On the health of International Relations and the international relations of health

In: Review of international studies: RIS, Band 15, Heft 3, S. 273-280

Abstract

Disease is a transnational phenomenon which pays no heed to territorial state boundaries; yet it rarely features in the discussion of International Relations. It is important that the discipline should address the issue of disease and more broadly, health, not simply to facilitate containment of disease transmission across international borders but also because central notions of justice, equity, efficiency and order are involved.