The role of Global Health Diplomacy in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals

AuthorGiorgi Buzaladze,Andrew Defor
Date01 September 2019
Published date01 September 2019
DOI10.1177/0020702019874794
Subject MatterPolicy Brief
Policy Brief
The role of Global
Health Diplomacy
in advancing the
Sustainable
Development Goals
Giorgi Buzaladze
Department of Economics & Political Science, University of
Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Andrew Defor
Canadian International Council, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Abstract
Global Health Diplomacy has been instrumental in achieving many of the world’s global
health goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals. The new Sustainable
Development Goals are ambitious, and all tools need to be employed to make sure
they are achieved by the 2030 deadline. This paper reviews the successes and failures of
the health-related Millennium Development Goals. It uses the lessons learned to put
forward a sustainable approach toward the Sustainable Development Goals, and
explores the role of Global Health Diplomacy in advancing the health goals.
Keywords
Global Health Diplomacy, United Nations, Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable
Development Goals, Health in All Policies, South–South cooperation
Global Health Diplomacy (GHD) is a growing discipline that aims to bridge the
gap between global health and governance by facilitating the cooperation between
multiple levels of actors to achieve global health policy objectives. Inadequate
responses to disease outbreaks in the past have created an urgent need for a
global platform of coordination. According to the World Health Organization,
GHD aims ‘‘to support the development of a more systematic and pro-active
International Journal
2019, Vol. 74(3) 463–471
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Corresponding author:
Giorgi Buzaladze, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L
1C6, Canada.
Email: g.buzaladze@mail.utoronto.ca

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