International Investment Agreements (IIAs) type components of broader financial coverage efforts by governments to draw international funding. However, business actors have used them to dispute well being coverage measures in vital areas, together with tobacco management and entry to medicines. Governments discover themselves caught between the pursuits of traders (firms), and the well being of their residents.

Recognising these dangers, the World Health Organization (WHO) has really useful that well being safeguards be constructed into IIAs. However, their adoption has been restricted and inconsistent, reflecting restricted engagement by the well being sector and a lack of understanding concerning finest apply safeguards.

This collaboration brings collectively authorized, public well being and international coverage students from Australia and globally, with information scientists, and collaborators from the World Health Organization. It will generate new proof to enhance coverage making on this vital space. It goals to determine:

1) best-practice choices to efficiently safeguard well being in IIAs, and a couple of) methods for public well being actors to assist the inclusion of well being safeguards in future IIAs.

The end-point of the analysis is healthier funding coverage, that permits and protects the adoption of robust well being coverage measures on the nationwide stage.