Global health diplomacy-reconstructing power and governance.

ABSTRACT: Over the past two decades, global health diplomacy, foreign policy for health, and global health policy have changed substantially. Diplomacy is a constitutive part of the system of global health governance. COVID-19 hit the world when multilateral cooperation was subject to major challenges, and global health has since become integral to geopolitics. The importance of global health diplomacy, especially at WHO, in keeping countries jointly committed to improving health for everyone, has once again been shown. Through a systematic review, this Series paper explores how international relations concepts and theories have been applied to better understand the role of power in shaping positions, negotiations, and outcomes in global health diplomacy. We apply an international relations perspect

SUBMITTER: Kickbusch I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9113726 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature