Past Fame, Present Frames and Future Flagship? An Exploration of How Health is Positioned in Canadian Foreign Policy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Canadian Case Study
3. Research Methods
4. Situating the Case
5. Findings
- Why should Canada care about global health?
- Positioning health in Canadian foreign policy
- ○ Security
- ○ Trade
- ○ Development
- ○ Human rights
- Whither health in Canadian foreign policy?
- Building a coherent global health strategy for Canada
5.1. Why Should Canada Care about Global Health?
5.2. Positioning Health in Canadian Foreign Policy
5.2.1. Security
5.2.2. Trade
5.2.3. Development
5.2.4. Human Rights
5.3. Whither Health in Canadian Foreign Policy?
5.4. Building a Coherent Global Health Strategy for Canada
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
- 1 The first summit or high level meeting on a health issues was the United Nationals Special Session on HIV/AIDS in 2001.
- 2 An updated version of this 2005 policy, amended in 2011, no longer contains this exact wording, although it continues to refer positively to the role of liberalized trade in achieving both security and development goals.
- 3 Comments made at the Global Health Diplomacy Workshop, Prince Mahidol Award Conference, Bangkok: 29-30 January 2009.
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Labonté R, Runnels V, Gagnon M. Past Fame, Present Frames and Future Flagship? An Exploration of How Health is Positioned in Canadian Foreign Policy. Administrative Sciences. 2012; 2(2):162-185. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci2020162
Chicago/Turabian StyleLabonté, Ronald, Vivien Runnels, and Michelle Gagnon. 2012. "Past Fame, Present Frames and Future Flagship? An Exploration of How Health is Positioned in Canadian Foreign Policy" Administrative Sciences 2, no. 2: 162-185. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci2020162