The Global Health Policies of the EU and its Member States: A Common Vision?
Background This article assesses the global health policies of the European Union (EU) and those of its individual member states. So far EU and public health scholars have paid little heed to this, despite the large budgets involved in this area. While the European Commission has attempted to defin...
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doaj-efc4cec8c4fb48ffb776325de387c2432020-11-24T21:20:11ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management2322-59392322-59392018-05-017543344210.15171/IJHPM.2017.112The Global Health Policies of the EU and its Member States: A Common Vision?Lies Steurs0Remco Van de Pas1Sarah Delputte2Jan Orbie3Centre for EU Studies, Ghent University, Gent, BelgiumInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, BelgiumCentre for EU Studies, Ghent University, Gent, BelgiumCentre for EU Studies, Ghent University, Gent, BelgiumBackground This article assesses the global health policies of the European Union (EU) and those of its individual member states. So far EU and public health scholars have paid little heed to this, despite the large budgets involved in this area. While the European Commission has attempted to define the ‘EU role in Global Health’ in 2010, member states are active in the domain of global health as well. Therefore, this article raises the question to what extent a common ‘EU’ vision on global health exists. Methods This is examined through a comparative framing analysis of the global health policy documents of the European Commission and five EU member states (France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Denmark). The analysis is informed by a two-layered typology, distinguishing global health from international health and four ‘global health frames,’ namely social justice, security, investment and charity. Results The findings show that the concept of ‘global health’ has not gained ground the same way within European policy documents. Consequently, there are also differences in how health is being framed. While the European Commission, Belgium, and Denmark clearly support a social justice frame, the global health strategies of the United Kingdom, Germany, and France put an additional focus on the security and investment frames. Conclusion There are different understandings of global/international health as well as different framings within relevant documents of the EU and its member states. Therefore, the existence of an ‘EU’ vision on global health is questionable. Further research is needed on how this impacts on policy implementation.http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3421_e73ca7fecb48705838aec2fd3291cbea.pdfEuropean Union (EU)Global HealthFramingDevelopment CooperationForeign Policy |
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The Global Health Policies of the EU and its Member States: A Common Vision? |
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The Global Health Policies of the EU and its Member States: A Common Vision? |
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The Global Health Policies of the EU and its Member States: A Common Vision? |
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The Global Health Policies of the EU and its Member States: A Common Vision? |
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The Global Health Policies of the EU and its Member States: A Common Vision? |
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global health policies of the eu and its member states: a common vision? |
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Kerman University of Medical Sciences |
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International Journal of Health Policy and Management |
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Background
This article assesses the global health policies of the European Union (EU) and those of its individual member states. So far EU and public health scholars have paid little heed to this, despite the large budgets involved in this area. While the European Commission has attempted to define the ‘EU role in Global Health’ in 2010, member states are active in the domain of global health as well. Therefore, this article raises the question to what extent a common ‘EU’ vision on global health exists.
Methods
This is examined through a comparative framing analysis of the global health policy documents of the European Commission and five EU member states (France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Denmark). The analysis is informed by a two-layered typology, distinguishing global health from international health and four ‘global health frames,’ namely social justice, security, investment and charity.
Results
The findings show that the concept of ‘global health’ has not gained ground the same way within European policy documents. Consequently, there are also differences in how health is being framed. While the European Commission, Belgium, and Denmark clearly support a social justice frame, the global health strategies of the United Kingdom, Germany, and France put an additional focus on the security and investment frames.
Conclusion
There are different understandings of global/international health as well as different framings within relevant documents of the EU and its member states. Therefore, the existence of an ‘EU’ vision on global health is questionable. Further research is needed on how this impacts on policy implementation. |
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European Union (EU) Global Health Framing Development Cooperation Foreign Policy |
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