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Health Diplomacy as a Tool to build resilient health systems in Conflict Settings – A Case of Sudan

Sanjay Pattanshetty
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Kiran Bhatt
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Aniruddha Inamdar
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Viola Dsouza
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Vijay Kumar Chattu
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Helmut Brand
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Version 1 : Received: 24 July 2023 / Approved: 25 July 2023 / Online: 25 July 2023 (10:28:42 CEST)

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Pattanshetty, S.; Bhatt, K.; Inamdar, A.; Dsouza, V.; Chattu, V.K.; Brand, H. Health Diplomacy as a Tool to Build Resilient Health Systems in Conflict Settings—A Case of Sudan. Sustainability 2023, 15, 13625. Pattanshetty, S.; Bhatt, K.; Inamdar, A.; Dsouza, V.; Chattu, V.K.; Brand, H. Health Diplomacy as a Tool to Build Resilient Health Systems in Conflict Settings—A Case of Sudan. Sustainability 2023, 15, 13625.

Abstract

Attack on health has become a significant concern for non-belligerents of war, including healthcare personnel and facilities as witnessed in the ongoing Sudan conflict. About 1.5 billion people living in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) have a heightened need for essential health services. Conflicts often lead to the disruption of building blocks of health systems, lack of access to health facilities, failure of essential medical supply chains, the collapse of political, social and economic systems, migration of health care workers, and upsurges in illness. While health indicators often decline in conflict, health can also bring peace and harmony among communities. Investment in health systems and health diplomacy is a neutral starting point for bringing peace and mitigating conflicts. The international commitment towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provides the impetus to emphasize the relationship between health and peace with the amalgamation of SDG 3, SDG 16, and SDG 17. The inspection of how health should be used as a ‘tool for peace’ and not as leverage during the war must be reiterated by international institutions.

Keywords

health diplomacy; sustainable development goals; peace; Sudan; fragile; conflict-affected countries; healthcare

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Other

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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