Just weeks after publishing a paper in PLoS Medicine, Harley Feldbaum has a new report at CSIS on US health diplomacy. The report is worth checking out, as Feldbaum is, for my money, the leading thinker on the topic. Here is an excerpt from the abstract:
Numerous reports have outlined the goals the Obama administration should pursue in global health. This brief does not seek to add to those or to propose detailed policy solutions to the cases discussed. Instead it seeks to demonstrate that U.S. global health policy has global political ramifications that cannot be ignored and that demand permanent capabilities within the U.S. government. It describes the need for improved U.S. diplomatic capacity on global health, outlines the currently fractured architecture of the U.S. government on this issue, and issues recommendations for building diplomatic capacity for global health.
Certainly food for thought.
Christopher R. Albon is a political science Ph.D. specializing in armed conflict, public health, human security, and health diplomacy.
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