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New Diplomacy for Health: A Global Public Goods Perspective

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Many global health challenges can be seen in terms of threats to or opportunities for the development of global public goods (GPGs) that provide common benefits to or protection for the health all regardless of national boundaries. Such issues require a renewal of institutions and mechanisms to address global concerns and interests through international diplomacy and collective action. “Introduction: Enlightened Self Interest” section of this chapter introduces the concepts of public goods. “The Provision Challenges of Public Goods and Global Public Goods” section identifies some of the problems that provision or protection of these goods pose. Against this background, “Drawing the Lessons for a New Diplomacy for Health” section discusses the implications for financing for international cooperation in support of GPGs for health.

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    David Gleicher

  2. Global Policy Studies, Niebuhrstrasse 78, 10629, Berlin, Germany

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Gleicher, D., Kaul, I. (2013). New Diplomacy for Health: A Global Public Goods Perspective. In: Kickbusch, I., Lister, G., Told, M., Drager, N. (eds) Global Health Diplomacy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5401-4_8

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