A Quest to be Global: The League of Nations Health Organization and Inter-Colonial Regional Governing Agendas of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine 1910–25

Akami, Tomoko

doi:10.1080/07075332.2015.1018302

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“…40,41 In others, they act as a convenor of local or national expertise and interests to coordinate and advocate a bottom-up approach to health and rights. 3,[42][43][44] These are not mutually exclusive, and organisational behaviours and strategies may shift in response to internal or external factors. In both modalities, the proximity of regional organisations to a broad range of national stakeholders is an asset.…”

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The Roles of Regional Organisations in Strengthening Health Research Systems in Africa: Activities, Gaps, and Future Perspectives

Jones

Sobngwi-Tambekou²,

Mijumbi-Deve

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Int J Health Policy Manag

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Background: Regional cooperation on health in Africa is not new. The institutional landscape of regional cooperation for health and health research, however, has seen important changes. Recent health emergencies have focussed regional bodies’ attention on supporting aspects of national health preparedness and response. The state of national health research systems is a key element of capacity to plan and respond to health needs – raising questions about the roles African regional bodies can or should play in strengthening health research systems. Methods: We mapped regional organisations involved in health research across Africa and conducted 18 interviews with informants from 15 regional organisations. We investigated the roles, challenges, and opportunities of these bodies in strengthening health research. We deductively coded interview data using themes from established pillars of health research systems – governance, creating resources, research production and use, and financing. We analysed organisations’ relevant activities in these areas, how they do this work, and where they perceive impact. Results: Regional organisations with technical foci on health or higher education (versus economic or political remits) were involved in all four areas. Most organisations reported activities in governance and research use. Involvement in governance centred mainly around agenda-setting and policy harmonisation. For organisations involved in creating resources, activities focused on strengthening human resources, but few reported developing research institutions, networks, or infrastructure. Organisations reported more involvement in disseminating than producing research. Generally, few have directly contributed to financing health research. They report gaps in research coordination, infrastructure, and advocacy at regional level. Finally, we found regional bodies’ mandates, authority, and collaborations influence their activities in supporting national health research systems. Conclusion: Continued strengthening of health research on the African continent requires strategic thinking about the roles, comparative advantages, and capability of regional organisations to facilitate capacity and growth of health research systems.

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The Roles of Regional Organisations in Strengthening Health Research Systems in Africa: Activities, Gaps, and Future Perspectives

Jones

Sobngwi-Tambekou²,

Mijumbi-Deve

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“…Japanese officials had first suggested that a League of Nations health bureau be established in Asia in the early 1920s to collect more information about disease in China for military purposes. 116 If an army were to invade, generals needed to know that they would not lose troops to disease. The Eastern Bureau was the cheapest and most reliable method for obtaining that information.…”

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Communicable Disease: Information, Health, and Globalization in the Interwar Period

Tworek¹

2019

The American Historical Review

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Wireless towers at Kranji, His Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, in the mid-1930s. In what was a fairly conventional style at the time, the towers were photographed to contrast their height with buildings and people. Note how the camera's skyward gaze reduces the size and individuality of people, particularly colonial subjects, compared to infrastructure. Image reproduced with kind permission and help from Ken Sutton and Clive Kidd, curator of the HMS Collingwood Heritage Collection.

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Liberal Internationalism Reconsidered: Inter-Imperialism, Liberalism, and the League of Nations in Asia and the Pacific

Akami¹

2023

New Directions in East Asian History

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A Quest to be Global: The League of Nations Health Organization and Inter-Colonial Regional Governing Agendas of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine 1910–25

Cited by 28 publications

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The Roles of Regional Organisations in Strengthening Health Research Systems in Africa: Activities, Gaps, and Future Perspectives

The Roles of Regional Organisations in Strengthening Health Research Systems in Africa: Activities, Gaps, and Future Perspectives

Communicable Disease: Information, Health, and Globalization in the Interwar Period

Liberal Internationalism Reconsidered: Inter-Imperialism, Liberalism, and the League of Nations in Asia and the Pacific

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