Defining and Acting on Global Health: The Case of Japan and the Refugee Crisis

Authors

  • Akihiko Ozaki Department of Surgery, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
  • Claire Leppold Department of Research, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
  • Tetsuya Tanimoto Department of Internal Medicine, Jōban Hospital, Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan
  • Tomohiro Morita Department of Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
  • Yuki Shimada Department of Neurosurgery, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
Abstract:

What counts as global health? There has been limited discourse to date on the ways in which country-level contexts may shape positioning in global health agendas. By reviewing Japan’s response to the refugee crisis, we demonstrate a clash between rhetoric and action on global responsibility, and suggest that cultural and historical factors may be related to the ways of perceiving and acting upon global health.

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volume 5  issue 8

pages  457- 460

publication date 2016-08-01

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