Journal Article

BRICS’ contributions to the global health agenda

Kickbusch, Ilona

2014

Overview

People are currently witnessing a seminal shift in power between the world's countries. Pascal Lamy, former head of the World Trade Organization, recently drew attention to the fact that, as Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) gain in economic and political influence, they will no longer remain policy takers but will shape the future on their own terms. However, the positions that these five countries will take in future global health issues remain unclear. BRICS appear to be less interested in simply providing financial contributions for development assistance than in very political and more structural bilateral and multilateral approaches to global health. Strategically, it continues to be of great importance for BRICS to be tightly aligned with the countries of the developing world. In this alignment, BRICS wish to be considered as partners and adhere to the principle of non-interference.

• Publisher: Organisation mondiale de la santé,World Health Organization,The World Health Organization
• Subject: Alignment / Biological and medical sciences / Brazil / China / China (People's Republic) / Cooperation / Developing Countries / Development aid / Development programs / Donations / Economic development / Economics / Federations / Foreign aid / Foreign policy / Framing / Gain / General aspects / Global health / Global Health - economics / Health / Health planning / Healthcare Disparities - economics / Humans / India / Intellectual property / International Cooperation / International trade / LDCs / Medical sciences / Miscellaneous / Organizations / Outdoor air quality / Perspectives / Political power / Politics / Poverty / Public health / Public health. Hygiene / Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine / Russia / Russian Federation / South Africa / Technological change / Theme Issue / Tobacco / World Health Organization / World Trade Organization