Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Title

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volume

11

Issue

7

First Page

1215

Last Page

1218

Publisher

Kerman University of Medical Sciences

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

Comments

Carriedo, A., Lauber, K., Miller, M. M., & Ralston, R. (2022). Lacking clarity or strategic ambiguity? Comment on “Competing frames in global health governance: An analysis of stakeholder influence on the political declaration on non-communicable diseases”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(7), 1215-1218. https://doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2021.113

Abstract

This commentary engages with Suzuki and colleagues’ analysis about the ambiguity of multi-stakeholder discourses in the United Nations (UN) Political Declaration of the 3rd High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (HLM-NCDs), suggesting that blurring between public and private sector in this declaration reflects broader debates about multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) and public-private partnerships (PPPs) in health governance. We argue that the ambiguity between the roles and responsibilities of public and private actors involved may downplay the role (and regulation) of conflicts of interest (COI) between unhealthy commodity industries and public health. We argue that this ambiguity is not simply an artefact of the Political Declaration process, but a feature of multi-stakeholderism, which assumes that commercial actors´ interests can be aligned with the public interest. To safeguard global health governance, we recommend further empirical and conceptual research on COI and how it can be managed.

DOI

10.34172/ijhpm.2021.113

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