Selected article for: "foreign policy and state action"

Author: Feldbaum, Harley; Lee, Kelley; Michaud, Joshua
Title: Global Health and Foreign Policy
  • Document date: 2010_4_27
  • ID: 1cpvboto_63
    Snippet: While foreign-policy interests are likely to continue to determine state engagement on global health issues, selfserving motives for state action on health do not have to lead to poor outcomes, as evidenced by US aid for Egypt's leading to improved child health or the provision of medical relief by the US Naval Ship Comfort and Cuban medical professionals after the earthquake in Haiti. Whether we achieve further successes in global health or our .....
    Document: While foreign-policy interests are likely to continue to determine state engagement on global health issues, selfserving motives for state action on health do not have to lead to poor outcomes, as evidenced by US aid for Egypt's leading to improved child health or the provision of medical relief by the US Naval Ship Comfort and Cuban medical professionals after the earthquake in Haiti. Whether we achieve further successes in global health or our efforts are undermined by the pursuit of traditional foreign-policy interests will depend upon the ability of public health practitioners to understand foreign-policy perspectives on health and promote global health interests in the world of high politics.

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