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Global Health Centre
22 February 2021

A Guide to Global Health Diplomacy to Train Future Negotiators

The system of diplomacy has been facing several challenges with the Covid-19 pandemic and new political and economic realities. The mechanisms of global health diplomacy play a key role in coordinating, advancing, and resolving health issues at the global level. To better equip health diplomats and negotiators, the Global Health Centre published a guide to global health diplomacy, produced with the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and the World Health Organization. Written, reviewed and supported by global health experts from different backgrounds, countries and sectors, this training manual provides key concepts on global health diplomacy, outlines the major actors and activities shaping the global health ecosystem, and presents practical tools to strengthen negotiation skills.

The book is entirely free and will be translated into several languages, including Portuguese and Chinese.

A Guide to Global Health Diplomacy

by Ilona Kickbusch, Haik Nikogosian, Michel Kazatchkine, Mihály Kökény

Launch Event

To celebrate the launch of the book, the GHC organised two panel discussions with international health experts.