There is an NGO Code of Conduct for Health Systems Strengthening. You can look at the titles of the six articles below or download it here. Will there be any international or local nongovernmental organisations in Myanmar signing on to this code of conduct? He wonders ...

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Articles of the NGO Code of Conduct for Health Systems Strengthening

I. NGOs will engage in hiring practices that ensure long-term health system sustainability.
II. NGOs will enact employee compensation practices that strengthen the public sector.
III. NGOs pledge to create and maintain human resources training and support systems that are good for the countries where they work.
IV. NGOs will minimize the NGO management burden for ministries.
V. NGOs will support Ministries of Health as they engage with communities.
VI. NGOs will advocate for policies that promote and support the public sector.

For more information or to sign your organization on to the NGO Code of Conduct
for Health Systems Strengthening, please visit www.ngocodeofconduct.org.

NGO Code of Conduct Signatories

    * Action for Humane Hospitals (ACTHU)
    * ActionAid International USA
    * Africa Mental Health Foundation
    * African Cultural Exchange
    * African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
    * Afrihealth Information Projects / Afrihealth Optonet Association
    * Afro-Canadian Evangelical Mission
    * American Public Health Association
    * Beijing Yirenping Center
    * Burundian Youth for Peacebuilding and Young Refugees Integration (BYPRI)
    * Centennial International School
    * EQUINET
    * Family Care International
    * GIPEIT
    * Global AIDS Alliance
    * Global Health through Education, Training and Service
    * Health Alliance International
    * Health GAP
    * Heart to Heart International
    * Hesperian Foundation
    * Human Health Aid
    * International Civil Society Support
    * Kalna Health Awareness Society
    * Kenya Ambassadors of Change (Nakuru)
    * Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (KHANA)
    * Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN)
    * Mali Health Organizing Project
    * Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
    * Medical Knowledge Institute
    * Merciful International Guild
    * Padang Lutheran Christian Relief
    * Parent Child Reunion (PACRE)
    * Partners In Health
    * People’s Health Movement
    * Physicians for Human Rights
    * Positive Action Foundation Philippines Inc. (PAFPI)
    * Presbyterian Church of East Africa Health Group
    * Sharan Nepal
    * Social Welfare Development (SOWED) Programme Kenya
    * Treatment Action Group
    * UCLA Center for International Medicine
    * Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana / Unidad Xochimilco
    * WEMOS
    * Youth Intercommunity Network