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Health and security: why the containment of infectious diseases alone is not enough
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) highlights the urgent need to strengthen cooperation between security, health, and development actors. As the disease spreads, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an international health emergency. In crisis situations lik... mehr
The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) highlights the urgent need to strengthen cooperation between security, health, and development actors. As the disease spreads, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an international health emergency. In crisis situations like these, the interdependencies between health and security are highly complex. Which population groups and which diseases are perceived as suspected health risks, and why, is a normative question for donor countries. It has political consequences above all for affected developing countries. Where health and security are common goals, it is not enough to contain infectious diseases in developing countries. Instead, resilient, well-functioning, and accessible health systems must be established. This fosters the implementation of the human right to health, creates trust in state structures, and takes into account the security interests of other states. In the United Nations (UN) Security Council, the German government could advocate for policies based on the narrative "stability through health". (Autorenreferat)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Globalisierung; Gefährdung; Sicherheit; Epidemie; Gesundheit; Gesundheitspolitik; Entwicklungspolitik; Demokratische Republik Kongo; Welt; Sicherheitspolitik; Humanität; Krise; Krisenmanagement; UNO; Steuerung; Institution; Organisationen; Kapazität; Entwicklung
Klassifikation
Gesundheitspolitik
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
Seuchenbekämpfung; Wechselbeziehungen zwischen verschiedenen Politiken; Beispielhafte Fälle
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Erscheinungsort
Berlin
Seitenangabe
4 S.
Schriftenreihe
SWP Comment, 32/2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2019C32
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung