John Wyn Owen: Health foreign policy and security
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This document discusses the relationships between health, foreign policy, security, and development. It makes three key points: 1) Health is a central global concern that impacts economies, politics, development, and security. Sanctions that reduce health budgets can increase child mortality, and globalization can facilitate the spread of diseases. 2) Poor health both causes and exacerbates poverty, and conflicts are financially burdensome and hinder development. Investing in health can help break cycles of violence. 3) Effective global governance is needed to assess risks, prepare for health crises, and support response and recovery efforts through alliances like the G8 and Commission for Africa.
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John Wyn Owen: Health foreign policy and security
- 1. Health, Foreign Policy and Security John Wyn Owen Secretary, The Nuffield Trust
- 2. Health is a central global concern: • Economic • Political • Development • Security
- 3. Health and Foreign policy Impact of sanctions: • 4500 Iraqi children <5yrs are prone to die monthly of hunger and malnutrition due to the decrement in the health budget allocation by 90%–95%
- 4. Globalisation • greater proximity and flow of people • greater economic integration into world markets • greater interaction and connectedness • increase in technological innovations • international political institutions and law
- 5. Health and Development “Disease is both a product of, and an accelerant for, poverty” (Sue Ingram, The George Institute for International Health, 2003)
- 6. Health and Conflict • Breaking the conflict trap: “war retards development but conversely, development retards war” (World Bank) • Financial burden of war: US Budget 2005 : $80 billion for conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. World Bank’s International Development Association: $1.2 billion in 2004 on health projects in 62 low-income countries.
- 7. Resilience • Assessment • Prevention • Preparedness • Response and • Recovery
- 8. Global Governance • Role of the G8 (G11?) • New alliances with foundations and civil society • Commission for Africa
- 9. G8, Africa and Global Health http://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/global_ health/index.php