Article
Development Studies
Elvis Kwame Ofori, Seth Appiah-Opoku
Summary: The United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent aspirations for human development that necessitate the epiphany of a universal yet varied set of ethical values, social equity, sustainability, and healthy lifestyle within a clean, safe environment. Recent events such as Covid-19 and the Ukraine-Russia Impasse have hindered the achievement of these goals, calling for innovative approaches to increase accomplishments. Analyzing the SDGs in four dimensions and using panel data from 2000 to 2020, a thorough empirical investigation shows the inconsistency of the UN-SDG policy frame within the panel (BRICS and G7 nations), highlighting the need for uniform harmonization in policy framework.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Political Science
Marina Larionova, Andrey Shelepov
Summary: The BRICS countries focus on promoting global economic governance reform through cooperation, particularly in their engagement with the G20. The study suggests that the BRICS countries are not challenging the traditional Western-dominated international monetary and financial system, but rather seeking to make it more representative and responsive through cooperative efforts.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Gabriela Ileana Iacobuta, Niklas Hohne, Heleen Laura van Soest, Rik Leemans
Summary: The 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement were adopted in 2015, with strong interlinked but independently defined goals. Climate change mitigation measures directly affect most SDGs, mainly through co-benefits. Understanding relevant context dimensions facilitates policy design to enhance co-benefits and minimize trade-offs.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Adam Krzymowski
Summary: This article discusses the importance and role of water diplomacy in achieving Sustainable Development Goals and global security architecture, based on the theory of interdependence. Through case studies, it highlights the international security role of water diplomacy and emphasizes its crucial role in addressing global water challenges.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nippun Gupta, Bawa Singh, Jaspal Kaur, Sandeep Singh, Vijay Kumar Chattu
Summary: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of global cooperation through multilateralism in ensuring global health security. The paper critically examines the responses of multilateralism and global health diplomacy during the pandemic, emphasizing the need to revive multilateralism for a more sustainable future. Historical evidence shows that multilateralism through global health diplomacy plays a crucial role in managing and combating pandemics.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Mahnaz Afshari, Ahmad Ahmadi Teymourlouy, Mohammadreza Maleki, Mohsen Asadi-Lari
Summary: The study aimed to identify and analyze the network of global health actors in the field of NCDs in Iran. Qualitative methodology and framework analysis were used, and in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with subject-matter experts from global, regional, and national levels of diplomacy. The findings indicate that a successful and sustainable program to combat NCDs requires the participation of multiple actors from governments, the private sector, and civil society at international, national, and local levels.
GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Development Studies
Thomas Hickmann, Frank Biermann, Matteo Spinazzola, Charlotte Ballard, Maya Bogers, Oana Forestier, Agni Kalfagianni, Rakhyun E. Kim, Francesco S. Montesano, Tom Peek, Carole-Anne Senit, Melanie van Driel, Marjanneke J. Vijge, Abbie Yunita
Summary: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were a crucial foundation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A comprehensive review of 316 articles published between 2009 and 2018 identifies six factors that facilitated or impeded MDG implementation. The analysis highlights the significance of path dependencies and demonstrates that MDGs only brought about changes in countries with sufficient resources, administrative capacity, economic development, and external donor support. National ownership and NGO pressure strengthened MDG implementation efforts, indicating that globally agreed goals do not easily trickle down to the national level. This article provides forward-looking insights and lessons for the current implementation of the SDGs in developing countries.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Review
Biology
Emily Martyn, Sarah Eisen, Nicky Longley, Philippa Harris, Julian Surey, James Norman, Michael Brown, Binta Sultan, Tongai G. Maponga, Collins Iwuji, Stuart Flanagan, Indrajit Ghosh, Alistair Story, Philippa C. Matthews
Summary: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a significant global health threat, causing millions of chronic infections and deaths each year. The impact of HBV disproportionately affects marginalized populations and exacerbates healthcare inequities. The 'inclusion health' agenda seeks to address these disparities and improve HBV diagnosis, treatment, and prevention for excluded populations, contributing to the global goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sebastian Kevany, Shayanne Martin, Mike Reid
Summary: The University of California, San Francisco's CGHDDE conducted a workshop to help learners from LMICs understand how politics, policy, finance, governance, and security influence global health goals and outcomes.
GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Brian Castellani, Suzanne Bartington, Jonathan Wistow, Neil Heckels, Amanda Ellison, Martie Van Tongeren, Steve R. Arnold, Pete Barbrook-Johnson, Martha Bicket, Francis D. Pope, Tom C. Russ, Charlotte L. Clarke, Monica Pirani, Matthias Schwannauer, Massimo Vieno, Rachel Turnbull, Nigel Gilbert, Stefan Reis
Summary: This article presents a policy agenda aimed at mitigating the impact of air pollution on brain health and dementia. It identifies three policy domains (Research and Funding, Education and Awareness, and Policy Evaluation) and outlines 14 priority areas.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Martha T. Ndlovu-Teijema, Maarten O. Kok, Sabine L. van Elsland, Hilleen Smeets, David Barstow, Lyn van Rooyen, A. M. van Furth
Summary: The study aimed to set a global research agenda by collecting priority research questions from key stakeholders at the intersection of faith and HIV healthcare through focus group discussions, interviews, and an online questionnaire. Ten research themes were identified, including addressing sexuality, stigma, supporting specific populations, evaluating faith-health collaborations, etc. There was an emphasis on the need for more primary research, with improvement of engagement of faith communities in addressing sexuality and tackling stigma being prioritized.
HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
Ronald C. Estoque, Makoto Ooba, Takuya Togawa, Yasuaki Hijioka, Yuji Murayama
Summary: The study found that Europe and Northern America are the least efficient regions in terms of land use efficiency, while Eastern and South-Eastern Asia are catching up. Although land consumption rate and population growth rate are positively correlated globally, this is not always the case across regions. The concept of land use efficiency in the SDGs has important limitations, such as not including changes in in situ natural capital and the external impacts of cities.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Liangtao Liu, Yongli Huang, Jiyong Jin
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the global economy and human communities. Promoting vaccine accessibility and affordability through diplomacy is crucial in addressing the crisis. China's vaccine diplomacy has been accused of pursuing geopolitical goals, but its sustainability is questionable due to competition with the US and doubts about the efficacy of Chinese vaccines.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Myron Anthony Godinho, Henrique Martins, Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Yuri Quintana, Siaw-Teng Liaw
Summary: The realization of Global Digital Health is a central issue in Global Health Diplomacy. The need for accelerated digital health progress due to COVID-19 requires political structures and processes to establish a foundation for Global Digital Health. Digital Health Diplomacy involves three dimensions: Diplomacy for digital health, Digital health for diplomacy, and Digital health in diplomacy.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Steven Ssendagire, Said Aden Mohamoud, Farah Bashir, Mohamed Amin Jamal, Mukhtar Bulale, Abdullah Azad, Marian Yusuf Warsame, Farhan Hassan, Mohamed Omar, Abdirizak Dalmar, Mary Joan Karanja, Lilly Muthoni Nyagah, Abdihamid Warsame, Abdifatah Ahmed Diriye, Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik
Summary: In this study, we identified health research priorities that can inform local interventions required to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage in Somalia.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Kent Buse, Johanna Ralston
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Justin-Paul Scarr, Kent Buse, Robyn Norton, David R. Meddings, Jagnoor Jagnoor
Summary: This policy analysis examines the emergence of global drowning prevention and identifies three key factors crucial to enhancing prioritisation. To ensure that the UN resolution on global drowning prevention catalyzes action, it is important to position drowning prevention within global health and sustainable development agendas, strengthen capacity for multisectoral action, and conduct research in diverse contexts.
LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH
(2022)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Mahesh Puri, Minakshi Dahal, Sarah Hawkes, Kent Buse
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Kent Buse, Chelsea Hunnisett, Yogan Pillay
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Kent Buse, Marlies Hesselman, Benjamin Mason Meier
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jennifer Lacy-Nichols, Alexandra Jones, Kent Buse
Summary: Addressing the Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH) is crucial for achieving health equity and meeting the health-related targets of the SDGs. This study presents a visual heuristic of three core aspects of CDoH and highlights the need for more research and evidence from the Global South, particularly on effective strategies to curb harmful impacts. It also proposes an agenda and actions for different stakeholders to address CDoH, emphasizing the importance of focusing on system-level changes to improve health equity.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Kent Buse, J. V. R. Prasada Rao, Vivian Lin
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Dori Patay, Rob Ralston, Aliyah Palu, Alexandra Jones, Jacqui Webster, Kent Buse
Summary: This paper introduces the Governance Typology for Public Private Engagement in the Nutrition Sector, which conceptualizes different forms of engagement with the food industry in tackling diet-related noncommunicable disease. The typology covers different levels of industry and civil society actor engagement, types of industry actors being engaged, and the substantive policy focus of engagement. It aims to inform national level nutrition policy makers on good engagement practices and can be extended to other industries that profit from products detrimental to human and planetary health.
GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Dejen Yemane Tekle, Emalie Rosewarne, Joseph Alvin Santos, Kathy Trieu, Kent Buse, Aliyah Palu, Anne Marie Thow, Stephen Jan, Jacqui Webster
Summary: Despite slow policy adoption and high sodium consumption, this analysis aims to identify gaps and opportunities for salt reduction in Ethiopia by examining relevant policy documents. The study found that while the government has established policy frameworks, there is room for improvement in implementation and addressing inequities.
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Michel Sidibe, Abdoul Dieng, Kent Buse
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Kent Buse, Abhishek Gautam, Unsia Hussain, Victoria Olarewaju
Summary: The inability to break down population datasets hinders efforts to achieve health equity and ensure government accountability for progress.
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Sarah Nutter, Laura A. Eggerichs, Taniya S. Nagpal, Ximena Ramos Salas, Christine Chin Chea, Shubo Saiful, Johanna Ralston, Olivia Barata-Cavalcanti, Claudia Batz, Louise A. Baur, Susie Birney, Sheree Bryant, Kent Buse, Michelle I. Cardel, Aastha Chugh, Ada Cuevas, Mychelle Farmer, Allison Ibrahim, Ishu Kataria, Catherine Kotz, Ted Kyle, Sara le Brocq, Vicki Mooney, Clare Mullen, Joe Nadglowski, Margot Neveux, Karin Papapietro, Jaynaide Powis, Rebecca M. Puhl, Bernardo Rea Ruanova, Jessica F. Saunders, Fatima Cody Stanford, Ogweno Stephen, Kwang Wei Tham, Agbo Urudinachi, Lesly Vejar-Renteria, Danielle Walwyn, John Wilding, Saifullah Yusop
Summary: This article discusses the definition and significance of weight stigma and presents nine recommendations for reducing harmful obesity narratives on a global scale.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Sarah Hawkes, Mireille Evagora-Campbell, Aysha Zahidie, Fauziah Rabbani, Kent Buse
Summary: Labour migrants often face health inequities due to social and structural determinants. This study examined the labour migrant health ecosystem between Pakistan and Qatar and assessed the policies in both countries in relation to global guidance, equity, and accountability. The findings revealed limited implementation potential, minimal consideration of gender, equity, and rights, and a lack of coordination among stakeholders. Effectively addressing health determinants for labour migrants requires a shift in government attitudes towards migrants as deserving equality and rights.
HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Misimi Kakoti, Devaki Nambiar, Amy Bestman, Damian Garozzo-Vaglio, Kent Buse
Summary: Global health research should aim to address power imbalances and inequities in health systems and societies. The integration of equity considerations in research practices aligns with efforts to promote equitable partnerships among researchers and communities impacted by their research. Lessons from a pilot study using the '8Quity' tool, which assesses the integration of equity in research practices, are described. The tool comprises eight domains of equity and provides practical resources for each domain. While tools like 8Quity are helpful, broader societal changes are necessary to ensure equity in research.
HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
(2023)