| dc.description.abstract | Global health is the health of populations in a global context. and transcends the perspectives and concerns of individual nations. It aims at improving the health of people worldwide. Global health continues to operate on a financing mechanism that strengthens the hand of donor organizations at the expense of host nations and their priorities. Donors often impose their own funding priorities, and programmes tend to be poorly integrated into local public health systems in developing countries particularly the African region.
The field of Global Health Diplomacy draws from a broad range of disciplines including international relations, medical anthropology, political science, history and public health. This paper advocates for the better understanding of some of the historical and conceptual underpinnings of this emerging field. The theory of constructivism discussed in this paper offers a compelling and optimistic analysis of how change is possible through the exchange of ideas and through discourse. The data analysis in this study will be qualitative in nature transcribing information that will be relevant to the better understanding of Global Health practice in Africa. | en_US |
