Global Health Diplomacy: Concepts, Issues, Actors, Instruments, Fora And Cases Global Health Diplomacy (2013)

The worlds problems are indeed world problems: social and environmental crises, global trade and politics, and major epidemics are making public health a pressing global concern. From this constantly changing scenario, global health diplomacy has evolved, at the intersection of public health, international relations, law, economics, and management—a new discipline with transformative potential. Global Health Diplomacy situates this concept firmly within the human rights dialogue and provides a solid framework for understanding global health issues and their negotiation. This up-to-the-minute guide sets out defining principles and the current agenda of the field, and examines key relationships such as between trade and health diplomacy, and between global health and environmental issues. The processes of global governance are detailed as the UN, WHO, and other multinational actors work to address health inequalities among the worlds peoples. And to ensure maximum usefulness, the text includes plentiful examples, discussion questions, reading lists, and a glossary. Featured topics include: The legal basis of global health agreements and negotiations. Global public goods as a foundation for global health diplomacy. Global health: a human security perspective. Health issues and foreign policy at the UN. National strategies for global health. South-south cooperation and other new models of development. A volume of immediate utility with a potent vision for the future, Global Health Diplomacy is an essential text for public health experts and diplomats as well as schools of public health and international affairs Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Global Health Diplomacy: An Introduction....Pages 1-9 The History and Evolution of Global Health Diplomacy....Pages 11-26 Current and Future Issues in Global Health Diplomacy....Pages 27-36 Global Health Law....Pages 37-54 The New Dynamics of Global Health Governance....Pages 55-72 The Process and Practice of Negotiation....Pages 73-87 Human Rights and Equity: The Value Base of Global Health Diplomacy....Pages 89-105 New Diplomacy for Health: A Global Public Goods Perspective....Pages 107-124 Diplomacy and Global Health Security....Pages 125-139 Global Environmental Diplomacy: Comparing and Sharing....Pages 141-154 Global Trade and Health Diplomacy: Maximizing Cooperation and Minimizing Conflict Through Coherent International Rules....Pages 155-171 The World Health Organization as a Key Venue for Global Health Diplomacy....Pages 173-185 Instruments of Global Health Governance at the World Health Organization....Pages 187-198 Instruments for Global Health Diplomacy in the UN System Beyond the WHO....Pages 199-211 Global Health and Foreign Policy at the UN....Pages 213-222 The EU as an Actor in Global Health Diplomacy....Pages 223-241 The G8/G20 and Global Health Governance: Extended Fragmentation or a New Hub of Coordination....Pages 243-252 Civil Society Organisations, Global Health Governance and Public Diplomacy....Pages 253-267 Health is Global: A UK Government Strategy 2008/2013....Pages 269-284 National Strategies for Global Health....Pages 285-303 Power Shifts in Global Health Diplomacy and New Models of Development: South–South Cooperation....Pages 305-322 The Copernican Revolution: The Changing Nature of the Relationship Between Foreign Policy and Health....Pages 323-335 Back Matter....Pages 337-370