The purpose of this book is to project diplomacy as an unavoidable instrument for monitoring, prevention and control of health and disaster risks among African countries. The book advocates health cooperation in Africa at a time when pandemics are recurrent. Outside of the WHO, many countries, even within regional groupings have not actively pursued health cooperation. We intend this book to provide the basis for advocating the inclusion of health diplomacy in the curricula of the training of the African diplomat with the hope to stimulate gradual policy shifts in foreign ministries, regional groupings, and the African Union.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 Introduction - Humphrey Ngala Ndi. - 2. Health in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy - Humphrey Ngala Ndi. - 3. Health Diplomacy and Africa: An Overview - Zebulon Suifon Takwa. - 4. The Role of Regional Agencies in African Health Diplomacy - Anna Baninla Mbur Tasha and Guy Elessa. - 5. Diseases, Epidemics, and Diplomacy in Africa - Humphrey Ngala Ndi, Henry Ngenyam Bang, and Emmanuel Etamo Kengo. - 6. Violent Conflict, Diplomacy, and Health in Africa - Humphrey Ngala Ndi. - 7. Crisis Communication in Twenty-First Century Diplomacy: Implications for Digital Transformation of Foreign Policy - Henry Ngenyam Bang. - 8. Health in Climate Change Diplomacy in Africa - Estherine Lisinge-Fotabong. - 9. Health Data Sharing for Public Health Resilience: Benefits, Challenges, and Prospects in Africa - Henry Ngenyam Bang, Humphrey Ngala Ndi, and Emmanuel Etamo Kengo. - 10. With or Without Diplomacy: The Urgent Need to Decolonize Healthcare in Africa - Godfrey B. Tangwa. - 11. Conclusion - Humphrey Ngala Ndi
