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标题：Rethinking the post-2015 health development agenda within the context of recurring models of germs, guns, and steel
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作者：Henry V. Doctor
期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：10
页码：1999-2005
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：Since the 1990s, global attention has, among other things, focused onstrategies to improve health particularly in developing countries and sub-Saharan Africa in particular. For example, strategies ranging from the Safe Motherhood Initiative of 1987 to the Partnershipfor Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in 2015 have been key avenues for mobilizing support to improve maternal and child health (MCH). However, these strategies have been implemented in environments where recurring germs such as the Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever, armed conflicts, and various forms of insecurity have been persistent. While African Governments strive to improve MCH, a number of challenges such as crime and terrorismare competing with the available resources. Health promotion or development strategies can only work in a stable environment. While the international community deliberates the post-2015 agenda, there is a need to ensure that issues related to peace and security and curtailing all forms of transnational organized crime are not overlooked. If peace and stability in developing countries continue to deteriorate, the dream of a progressive post-2015 agenda and universal health coverage will be untenable.
关键词：Health improvement; Millennium Development Goals; Post-2015 development agenda; Sub-Saharan Africa