Be-cause health has been created in 2004 as an informal and pluralistic platform. BBe-cause health membership is open to both organisations and individuals involved in global health. The diversity of these stakeholders gives the platform its strength and ensures quality results for a more effective Belgian contribution to global health policies and to the international policy debate based on the right to health and healthcare for all. For the moment the platform unites

• research institutes, universities, institutes of tropical medicine;
• the Belgian Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD);
• the Belgian Development Agency (Enabel);
• non-governmental organisations (NGOs);
• diaspora initiatives and 4th pillar organisations;
• student and youth associations;
• companies that offer their products and/or services as open source, public goods;
• individual experts, academics.