INVESTIGADORES
HERRERO Maria Belen
informe técnico
Título:
Health Diplomacy in South America: Lessons from UNASUR Health.
Autor/es:
HERRERO MB; DIANA TUSSIE
Fecha inicio/fin:
2014-12-01/2015-04-28
Páginas:
1-42
Naturaleza de la
Producción Tecnológica:
Social
Campo de Aplicación:
Des.Socioecon.y Serv.-Rel.Internacionales
Descripción:
Since the creation of Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), health policies became a strategic factor in South America to collectively balance the legacy of neoliberal policies in the region. The aim of this paper is first to describe the social, political and economic processes that explain the emergence of UNASUR and its focus on social policy-through health care. We then analyze how by virtue of UNASUR´s Health Council, healthcare became the spearhead of cooperation giving way to novel forms of diplomacy. In so doing, the paper contributes on the one hand to a broader understanding of the regional health diplomacy and the process of unasurization of health policies as the process of building a new health framework. The paper also presents first results from FLACSO Chapter fieldwork, at both levels of analysis (regional and national), showing how they contribute to reinforce our hypotheses about the added value of UNASUR and the role of health in the new diplomacy in the region.
