Abstract
A variety of shifts emergent with globalization, which are reflected in part by nascent programs in “Global Public Health,” “Global Health Sciences,” and “Global Health,” are redefining international public health. We explore three of these shifts as a critical discourse and intervention in global health diplomacy: the expansion in non-governmental organization participation in international health programs, the globalization of science and pharmaceutical research, and the use of militarized languages of biosecurity to recast public health programs. Using contemporary anthropological and international health literature, we offer a critical yet hopeful exploration of the implications of these shifts for critical inquiry, health, and the health professions.
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Examples are found in early missionary work, colonial and post-colonial health development aid, faith-based and other non-governmental efforts, and now the new global health philanthropies.
Note that the new names may be more old wine in new bottles than we suggest here.
The University of California, San Francisco's Global Health Sciences, in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation ([IGCC] based at UC San Diego) have developed an academic initiative in Global Health Diplomacy.
Benjamin Hickler (UCSF, DAHSM) has been conducting research on this with support from IGCC.