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
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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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