Abstract
The concept of health security involves the intersection of several fields and disciplines and is an inherently political and sensitive area. It is also a relatively a new field of study and practice which lacks a precise definition - though numerous disciplines and areas like foreign policy, national interests, trade interests, health security, disaster relief, and human rights contribute to the concept. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the need for, health diplomacy in improving health security. For example, it is not unusual for developing country societies to build their health security measures by restricting travel and movement of those emanating from affected areas. When extreme health security measures threaten cordial and cooperative relations between nations, the issue of protection of one country’s population may lead to the risk of international conflict. As the World Health Organization (WHO) stated in 2007 that‘functioning health systems are the bedrock of health security,’ it is crucial that partners with sound financial and technical capacities benefit developing countries through their assistance and sharing information. This paper explores how health diplomacy holds great promise to address the needs of global health security through binding or nonbinding instruments, enforced by global governance mechanisms.
Highlights
IntroductionThe concept of health security involves the intersection of several fields and disciplines (security studies, foreign policy, global health, and international relations) which do not share a common theoretical approach or academic methodology
The concept of health security involves the intersection of several fields and disciplines which do not share a common theoretical approach or academic methodology
The concept of health security and its application differs between the United Nations bodies namely the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO)
Summary
The concept of health security involves the intersection of several fields and disciplines (security studies, foreign policy, global health, and international relations) which do not share a common theoretical approach or academic methodology. Because of this lack of understanding of the concept, there is a risk of disagreements on related policies among developed and developing countries resulting in poor global cooperation. The concept of health security and its application differs between the United Nations bodies namely the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The World Health Assembly’s resolution of 2001 ‘Global health security: epidemic alert and response’ linked the concept of health security for the prevention of movement of communicable diseases across national borders which resulted in the revision of the WHO’s international health regulations (IHRs)
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