Global health diplomacy: the need for new perspectives, strategic approaches and skills in global health

Global health diplomacy: five years on

“…1 In two papers published in this Bulletin in 2007, we underscored the importance of global health diplomacy, particularly the need to build capacity in this domain within WHO and in WHO's Member States, in line with changes in the global environment. 2,3 During the years that have since transpired, it has become amply clear that health diplomacy is not a transient fashion. In fact, the Global Health Programme 2012, launched by The Graduate Institute in Geneva to promote research and knowledge translation and diffusion, represents a turning point in global health diplomacy training.…”

Crowd-Funded Micro-Grants for Genomics and “Big Data”: An Actionable Idea Connecting Small (Artisan) Science, Infrastructure Science, and Citizen Philanthropy

“…In GloCal settings, where the global and local innovation forces meet, clash and/or synergize, the linkages between health and diplomacy become clearer and all the more relevant. Both Peter Hotez and Ilona Kickbusch have repeatedly emphasized these linkages, and that shared regional and global health problems are also opportunities for global health diplomacy (Hotez, 2010;2011b;Hotez et al, 2012b;Kickbusch, et al 2007;Kickbusch and Buss 2011).…”

“…Their common challenge is to navigate a complex system in which issues in domestic and foreign policy intertwine the lines of power and constantly influence change, and where increasingly rapid decisions and skilful negotiations are required in the face of outbreaks of disease, security threats or other issues. (Kickbusch et al 2007). …”

The Responsibility to Protect: Inequities in International Aid Flows to Myanmar and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and their Impact on Maternal and Child Health

“…By applying a stronger ''health lens'' to the analysis of foreign policy, the prospects for striking a better balance between the ''power and prestige'' and ''peace and prosperity'' objectives in current foreign policy settings can be achieved (Kickbusch et al, 2007;Bond, 2008). …”