STRATEGIC HEALTH DIPLOMACY: Importance of public health policy as a diplomatic and national security tool
A panel discussion at the Harvard Kennedy School.
PANEL: Senator Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.); Ambassador Deborah Birx, Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State; Admiral William Fallon, former Commander, PACOM and CENTCOM; Professor Nicholas Burns (moderator)
This panel will explore what can be achieved through strategic health diplomacy, using global health investments as both a foreign assistance and a national security tool. U.S. investments in global health have been among our country’s most effective diplomatic tools, contributing to a more stable and secure world by helping create more prosperous and healthy societies, more competent institutions, more stable governments, and greater support and goodwill for the United States. One such successful initiative is the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), launched under President George W. Bush and extended throughout the current administration.
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