Meeting Report of a Second Strategic Retreat for Civil Society Representatives to Global Health Programmes and Initiatives: 2009 September

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This report provides an overview of a meeting on civil society strengthening and integration in the global health response that was held in Amsterdam from 31 August through 2 September 2009. Organized by Amsterdam-based International Civil Society Support (ICSS), the meeting was conceptualized as a joint retreat for members of civil society delegations to international organizations working on health care policy and access, including the following: the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), the GAVI Alliance, UNITAID, the International Health Partnership and Related Initiatives (IHP+), Roll Back Malaria (RBM), the Stop TB Partnership and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH).