Public health as a subject of international security: the negotiation of the new International Health Regulations (RSI 2005)

Author(s)

Barbara Frossard Pagotto

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Relações Internacionais (IRI)
• Defense date: 2016-09-22

Examining board members

Deisy de Freitas Lima Ventura; Fernando Mussa Abujamra Aith; João Luís Gonçalves dos Reis Nunes

• Advisor: Deisy de Freitas Lima Ventura

Abstract

The negotiation of the new International Health Regulations (IHR) was a complex 10-year-long process and involved concerns which go beyond the public health field. This article, the final result of the Master\'s program at the Institute of International Relations of the University of Sao Paulo (IRI/USP), aims to demonstrate, through vast documental research, literature review and interview with actors, how the international security agenda influenced the IHR negotiations, advancing the securitization process of public health. International security issues, specially the intentional or accidental use of biological, chemical or radio-nuclear agents and the potential threat of bioterrorism were determinant both for the negotiation advancement and the character of the approved final document, which promoted substantial changes in the international public health regulation. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/00805-1 - PUBLIC HEALTH AS AN ISSUE OF INTERNACIONAL SECURITY: THE CASE OF NEGOTIATING THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH RELGULATIONS (IHR 2005)
• Grantee: Barbara Frossard Pagotto
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master