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Conflict and social determinants of health: would global health diplomacy resolve the Afghanistan healthcare conundrum?
(Routledge, 2023-06-21)Public health, conflict/war, Social Determinants of Health (SDHs) and Global Health Diplomacy (GHD) are believed to be strongly interwoven. Afghanistan that is known as the �Graveyard of the Empire� has been passing through ... -
Access to medicines through global health diplomacy
(Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 2023-06-10)The World Health Organisation (WHO) emphasizes that equitable access to safe and affordable medicines is vital to attaining the highest possible standard of health by all. Ensuring equitable access to medicines (ATM) is ... -
FACTORING THE SMART POWER IN THE INDIA-EUROPEAN UNION ENGAGEMENTS: A SCOPING REVIEW
(Institute for Research and European Studies, 2023-03-09)Power is a critical factor in several types of diplomacy. India-EU relations are a classic case of how changing geopolitics prompted diplomatic acumen. This scoping review assesses the changing relations of both partners ... -
POST-PULWAMA INDO-PAK CONFLICT: RECONNOITERING THE ROLE OF SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION
(Institute for Research and European Studies, 2022-02-01)Terrorism has emerged as one of the major challenges for the Eurasian regional peace, security, and cooperation. Keeping these challenges in perspective, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was established to ... -
Global vaccine inequities and multilateralism amid COVID-19: Reconnaissance of Global Health Diplomacy as a panacea?
(Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 2023-02-20)Background: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown a crystal-clear warning that nobody will be safe until everybody is safe against the pandemic. However, how everyone is safe when the pandemic�s fat tail risks have broken ... -
India�s Neighbourhood Vaccine Diplomacy During COVID-19 Pandemic: Humanitarian and Geopolitical Perspectives
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2022-02-18)In recent years, India has established itself as the world�s �pharmacy hub�, and this claim was proven once again when it delivered COVID-19 vaccines to its citizens, neighbouring nations and across the globe. Following ... -
Analyzing GAVI the Vaccine Alliance as a Global Health Partnership Model: A Constructivist Analysis of the Global Health Crisis
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2022-09-06)The ongoing debate on the conceptual underpinnings of constructivism and global health partnerships (GHPs) in global health studies has a dimension that deserves closer attention. This paper attempts to draw attention to ... -
Water Security in India: Exploring the Challenges and Prospects
(Springer Nature, 2022-04-01)Water security has become a concern for all countries around the world. All human beings are highly dependent on water to carry out their life sustaining activities that involve drinking water, food production, economic ... -
Securitization of Climate Change: A Case Study of India
(Springer Nature, 2022-04-01)Humans are living in fear of risk of instability and conflicts that are arising from the interaction of climate change, environmental degradation and social, economic, demographic, and political factors. Actors�individual, ... -
NEW GREAT GAME IN THE INDO-PACIFIC: Rediscovering India�s Pragmatism and Paradoxes
(Taylor and Francis, 2022-06-09)This book looks at the emerging power dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region and locates India and its interests within the overarching geostrategic framework. With US and China emerging as leading players within the region, ... -
Advancing african medicines agency through global health diplomacy for an equitable pan-african universal health coverage: A scoping review
(MDPI, 2021-11-09)The African continent is home to 15% of the world�s population and suffers from a disease burden of more than 25% globally. In this COVID-19 era, the high burden and mortality are further worsened due to inequities, ... -
COVID-19 and Global Distributive Justice: �Health Diplomacy� of India and South Africa for the TRIPS waiver
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2022-01-19)The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic had left heart-wrenching impacts on all facets of life in general and the availability, accessibility, and affordability of medicines and vaccines in particular. Rather, the world ... -
The double whammy of pandemic and war: A systematic review of india�s education diplomacy to address educational inequities in afghanistan
(MDPI, 2021-10-18)Higher education is considered an important tool for the overall development of any country, and it holds true in the context of Afghanistan as well. At the same time, a good eco-environment in terms of political will, ... -
Covid-19 pandemic and reimagination of multilateralism through global health diplomacy
(MDPI, 2021-10-21)The ongoing pandemic COVID-19 has made it very clear that no one is safe until everyone is safe. But how can everyone be safe when the pandemic has broken every nerve of the economy and put an extra burden on the already ... -
Prioritizing 'equity' in COVID-19 vaccine distribution through Global Health Diplomacy
(Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 2021-09-30)With over 4 million deaths worldwide, the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is regarded as one of the worst pandemics in history. With its wider devastating consequences, even so-called affluent countries ... -
Re-imagining the SCO�s Geopolitical Expansion: Would It Be a Next SAARC?
(Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd, 2021-11-12)The SCO is one of the biggest geopolitical groupings in the world. It has provided a forum for its members, particularly, Russia and China, to cooperate on the set goals of the Eurasian re-integration. In contrast, SAARC ... -
Public health policy of India and COVID-19: Diagnosis and prognosis of the combating response
(MDPI AG, 2021-03-22)(1) Background: Society and public policy have been remained interwoven since the inception of the modern state. Public health policy has been one of the important elements of the public administration of the Government ... -
Higher education as a bridge between china and nepal: Mapping education as soft power in chinese foreign policy
(MDPI AG, 2021-07-15)In this globalized world, education has become an important medium to enhance people-to-people contact. The Delores report of the International Commission on Education for the 21st century highlights the enormous potential ... -
COVID-19 Vaccine, TRIPS, and Global Health Diplomacy: India's Role at the WTO Platform
(Hindawi Limited, 2021-08-27)In light of the devastation caused by COVID-19, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and vaccine research and development (R&D) have been occupying a prominent position in the field ... -
India�s Health Diplomacy as a Soft Power Tool towards Africa: Humanitarian and Geopolitical Analysis
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021-09-17)India and Africa have been sharing a multidimensional relationship of cooperation and friendship since the ancient civilizations. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new possibilities and opportunities for India to leverage ...