Moving towards South-South International Health

Subtitle
debts and challenges in the regional health agenda
Publication Name
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
Volume, number, page
22:7, pp. 2169-2174
Year of Publication
2017
Author(s)
HERRERO María Belén
Organization Name
Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva
Acronym
ABRASCO
Publisher
Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva
City
Rio de Janeiro
Country of Publication
Brazil
Full Date
2017
ISBN or ISSN
1413-8123
Category
Academic articles
Theme
Subregion - European Union
Country - LAC
BIREGIONAL DIALOGUES UE-LAC
Government
Civil Society
Keyword(s)
Health
Global health
Public Health
Right to health
Latin America
Health inequalities
Abstract
The aim of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to investigate the increased interest in health as an important dimension of the foreign policy and diplomatic concerns together with the emergence of a new framework for regional health integration and regional health diplomacy. Second, it seeks to understand the role and practices of new regional blocs in the field of health and whether they are conducting to the emergence of new strategies for addressing health regional policies in South America. The regional policy process relates to health as a right. Thus, some practices and processes in social policy are setting new standards for political and social cohesion in the construction of new regionalism. Health crosses national, regional, and global agendas in a multi-directional fashion, rather than via one-way, top-down policy
transfer. A special feature of Unasur is upholding regional health sovereignty despite the unique fact that member countries retain national autonomy. Unasur has projected foreign policy that promotes social values in ways that seem innovative. Experience as Unasur shows that regional organisms can become a game changer in global diplomacy and an influential actor in the international agenda.
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