Shaping Nepal’s Health Diplomacy

In a changing global context, the central narratives and relevance of health diplomacy have substantially changed, but its importance is ever increasing in the face of geo-political, ideological or national interests. This is largely because health constitutes a range of dimensions including social, cultural, economic, geo-political, security, human rights and social justice. Moreover, in the recent years, health diplomacy is greatly influenced and shaped by national and international health polices and politics of aid. Yet, these are triggered by trade and economic development, socio-political dynamics, and health security issues such as COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, spread of newly emerging communicable diseases and threats of bioterrorism across countries.