice to women, for there is a serious problem here which, in the long term, can be tackled only when people abandon this traditional occupation – and particularly when economic alternatives are made available – and when the public is made aware of the consequences of genital mutilation;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Emphasises the important role of faith-based organisations, including non- profit private hospitals, in improving public health and promoting health education;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the international community, including the EU, must focus its efforts on the implementation of this national policy, whereby publicly funded health services accessible to everyone must be placed at the centre of these efforts,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls on the Commission to promote the strengthening of national health systems, inter alia by taking an approach that acknowledges the crucial importance of the public interest and the need for public-private partnerships – including the non-profit sector – in the health field, based on criteria relating to effectiveness, fairness and efficiency, in order to achieve sustainable, lasting results;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Is deeply concerned about the circulation on the African market of medicines that are past their sell-by date, adulterated or counterfeit, and about the inadequate response of national authorities and the international community;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Is concerned by the severe shortage of well trained medical staff and the fact that many doctors do not remain in their own countries; suggests that doctors be offered multi-entry visa arrangements to enable them to pursue training in Europe while continuing to be based in Africa;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Deplores the shortage of qualified health professionals – doctors, nurses and pharmacists – in many African countries, and the fact that many such professionals are recruited by European states, which are thus depriving the African countries of a precious development resource;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 d (new) 10d. Emphasises the steady increase in the incidence, in developing countries, of the devastating disease of cancer in children and calls on the Commission to encourage information campaigns promoting early diagnosis and effective treatment;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the fact that, despite the humanitarian, economic and political difficulties they face, many sub-Saharan countries are attempting to introduce policies that will improve or allow access to health care for their populations, albeit
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the fact that, despite the
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Points out the importance of education about health and hygiene as an aspect of health policies;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers it necessary for states to organise functional health services which are socially efficient and affordable, while also dealing with health care demand issues and thus the role of mutual health organisations within the health system; notes that this calls for the prior introduction of a civil registration system;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Stresses the key role of local authorities in improving prevention and making health care more accessible;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the international community, including the EU, must
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that it is unlikely in the short term that these states will be able to fund national health care systems from their tax revenues alone and that a mixed funding
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Welcomes the diagonal approach adopted by some vertical funds, which have decided to devote part of their resources to consolidating the health care systems of the countries affected by the pathologies targeted; also notes the need to promote health-related cooperation based on twinnings and regular exchanges – including the use of telemedicine – between hospitals and government and non-government agencies working in the health sector in Northern and Southern countries, with a focus on training local health workers;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Believes that strategic alliances need to be forged among the main parties involved at local, national and international levels and that institutional dialogue between government, service providers and mutual insurance organisations is vital in defining health policy and shaping the way it is introduced;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Shares the WHO’s view that the extension of healthcare must necessarily be associated with a system of social security based on prepayment and sharing, rather than direct payment by users, and that reforms aimed at establishing universal cover are a prerequisite for fairer health provision;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Recognises that two major systems exist which can deliver free at the point of need health care provisions, namely universal social security systems through tax funding and compulsory social insurance systems;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Considers that health insurance schemes must provide
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Encourages the efforts being made by certain states which, aware of local circumstances and needs, are supporting initiatives for specific sections of society (e.g. farmers, coffee growers and women’s or neighbourhood groups), ethnic groups or communities, or traditional-type schemes such as tontine funds;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Emphasises that there could be a role for members of the diaspora from sub- Saharan Africa in helping to raise awareness in their countries of origin about the benefits of mutual health insurance and the adoption of such schemes;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls for the Commission's programmes to continue to place emphasis on specific projects targeting socio- economic health determinants in the form
