Title |
The Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Health Security Agenda: exploring synergies for a sustainable and resilient world
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Published in |
Journal of Public Health Policy, February 2017
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DOI | 10.1057/s41271-016-0058-4 |
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Authors |
Sulzhan Bali, Jessica Taaffe |
Abstract |
Both the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) represent bold initiatives to address systematically gaps in previous efforts to assure that societies can be resilient when confronted with potentially overwhelming threats to health. Despite their obvious differences, and differing criticisms of both, they shift away from vertical (problem- or disease-specific) to horizontal (comprehensive) solutions. Despite the comprehensiveness of the SDGs, they lack a specific target for global health security. The GHSA focuses primarily on infectious diseases and neglects non-communicable diseases and socioeconomic drivers of health. Even though each agenda has limitations and unique challenges, they are complementary. We discuss ways to understand and implement the two agendas synergistically to hasten progress toward a more sustainable and resilient world. |
X Demographics
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Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 4 | 36% |
Nigeria | 2 | 18% |
Germany | 1 | 9% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |
Spain | 1 | 9% |
Unknown | 2 | 18% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 6 | 55% |
Scientists | 3 | 27% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 18% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Brazil | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 82 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 19 | 23% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 12% |
Researcher | 9 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 6 | 7% |
Other | 5 | 6% |
Other | 13 | 16% |
Unknown | 21 | 25% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 23% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 16% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 7% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 7% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 4 | 5% |
Other | 9 | 11% |
Unknown | 26 | 31% |