13 research outputs found
The national security implications of HIV/AIDS.
No full textFeldbaum and colleagues look at evidence on the links between HIV and national security, and evaluate the risks and benefits of addressing HIV/AIDS as a national security issue
Global health and foreign policy.
No full textHealth 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 health issues. However, there has been less examination of the tensions that characterize the relationship between global health and foreign policy and of the potential effects of linking global health efforts with the foreign-policy interests of states. In this paper, the authors review the relationship between global health and foreign policy by examining the roles of health across 4 major components of foreign policy: aid, trade, diplomacy, and national security. For each of these aspects of foreign policy, the authors review current 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
Health as “Low Politics.”
No full text<p>Adapted from Fidler (2005) <a href="http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000226#pmed.1000226-Fidler5" target="_blank">[61]</a>.</p
Global health and national security: the need for critical engagement.
No full textThe security and foreign policy communities have increasingly addressed global health problems as threats to national security. Global health is a humanitarian endeavour that seeks to improve the world's health including the most vulnerable peoples, while national security works to protect the interests of people within a given state. The major statements of security policy by the United States and United Kingdom link the self-protective interests of national security with the humanitarian objectives of global health. While there is potential to expand global health activities through partnership with the security and foreign policy communities, treating global health issues as national security threats may focus attention disproportionately on countries or diseases which pose security threats to wealthy nations, rather than on the greatest threats to global health. The global health community should carefully scrutinise areas where global health and national security interests overlap
Report to Congress - Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Services and Programs
No full textThis report provides the most thorough profile to date of supervised visitation and exchange programs in the United States, including information on types of services, common barriers to service, and the number of individuals being seen in these programs who experienced several forms of violence and abuse. Major findings include: a) dangerousness and unwillingness to agree to program rules limits acceptance for service; b) service is limited by capacity, hours, and transportation; c) family violence is one of the major reasons for supervised visitation; d) funding limitations are linked to safety needs.United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (#2003 WT BX K043)http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/115464/1/Safe Havens National Survey 2006 Report to Congress - 5-27-08 & author page.pdfDescription of Safe Havens National Survey 2006 Report to Congress - 5-27-08 & author page.pdf : Main Repor
