Overview
The Commission examines how global political, economic, and ecological structures shape health, placing power and equity at the center of its analysis. Responding to intersecting crises - including rising authoritarianism, geopolitical conflict, and accelerating climate change - the Commission exposes how the current global health architecture serves strategic and commercial interests over marginalized populations.
Core Problem: Extractivism
- Power Asymmetries: Global cooperation is undermined by gendered, socioeconomic, generational, and neocolonial disparities.
- The Extractivist Logic: Systems concentrate resources in the hands of a few through socio-ecologically harmful processes.
- Global Health Impact: Knowledge, labor, data, and health gains are routinely extracted from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC)
A Vision for Change
Despite these systemic challenges, regional leadership, such as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and local innovation, demonstrates that alternatives are viable.
Overarching Aim: Catalyze a transition from vicious cycles of extractivism to virtuous cycles grounded in equity, sustainability, and justice.
Four Core Objectives
- Evaluate Megatrends: Analyze geopolitical, economic, ecological, and technological trends producing health inequities.
- Assess Determinants: Measure impacts across political, social, commercial, ecological, and digital determinants of health.
- Highlight Solutions: Document governance success stories and models for equitable alternatives.
- Deliver Recommendations: Provide actionable short- and long-term steps to reverse extractivism and build fairer systems.
