BACKGROUND South Africa, as an emerging middle-income country, is becoming increasingly influential in global health diplomacy (GHD). However, little empirical research has been conducted to inform arguments for the integration of domestic health into foreign policy by state and non-state actors. This study seeks to address this knowledge gap. It takes the form of an empirical case study which ...

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is considerably the biggest global health challenge of this modern era. Spreading across all regions world, corona virus disease has disrupted even some most advanced economies and healthcare systems. With an increasing death toll no near end in sight, questions on efficacy response mechanisms, including role relevancy institutions, have emerged. Using a reflexive...

in this commentary, we endorse concerns about the health impact of the trans-pacific partnership (tpp), paying particular attention to its mechanisms for investor state dispute settlement. we then describe the different, judgeled approach being advocated by the european commission team negotiating the trans-atlantic trade and investment partnership, arguing that, while not perfect, it offers si...

Contemporary scholarship concerning science diplomacy is increasingly taking a historical approach. In our introduction to this special issue, we argue that approach promises insight into because of the tools historians bring their work. particular, observe not only are currently poised chart diplomatic aspects involved in transnational circulation technoscientific knowledge, materials, and exp...

introduction: diet behavior plays an important role in non-communicable disease. the theme of world health day 2015 was “improve food safety from farm to plate (always and everywhere)”. the present study assessed the diets of employees at a medical university in tehran, iran on iran health day 2015. methods: this cross-sectional study assessed the diets of 468 employees of a medical university ...

shiffman has argued that some actors have a great deal of power in global health, and that more reflection is needed on whether such forms of power are legitimate. global health is a new and evolving field that builds upon the historical fields of public and international health, but is more multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary in nature. this article argues that the distribution of power ...