It’s time to dignify and put into action the words “there is no health without mental health” as a humanitarian imperative.
Lawrence Gostin discusses the international response to the Zika virus and the related media coverage, as well as the role of groups such as Medicins Sans Frontieres.
Many of the health challenges that confront humanity transcend national borders, and require all countries to work together for the global public good.
There has been a range of reactions to the Zika outbreak, the most alarming being the impairment of women’s reproductive rights and access to safe abortion services.
A fascinating account of changes in the International Health Regulations, this volume will surely become a key text in the growing field of health diplomacy studies.
A positive spirit is vital for Ebola recovery as the socio-economic consequences are immense. A commonly used word is “boredom” with schools shut and trade disrupted.
Ebola vaccine trials are expected to start in Guinea shortly. But there are other signs of hope: the many improvised disinfectant dispensers sprouting around homesteads.
Ten years ago, the Indian Ocean Tsunami was triggered by one of the largest-ever earthquakes. But it was not just nature that broke records. So did the disaster response.
Ebola reveals that the globality of global health governance is a fallacy. It is not only a health crisis, but a crisis of divisive global health governance.
Development agencies have started to engage more with the political nature of development. However the nature of politics is that what is ‘right’ is always contestable.
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