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  • When Health Diplomacy Serves Foreign Policy: Use of Soft Power to Quell Conflict and Crises

  • Nasim Sadat Hosseini Divkolaye, Mohammad Hadi Radfar, Fariba Seighali, Frederick M. Burkle, Jr
  • Journal:
    Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness / Volume 10 / Issue 5 / October 2016
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    27 May 2016, pp. 724-727
  • Objective

    Health diplomacy has increasingly become a crucial element in forging political neutrality and conflict resolution and the World Health Organization has strongly encouraged its use. Global turmoil has heightened, especially in the Middle East, and with it, political, religious, and cultural differences have become major reasons to incite crises.

    Methods

    The authors cite the example of the human stampede and the deaths of over 2000 pilgrims during the 2015 annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca.

    Results

    The resulting political conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia had the potential to escalate into a more severe political and military crisis had it not been for the ministers of health from both countries successfully exercising “soft power” options.

    Conclusion

    Global health security demands critical health diplomacy skills and training for all health providers. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;page 1 of 4)