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Chattu, V. K. (2017). Politics of Ebola and the critical role of global health diplomacy for the CARICOM. Journal of family medicine and primary care, 6(3), 463-467. https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_75_17
Chattu, Vijay Kumar. "Politics of Ebola and the critical role of global health diplomacy for the CARICOM." Journal of family medicine and primary care vol. 6,3 (2017): 463-467. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_75_17
Chattu VK. Politics of Ebola and the critical role of global health diplomacy for the CARICOM. J Family Med Prim Care. 2017 Jul-Sep;6(3):463-467. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_75_17. PMID: 29416990; PMCID: PMC5787937.
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J Family Med Prim Care. 2017 Jul-Sep;6(3):463-467. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_75_17.

Politics of Ebola and the critical role of global health diplomacy for the CARICOM.

Journal of family medicine and primary care

Vijay Kumar Chattu

Affiliations

  1. Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad, Tobago.

PMID: 29416990 PMCID: PMC5787937 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_75_17

Abstract

The 2014 Ebola epidemic was the largest in history, affecting Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Mali in West Africa. The International Health Regulations are legally binding in 194 countries including all the member states of WHO "to prevent, protect against, control, and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease." Since the Caribbean Community region heavily depends on tourism, a single case of the disease anywhere in the region could have serious negative consequences for the rest of the region's tourism industry. Global health diplomacy brings together the disciplines of public health, international affairs, management, law, and economics and focuses on negotiations that shape and manage the global policy environment for health. The regional institutes such as Caribbean Public Health Agency should play a more proactive and pivotal role in the creation of regional response teams in all the island nations collaborating with the departments of public health and epidemiology at the regional campuses of The University of the West Indies. The role of global health diplomacy and its practice should be encouraged to reach a consensus among the stakeholders considering the threat to the health security in the region. There is a need for the cadre of global health diplomats who has a critical understanding of health and also the practice of diplomacy since such serious health issues have implications at the global level in this globalized world.

Keywords: Caribbean Community; Caribbean Public Health Agency; Ebola; International Health Regulations; carnival; global health diplomacy

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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