Global health diplomacy brings together the disciplines of public health, international affairs, management, law and economics and focuses on negotiations that shape and manage the global policy environment for health. The relationship between health, foreign policy and trade is at the cutting edge of global health diplomacy.
The CSIS Global Health Policy Center - 1 views
WHO | Global Health Diplomacy - 3 views
WHO | 1. Global Public Goods and Health: concepts and issues - 3 views
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For example, carbon emissions and global warming not only affect the nation involved in their production, but also impact significantly on other nations; yet no one nation necessarily has the ability, or the incentive, to address the problem. Recognition of this led to the development of the concept of Global Public Goods.
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Health too is an ever more international phenomenon. The most obvious example of this is in communicable disease, which is often a problem against which no single country can orchestrate a response sufficient to protect the health of its population.
WHO | 1. Global Public Goods and Health: concepts and issues - 8 views
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That is, the benefits, once the good is provided, cannot be restricted and are therefore available to all (i.e. non-excludable), and consumption by one individual does not limit consumption of that same good by others (i.e. non-rival in consumption).
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non-excludable: benefits of good available to allnon-rival in consumption:consumption by one person does not prevent consumption by others (e.g. a lighthouse, street lighting, clean air...)
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For example, if a sewage system has spare capacity its use is non-rival, but as the capacity constraint is approached use becomes rivalrous.
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Rather, it is more appropriate to discuss the degree to which goods may be subject to excludability and/or the degree to which their consumption is rival.
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However, for the purposes of this presentation, the broad categorisation of goods as largely private or public, and within public as largely common-pool or club goods, is made to facilitate ease of comparison and analysis
WHO | Global Public Goods - 2 views
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he eradication of polio.
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nternational Health Regulations
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The promotion and protection of cultural diversity, core labour rights, and the environment through global cooperation are also regarded as global public goods. Health-specific global public goods fall into three broad categories:
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"Obama is basically a realist" - YouTube - 2 views
As Ebola Ebbs in Africa, Focus Turns From Death to Life - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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While many have emphasized the enormous assistance hauled into the region by the United States and international organizations, there is strong evidence, especially here in Monrovia, that the biggest change came from the precautions taken by residents themselves.“Fundamentally, this is about the extent to whi
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Reeling from the explosion of infections in August, volunteer Ebola watchdog groups sprang up in many neighborhoods, typically overseen by local elders and led by educated youths, drawing from a long history of community organizing to survive war, poverty and government neglect.
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“Heroes emerged in every community,” said Dr. Mosoka Fallah, a Harvard-trained Liberian epidemiologist who often acted as a liaison between neighborhoods and the government. “The volunteer task forces may be the biggest reason behind the drop in October.”
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Mr. Putin Resumes His War in Ukraine - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Meanwhile, Ukraine is broke, and without the military means to move against the Russian-backed rebels. Most of the victims are civilians who struggle with hunger and dislocation in the rubble of the combat zones and die in the constant exchanges of shells and rockets.
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resident Vladimir Putin has sharply cranked up his direct support for the rebels in the provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk, while continuing to baldly deny it and to blame all the violence on the United States.
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its allies will actively use their good offices with Kiev to seek a workable
BBC News - Libya gunmen attack Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli - 0 views
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Libya gunmen attack Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli
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Corinthia Hotel,
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car bomb exploded near the premises
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The impact of Charlie Hebdo: Americans now back Muhammad cartoons - The Washington Post - 0 views
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Ever since the terrorist attacks in Paris shortly after the New Year, U.S. media have been debating within their newsrooms whether to publish the cartoon that ran immediately before the terrorist attack.
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About twice as many Americans thought the European newspapers who published such images were acting irresponsibly (61 percent) than those who thought it was responsible to publish them (29 percent).
IS Hostage's Wife In Plea After Ultimatum - 0 views
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The wife of a Japanese hostage held by Islamic State has spoken for the first time since her husband was captured after the militants sent her an ultimatum. Kenji Goto has been held captive since last October, with the jihadist group demanding Jordan releases failed Iraqi suicide bomber Sajida al Rishawi in return for his freedom.
On Jordan's willingness to hand over Sajida to ISIS - 0 views
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/01/29/On-Jordan-s-willingness-to-hand-over-Sajida-to-ISIS.html
Wife of Japanese ISIS captive urges Amman, Tokyo to work for his relief - 0 views
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Breaking News By REUTERS \ TOKYO - The wife of a Japanese journalist thought to be held by Islamic State insurgents in Syria urged the Japanese and Jordanian governments to work for his release shortly before a deadline set by his captors expired.
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