Sverre O. Lie

04.10.2011: The Millennium Summit at the UN headquarters in September 2000 has passed into the annals of history. At the beginning of the new millennium, 189 heads of state and government reached agreement on the Millennium Declaration. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have inspired, mobilized, involved...

20.09.2011: The global health system is under pressure from many sides. The traditionally influential actors, such as WHO, see their positions as threatened. New actors based in civil society and intergovernmental organisations demand to be heard. In this complex landscape, governance becomes a momentous issue...

20.09.2011: The balance of power between international health actors has changed considerably during the last 20 years. An increase in the number of actors has complicated the coordination of global health efforts. In this article, we argue that using principles from complexity theory, preferably made mandatory...

06.09.2011: Global health concerns us all. It is a matter of the human worth of poor and rich alike. There is growing interest in global health both at home and abroad. Books and articles on global health are being launched as never before. Politicians, businessmen and celebrities compete to show the deepest...

06.09.2011: During the past decade, efforts to attain the UN Millennium Development Goals have triggered a number of global health initiatives intended to provide simple, targeted measures against the diseases that constitute the greatest burden for poor countries. These initiatives have shown that it is...