Corporations, Health, and Global Politics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Freudenberg
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Global Patterns ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
New Strategies

Since the mid-20 century, corporations have gained increasing political and economic power to shape the living conditions, lifestyles, governance processes, and environmental exposures that determine global patterns of health and disease. Globalization, the growth of the financial sector, deregulation, and increasing corporate control of science and technology have provided corporations with new power to influence the mechanisms that determine human and planetary health. A growing body of public health and social science scholarship analyzes how corporate use of this economic and political power has become a fundamental determinant of the most serious health crises facing the world. In response, governments, civil society groups and social movements have developed new strategies to challenge corporate power to shape global health governance, protect public health, and reduce health inequities.

scholarly journals Rethinking the Infodemic: Global Health Security and Information Disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Dagmar Rychnovská
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Global Health Security ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Public Health Information

The discourse on the infodemic constructs the combination of the pandemic and disinformation as a new source of insecurity on a global scale. How can we make sense – analytically and politically– of this newly politicized nexus of public health, information management, and global security? This article proposes approaching the phenomenon of the infodemic as an intersecting securitization of information disorder and health governance. Specifically, it argues that there are two distinct frames of security mobilized in the context of infodemic governance: information as a disease and information as a weapon. Drawing on literatures on global health and the emerging research on disinformation, the paper situates the two framings of the infodemic in broader discourses on the medicalization of security, and securitization of information disorder, respectively. The article critically reflects on each framing and offers some preliminary thoughts on how to approach the entanglements of health, security, and information disorder in contemporary global politics.

scholarly journals Risk Perception and COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Cori ◽  
Fabrizio Bianchi ◽  
Ennio Cadum ◽  
Carmen Anthonj
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Health Governance ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Improve Health

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is shaking the foundations of public health governance all over the world. Researchers are challenged by informing and supporting authorities on acquired knowledge and practical implications. This commentary applies established theories of risk perception research to COVID-19 and reflects on the role of risk perceptions in these unprecedented times. Moreover, it calls for utilizing the knowledge on risk perception to improve health risk communication, build trust and contribute to a collaborating governance.

scholarly journals Risk Perception and COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 3114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Cori ◽  
Fabrizio Bianchi ◽  
Ennio Cadum ◽  
Carmen Anthonj
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Health Governance ◽  
Practical Implications

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is shaking the foundations of public health governance all over the world. Researchers are challenged by informing and supporting authorities on acquired knowledge and practical implications. This Editorial applies established theories of risk perception research to COVID-19 pandemic, and reflects on the role of risk perceptions in these unprecedented times, and specifically in the framework of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Special Issue “Research about risk perception in the Environmental Health domain”.

scholarly journals China’s global engagement to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Song
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
Global Engagement ◽  
The World ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Public Health Governance ◽  
Global Solidarity

Abstract The world is confronted by the current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is a common threat to the whole of humanity. In the process of fighting COVID-19 domestically, China had attached great importance to international cooperation, such as the sharing of information on the pandemic with the international community, providing bilateral and multilateral assistance to other affected countries, etc. However, due to the severity of this pandemic, global solidarity is necessary to conquer it, and to improve global public health governance.

scholarly journals The Global Governance of Infectious Diseases: The World Health Organization and the International Health Regulations

1969 ◽  
pp. 497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario M. Isasi ◽  
Thu Minh Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
International Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health Regulations

The 2003 SARS outbreak exemplified both the porous boundaries for infectious disease due to globalization and the inadequacy of global governance of public health. The World Health Organization (WHO), whose mission is to play a leading role in the protection and promotion of global public health, recently adopted a revision of its International Health Regulations (IHR). By revising and updating the IHR, it remains to be seen whether this new instrument can serve as a model for effective public health governance, allowing the WHO to fulfil its mandate. The authors provide background on the role and evaluation of the WHO in global health governance. They then provide a comparative analysis between the 2005 IHR with the original 1969 IHR in terms of scope, procedure, response networks, capacities and respect for human rights.

