Improving health services for African migrants in China

A health diplomacy perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9366297
AutoresMegan McLaughlin (0000-0002-9259-2984, Sun Yat-sen University, autor correspondente), Megan M McLaughlin, Margaret C Lee (0000-0001-6565-9525, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Brian J Hall (0000-0001-9358-2377, Johns Hopkins University), Marc Bulterys, Li Ling (0000-0003-3292-274X, Sun Yat-sen University), Joseph D Tucker (0000-0003-2804-1181, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Ano2014
Volume9
Fascículo5
Páginas579-589
Data de publicação2014-05-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGlobal Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17441692.2014.908935
PMID24807820
PMCIDPMC4089857
OpenAlexW2033901358
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas23

Global health has become an increasingly prominent component of foreign policy in the last decade. The term health diplomacy has been used to describe this growing interface between foreign policy and global health, and it encompasses both the concept of using health to further foreign policy objectives as well as the idea that diplomatic tools can be helpful for attaining public health goals. The Chinese presence in Africa has grown in the last 15 years, generating increased interest in Sino-African relations. While much has been written in recent years about the Chinese presence in Africa, the growing numbers of Africans in China have attracted considerably less attention. Many are small-scale traders and might be expected to face many of the health challenges common among foreign migrants, but their health needs have been largely unrecognised. In this paper, we consider how a health diplomacy approach could be applied to African migrants in China, and the potential advantages and limitations of this strategy. We identify areas of overlap between public health, trade and foreign policy goals that can be emphasised to generate support for improved services for African migrants in China and to engage partners from a diversity of sectors

China · Development economics · Diplomacy · Economic growth · Economics · Foreign policy · Global health · Health promotion · International health · Political science · Politics · Public health · China's Global Influence and Migration · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Nursing · Health Policy