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas there are differences in the terminology used in countries where, respectively, English, French and African languages are spoken and the underlying concepts are not always the same, some countries referring to ‘mutual health organisations’ (‘mutuelles de santé’), others to ‘community-based health insurance’ (‘assurance maladie à base communautaire’) and others to ‘health micro-insurance’ to denote a wide range of mutually supportive risk-sharing schemes designed to cover health service costs in part or in full,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Calls on the Member States and on European laboratories, in accordance with the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, to negotiate a ‘partnership approach’ respecting patent protection in developed markets and covering voluntary licensing agreements, support for health programmes, technology transfer arrangements and an increase in local production capacity with a view to reducing the price of medicines in low- income countries (through tiered or differential pricing);
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 b (new) 29b. Asks the EU not to include in EPAs provisions on intellectual property rights that place further obstacles in the way of access to essential medicines; points out that, under the 2001 Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, the EU is committed to putting public health before commercial interests, and asks it to use the framework of the EPAs to help the ACP countries implement the flexibility provisions of the Doha Declaration;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Calls on the Commission to ensure access to health care systems for certain groups that have difficulty accessing health care such as Pastoralists;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Calls on the Commission to supplement its aid for vertical funds with recommendations designed to encourage 'diagonal' measures to support basic health care in the countries concerned; calls likewise on the Commission to make recommendations to the vertical funds with a view to their drawing up medium- term exit strategies for partner countries in line with the progress made in achieving the objectives for which they were set up;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Calls on the Commission to ensure greater coherence in external relations policies by developing a Communication on social Protection in development cooperation as suggested by the Council in its Conclusions on Promoting Employment through EU Development Cooperation (21 June 2007). This Communication should be tied to a concrete, time-bound action plan with dedicated resources;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 b (new) 33b. Asks the Commission to support the introduction of health cards in the EU’s partner countries and to work with the countries concerned – at regional level if necessary – to ensure that resources are available to meet the needs in this field;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 c (new) 33c. Calls on the Commission to encompass actions delivered under humanitarian aid for health care to the strengthening of the horizontal health care system, considering the LRRD approach.
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 a (new) 34a. Calls on EU member states’ varying areas of expertise to provide more technical and financial support to developing country governments to implement and extend social protection systems;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 b (new) Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 c (new) 34c. Calls on EU insurance companies, banks and the mutualist movement in the EU to take initiatives to transfer their vast knowledge and know-how, acquired in more than two centuries of insurance history, to new insurance systems in developing countries; calls on the Commission to actively support and facilitate such initiatives;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas the term ‘mutual’ emphasises the social dynamic and joint initiative of a group of members, while the concept of ‘insurance’ implies (1) payment of contributions in advance, i.e. before risks materialise, (2) risk sharing and (3) a guarantee; and mutual organisations may be defined, in accordance with the 1998 Abidjan Platform, as independent, non-profit organisations based on solidarity and democratic participation, whose aim, mainly through their members’ contributions, is to improve access to quality health care for members and their families in the form of providence and mutual aid,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 d (new) 34d. Calls on the EU actively to support the development of permanent basic health infrastructure – hospitals, dispensaries and pharmacies – as well as the training of qualified healthcare staff and access to medicines;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Calls on the Commission to ensure that European policies on reproductive health, including natural methods of family planning, are properly promoted among all associations receiving European funds;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Calls on the Commission to ensure that European policies on
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a (new) 35a. Welcomes the unwavering commitment of faith-based NGOs and their tireless support for healthcare systems in Africa and throughout the world;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Calls on the Council to
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36a. Calls on all the Member States and the Commission to allocate at least 20% of all development spending to basic health and education, to increase their contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and their funding for other programmes designed to strengthen health systems, and to prioritise maternal health and efforts to combat infant mortality;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Calls on the Commission to comply with the remarks and recommendations addressed to it by the Court of Auditors (Report 10/2008) with regard to the development aid it provides for health services in sub-Saharan Africa as part of its commitments aimed at achieving the Millennium Goals, which must under all circumstances be attained by 2015;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F c (new) Fc. whereas people living in certain social and humanitarian circumstances do not always appreciate the concept of providence and do not therefore see the point of contributing to insurance against health risks that may not materialise – particularly so where a whole range of NGOs can offer parallel provision of health care and medicines free of charge,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F d (new) Fd. whereas members of the diaspora from sub-Saharan Africa have become aware, in various host countries where mutual health insurance schemes are well developed, that such schemes are useful and beneficial; and whereas many members of the diaspora remain in close contact with their countries of origin,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F e (new) source: PE-443.136
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