Defining and Acting on Global Health: The Case of Japan and the Refugee Crisis

Leppold, Claire; Ozaki, Akihiko; Shimada, Yuki; Morita, Tomohiro; Tanimoto, Tetsuya

doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2016.68

Defining and Acting on Global Health: The Case of Japan and the Refugee Crisis

Document Type : Perspective

Authors

Claire Leppold ¹

Akihiko Ozaki ²

Yuki Shimada ³

Tomohiro Morita ⁴

Tetsuya Tanimoto ⁵

¹ Department of Research, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

² Department of Surgery, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

³ Department of Neurosurgery, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Jōban Hospital, Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan

10.15171/ijhpm.2016.68

Abstract

What counts as global health? There has been limited discourse to date on the ways in which country-level contexts may shape positioning in global health agendas. By reviewing Japan’s response to the refugee crisis, we demonstrate a clash between rhetoric and action on global responsibility, and suggest that cultural and historical factors may be related to the ways of perceiving and acting upon global health.

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How the Spectre of Societal Homogeneity Undermines Equitable Healthcare for Refugees; Comment on “Defining and Acting on Global Health: The Case of Japan and the Refugee Crisis”

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Forced Migration and Global Responsibility for Health; Comment on “Defining and Acting on Global Health: The Case of Japan and the Refugee Crisis”

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Keywords

Japan

Global Health

Refugees

Displacement

Subjects

Health Politics

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