COVID-19 Misinformation and Toxicological Consequences (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Amrollahi-Sharifabadi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
The World ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
Public Health Authorities ◽  
New Strategies

UNSTRUCTURED The new Corona virus pandemic alarmed the world. Misinformation regarding prevention and treatment for safeguarding against this pandemic seemed to be more contagious and hazardous than the Corona virus. Public health authorities in the world tried to battle this virtual virus by offering true information and correcting misinformation. However, the public misinformation through social media caused toxicological consequences in some parts of the world which provoked awareness, response, and concern of the public health authorities including the FDA and toxicology community. On the other hand, finding new strategies for the prevention and treatment of the corona virus again stress the roles of toxicology, infodemiology, and social media. Hundreds of chemicals are being tested to be prophylactic medications or healing drugs for the corona virus. Therefore, spread accurate information and edit misinformation will be crucial. Conclusively, toxicology education to the public is a necessity and conducting more toxicological infodemiology studies recommended.

scholarly journals Perspective: Social Determinants of Health and Implementation Research: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
William T. Riley ◽  
George A. Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Implementation Research ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Health Challenges

During the past three decades, the world has experienced many clinical and public health challenges that require implementa­tion of practices and policies informed by an understanding of social determinants of health and health inequities, but perhaps none as global and pervasive as the current COVID-19 pandemic. In the context of this special themed issue on Social Deter­minants of Health and Implementation Research: Three Decades of Progress and a Need for Convergence, we highlight the application of social determinants of health and implementation research on various as­pects of the COVID-19 pandemic.Ethn Dis. 2021;31(1):5-8;doi:10.18865/ed.31.1.5

Feature extraction and prediction of Dengue Outbreaks

2020 ◽  
pp. 216-222
Author(s):  
Kunal Parikh ◽  
Tanvi Makadia ◽  
Harshil Patel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithm ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
The World ◽  
Dengue Outbreaks

Dengue is unquestionably one of the biggest health concerns in India and for many other developing countries. Unfortunately, many people have lost their lives because of it. Every year, approximately 390 million dengue infections occur around the world among which 500,000 people are seriously infected and 25,000 people have died annually. Many factors could cause dengue such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, inadequate public health, and many others. In this paper, we are proposing a method to perform predictive analytics on dengue’s dataset using KNN: a machine-learning algorithm. This analysis would help in the prediction of future cases and we could save the lives of many.

Combast with SARS-COV-2 Virus, COVUID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Facilities ◽  
Political Capital ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
Biological Chemistry ◽  
The World

Department of Biological Chemistry, Ariel University, 40700 Ariel, Israel. The currently roaring corona pandemic can be seen as a leading event in the deadly outbreak controlling the various health facilities and hospitals for years. The nosocomial microbial epidemic kills thousands of people every year in Israel around the world. Hygiene is the culprit for these fatal diseases [1]. And now it seems that the politicians, in macup to take care of the eradication of the disease-causing microbe, are taking advantage of the situation for the purpose of accumulating political capital and additional economic power. There is no escape from fighting the virus and tanning that bring about its reproduction, strengthening and transformation.

Exploring the World Trade Organisation's Trade and Environment/Public Health Jurisprudence as a Model for Incorporating a Trade–Labour Linkage into the Organisation's Multilateral Trade Regime: Should African Countries Accept a Policy Shift?

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-65
Author(s):  
Tapiwa V. Warikandwa ◽  
Patrick C. Osode
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Trade ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Trade Regime ◽  
Multilateral Trade ◽  
Appellate Body ◽  
The World ◽  
Labour Standards ◽  
The Impact

The incorporation of a trade-labour (standards) linkage into the multilateral trade regime of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been persistently opposed by developing countries, including those in Africa, on the grounds that it has the potential to weaken their competitive advantage. For that reason, low levels of compliance with core labour standards have been viewed as acceptable by African countries. However, with the impact of WTO agreements growing increasingly broader and deeper for the weaker and vulnerable economies of developing countries, the jurisprudence developed by the WTO Panels and Appellate Body regarding a trade-environment/public health linkage has the potential to address the concerns of developing countries regarding the potential negative effects of a trade-labour linkage. This article argues that the pertinent WTO Panel and Appellate Body decisions could advance the prospects of establishing a linkage of global trade participation to labour standards without any harm befalling developing countries.

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