Resumen de Global health and foreign policy
Harley Feldbaum, Kelley Lee, Joshua Michaud
Health has long been intertwined with the foreign policies of states. In recent years, however, global health issues have risen to the highest levels of international politics and have become accepted as legitimate issues in foreign policy. This elevated political priority is in many ways a welcome development for proponents of global health, and it has resulted in increased funding for and attention to select global issues. However, there has been less examination of the tensions that characterize the relationship between global health and foreign policy. The authors review the relationship between global health and foreign policy by examining the roles of health across 4 majojr components of foreign poliy: aid, trade, diplomacy, and national security. For each of these aspects of foreign policy, the authors review currrent and historical issues and discuss how foreign-policy interests have aided or impeded global health efforts. The increasing relevance of global health to foreign policy holds both opportunities and dangers for global efforts to improve health
