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Taghizade S, Chattu VK, Jaafaripooyan E, et al. COVID-19 Pandemic as an Excellent Opportunity for Global Health Diplomacy. Front Public Health. 2021;9:655021doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.655021.
Taghizade, S., Chattu, V. K., Jaafaripooyan, E., & Kevany, S. (2021). COVID-19 Pandemic as an Excellent Opportunity for Global Health Diplomacy. Frontiers in public health, 9655021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.655021
Taghizade, Sanaz, et al. "COVID-19 Pandemic as an Excellent Opportunity for Global Health Diplomacy." Frontiers in public health vol. 9 (2021): 655021. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.655021
Taghizade S, Chattu VK, Jaafaripooyan E, Kevany S. COVID-19 Pandemic as an Excellent Opportunity for Global Health Diplomacy. Front Public Health. 2021 Jul 12;9:655021. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.655021. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34322467; PMCID: PMC8310918.
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Front Public Health. 2021 Jul 12;9:655021. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.655021. eCollection 2021.

COVID-19 Pandemic as an Excellent Opportunity for Global Health Diplomacy.

Frontiers in public health

Sanaz Taghizade, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan, Sebastian Kevany

Affiliations

  1. Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  2. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  3. Institute of International Relations, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
  4. Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, HI, United States.

PMID: 34322467 PMCID: PMC8310918 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.655021

Abstract

Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic is not the first and most frightening global pandemic, and it may not be the last. At the very least, this phenomenon has though seriously challenged the health systems of the world; it has created a new perspective on the value of national, regional, and international cooperation during crises. The post-coronavirus world could be a world of intensified nationalist rivalries on the economic revival and political influence. However, strengthening cooperation among nations at different levels will lead to the growth of health, economy, and security. The current situation is a touchstone for international actors in coordinating the efforts in similar future crises. At present, this pandemic crisis cannot be resolved except through joint international cooperation, global cohesion, and multilateralism. This perspective concludes that the pandemic could be an excellent opportunity for the scope of global health diplomacy (GHD) and how it can be applied and practiced for strengthening five global arenas, namely (1) International Cooperation and Global Solidarity, (2) Global Economy, Trade and Development, (3) Global Health Security, (4) Strengthening health systems, and (5) Addressing inequities to achieve the global health targets. GHD proves to be very useful for negotiating better policies, stronger partnerships, and achieving international cooperation in this phase with many geopolitical shifts and nationalist mindset among many nations at this stage of COVID-19 vaccine roll-out.

Copyright © 2021 Taghizade, Chattu, Jaafaripooyan and Kevany.

Keywords: COVID-19; foreign policy; global health diplomacy; health security; health systems; international cooperation; pandemic; trade

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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