Cargando…

Barefoot global health diplomacy : field experiences in international relations, security, and epidemics /

Barefoot Global Health Diplomacy: Field Experiences in International Relations, Security, and Public Health Epidemics fills real-world gaps in training for those destined to work on health and health systems in challenging, resource-deprived environments. Key topics include global health programs an...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kevany, Sebastian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2021.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Barefoot Global Health Diplomacy
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • About the author
  • About the contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Bare feet: how to do it yourself
  • 1.1 Diplomatic deficits
  • 1.2 Day-to-day diplomacy
  • 1.3 The barefoot diplomat
  • 1.4 Not stepping on toes
  • 1.5 Key messages
  • References
  • 2. Adaptation: epidemic control and local style
  • 2.1 Adapting the global to the local
  • 2.2 Listening to locals
  • 2.3 A thousand ways to adapt ...
  • 2.4 ... And a thousand more (ways to adapt)
  • 2.5 Key messages
  • References
  • 3. Power to the people: local ownership of infectious disease control
  • 3.1 Local ownership
  • 3.2 Locally led success
  • 3.3 Local protocols
  • 3.4 A confident local voice
  • 3.5 Key messages
  • References
  • 4. A governance revolution: synergies versus turf battles
  • 4.1 Synergies and post-partisanism
  • 4.2 Optimizing governance synergies
  • 4.3 Innovative policy-level combinations
  • 4.4 Dynamic field-level combinations
  • 4.5 Key messages
  • References
  • 5. Monitoring and evaluation: capturing barefoot effects
  • 5.1 The pressures of targets
  • 5.2 Capturing downstream benefits
  • 5.3 The dangers of performance mindsets
  • 5.4 Measuring the immeasurable
  • 5.5 Key messages
  • References
  • 6. War and peace: barefoot diplomacy as military adjunct
  • 6.1 Unlikely bedfellows?
  • 6.2 A new stage for security and stability
  • 6.3 Mutual sacrifice? Lesser evils, greater goods
  • 6.4 Principles, policies, practices
  • 6.5 Key messages
  • References
  • 7. Trade-offs: ethics versus economics in epidemics
  • 7.1 Numbers and realities
  • 7.2 Beyond mere quantification
  • 7.3 McNamara fallacies
  • 7.4 Reconciling ethics and economics in epidemics
  • 7.5 Key messages
  • References
  • 8. Blurring the line: a review of barefoot global health diplomacy
  • 8.1 Linking global health with diplomacy redux
  • 8.2 Beyond job descriptions
  • 8.3 Nontraditional skills
  • 8.4 Intangible effects
  • 8.5 Global stability and security
  • 8.6 Key messages
  • References
  • Health security considerations to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of Ireland's future infectious disease and ...
  • Borders and travel
  • Macro-level public health security policies
  • Media and public health information
  • Feasible and enforceable individual-level efforts
  • Epidemic control equals health security: what developing countries can (still) learn from the global North
  • Lead time
  • The primacy of health security
  • What has worked?
  • A nascent health security checklist for the developing world
  • Conclusion: a need for bipartisan health security approaches
  • Selected glossary
  • Index
  • Back Cover