 This one-day seminar featured presentations by U.S. and international experts who discussed the wide range of issues and actors that are central to the growing field of global health diplomacy. In addition, breakout groups considered case studies on key global health challenges in order to assign priorities and made recommendations for future research and training in global health diplomacy.
A key theme for this seminar was to demonstrate the common interests of public health and international relations specialists in negotiating health as a key element of foreign policy. There was also an introduction of new initiatives and updates on global networks that include the wide range of expertise needed to engage in this discipline.
The day was intended to facilitate an exchange and commitment within the diplomatic and health communities to build an expertise in global health diplomacy that represents the range of interests and priorities in global health.
The specific goals of this workshop were to:
- Introduce an international and Washington, D.C., audience to the concept and practice of global health diplomacy (global, regional and national);
- Illustrate the importance of the revised International Health Regulations as a global health governance mechanism and framework for capacity building;
- Appraise the complexities of Global Health Diplomacy in view of new actors, new organizations, donors, and changing global health priorities;
- Explore the potential for global health diplomacy under the Obama administration;
- Examine the range of priorities attached to Global Health Diplomacy
And with the support of the Association of Schools of Public Health
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