One health in Switzerland: a visionary concept at a crossroads?

One health in Switzerland: a visionary concept at a crossroads?

One Health stands for the health of humans, animals and the environment. There is only one health in our entire ecosystem, and the equation for its promotion is in interdisciplinary cooperation. One Health benefits from synergies to generate added value and is a promising strategy to strengthen health systems. A growing number of One Health conferences worldwide bear witness to a spirit of opti...

Global Health Governance at a Crossroads.

This review takes stock of the global health governance (GHG) literature. We address the transition from international health governance (IHG) to global health governance, identify major actors, and explain some challenges and successes in GHG. We analyze the framing of health as national security, human security, human rights, and global public good, and the implications of these various frame...

Values in Health Policy – A Concept Analysis

Background Despite the significant role “values” play in decision-making no definition or attributes regarding the concept have been provided in health policy-making. This study aimed to clarify the defining attributes of a concept of value and its irrelevant structures in health policy-making. We anticipate our findings will help reduce the semantic ambiguities associated with the use of “valu...

Introducing "One Health" as an Overlooked Concept in Iran

Health care in South Sudan at a crossroads.

This was supposed to be a year of transition for South Sudan’s health system. After last July’s independence, the country—shored up by international donors—was set to move away from emergency response and toward post-confl ict health system development. But the government’s decision to turn off the country’s oil production—and with it 98% of the national revenue—over a pricing feud with Sudan, ...