Politics of disease control in Africa and the critical role of global health diplomacy: A systematic review

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dc.contributor.authorChattu, Vijay Kumar
dc.contributor.authorKnight, W. Andy
dc.contributor.authorAdisesh, Anil
dc.contributor.authorYaya, Sanni
dc.contributor.authorReddy, K. Srikanth
dc.contributor.authorDi Ruggiero, Erica
dc.contributor.authorAginam, Obijiofor
dc.contributor.authorAslanyan, Garry
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMassoud, M. Rashad
dc.contributor.authorJha, Ashish
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-21T15:25:03Z
dc.date.available2021-09-21T15:25:03Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractBackground: Africa is facing the triple burden of communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and nutritional disorders. Multilateral institutions, bilateral arrangements, and philanthropies have historically privileged economic development over health concerns. That focus has resulted in weak health systems and inadequate preparedness when there are outbreaks of diseases. This review aims to understand the politics of disease control in Africa and global health diplomacy’s (GHD’s) critical role. Methods: A literature review was done in Medline/PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, and Google scholar search engines. Keywords included MeSH and common terms related to the topics: “Politics,” “disease control,” “epidemics/ endemics,” and “global health diplomacy” in the “African” context. The resources also included reports of World Health Organization, United Nations and resolutions of the World Health Assembly (WHA). Results: African countries continue to struggle in their attempts to build health systems for disease control that are robust enough to tackle the frequent epidemics that plague the continent. The politics of disease control requires the crafting of cooperative partnerships to accommodate the divergent interests of multiple actors. Recent outbreaks of COVID-19 and Ebola had a significant impact on African economies. It is extremely important to prioritize health in the African development agendas. The African Union (AU) should leverage the momentum of the rise of GHD to (i) navigate the politics of global health governance in an interconnected world (ii) develop robust preparedness and disease response strategies to tackle emerging and reemerging disease epidemics in the region (iii) address the linkages between health and broader human security issues driven by climate change-induced food, water, and other insecurities (iv) mobilize resources and capacities to train health officials in the craft of diplomacy. Conclusion: The AU, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), and African Centres for Disease Control should harmonize their plans and strategies and align them towards a common goal that integrates health in African development agendas. The AU must innovatively harness the practice and tools of GHD towards developing the necessary partnerships with relevant actors in the global health arena to achieve the health targets of the Sustainable Development Goalsen_US
dc.identifier.citationChattu VK, Knight WA, Adisesh A, et al. Politics of disease control in Africa and the critical role of global health diplomacy: A systematic review. Health Promot Perspect. 2021;11(1):20-31. Published 2021 Feb 7. doi:10.34172/hpp.2021.04
dc.identifier.issn2228-6497
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7967135/
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/49730
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHealth Promotion Perspectiveen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;Volume 11 Issue 1
dc.subjectPoliticsen_US
dc.subjectDisease controlen_US
dc.subjectDiplomacyen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectNoncommunicable diseasesen_US
dc.subjectCommunicable diseasesen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectGlobal healthen_US
dc.subjectHealth securityen_US
dc.subjectEpidemicsen_US
dc.titlePolitics of disease control in Africa and the critical role of global health diplomacy: A systematic reviewen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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