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ArticlePublic health reviews2025

An Agenda for Public Health Diplomacy in an Age of Populism.

Martin McKee, Josep Figueras, Ramune Kalediene, Ashish Joshi, Ayman El-Mohandes, Robert Otok, Laura Magaña, Charlotte Marchandise, Henrique Barros

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Article in Public health reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Martin McKeeEuropean Public Health Association (EUPHA), Utrecht, Netherlands.
Josep FiguerasAssociation of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.
Ramune KaledieneAssociation of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.
Ashish JoshiAssociation of Schools and Programs of Public Health, Washington, DC, United States.
Ayman El-MohandesAssociation of Schools and Programs of Public Health, Washington, DC, United States.
Robert OtokAssociation of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.
Laura MagañaAssociation of Schools and Programs of Public Health, Washington, DC, United States.
Charlotte MarchandiseEuropean Public Health Association (EUPHA), Utrecht, Netherlands.
Henrique BarrosAssociation of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Public health is under pressure from rising populism, disinformation, and weakened global institutions, threatening cooperation, equity, and trust in science. Analysis: Populism politicises health, suppresses evidence, and marginalises vulnerable groups. Public health diplomacy must adapt, becoming more politically aware, ethically grounded, and resilient. Policy Options: We propose nine ways forward: create diplomacy labs for crisis simulation; empower non-state actors like cities and NGOs; strengthen ethical communication and listening; protect health workers; build alternative accountability systems; reframe health as a diplomatic priority; decentralise and diversify funding; develop a new diplomacy curriculum; reinvent and defend multilateralism. Conclusion: Public health diplomacy must evolve into a bold, inclusive, and strategic force. By defending evidence, empowering diverse actors, and reforming institutions, it can safeguard health as a foundation for peace and global progress.

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advocacydiplomacyhuman rightspoliticspublic health

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PMID41425603
PMCPMC12714670

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