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Health Diplomacy as a Tool to Build Resilient Health Systems in Conflict Settings—A Case of Sudan

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  • Sanjay Pattanshetty

    (Centre for Health Diplomacy, Department of Global Health Governance, Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India
    Department of International Health, Care and Public Health Research Institute—CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands)

  • Kiran Bhatt

    (Centre for Health Diplomacy, Department of Global Health Governance, Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India)

  • Aniruddha Inamdar

    (Centre for Health Diplomacy, Department of Global Health Governance, Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India)

  • Viola Dsouza

    (Centre for Regulatory Science, Department of Health Information, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India)

  • Vijay Kumar Chattu

    (ReSTORE Lab, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada
    Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai 600072, India
    Center for Evidence-Based Diplomacy, Global Health Research and Innovations Canada (GHRIC), Toronto, ON M1H 3E3, Canada)

  • Helmut Brand

    (Department of International Health, Care and Public Health Research Institute—CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Department of Health Policy, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India)

Abstract

Attacks on health have become a significant concern for non-belligerents of war, including healthcare personnel and facilities, as witnessed in the ongoing Sudan conflict. About 1.5 billion people in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) have a heightened need for essential health services. Conflicts often lead to the disruption of the building blocks of health systems, a lack of access to health facilities, the failure of essential medical supply chains, the collapse of political, social and economic systems, the migration of health care workers, and upsurges in illness. While health indicators often decline in conflict, health can also bring peace and harmony among communities. An investment in building resilient health systems and health diplomacy is a neutral starting point for mitigating the repercussions of conflicts. The international commitment towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provides the impetus to emphasise the relationship between health and peace with the amalgamation of SDG 3, SDG 16, and SDG 17. The inspection of how health diplomacy should be used as a ‘tool for peace’ and not as leverage in conflict settings must be reiterated by the international community.

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  • Sanjay Pattanshetty & Kiran Bhatt & Aniruddha Inamdar & Viola Dsouza & Vijay Kumar Chattu & Helmut Brand, 2023. "Health Diplomacy as a Tool to Build Resilient Health Systems in Conflict Settings—A Case of Sudan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-17, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:18:p:13625-:d:1238304
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