Browsing by Author "Anaemene, Benjamin"

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    Ethnic Conflicts in International Relations: Issues and Perspectives
    (2018) Anaemene, Benjamin
    The central thrust of this article is to demonstrate the significance of ethnic conflicts as a prominent feature in international relations since the end of the Cold War in 1990. In the process of analysing this, it provides an insight into the nature and dimensions of ethnic conflicts. It also went a step further by examining the impact of ethnic conflicts on international relations vis ¬ a –vis the impact of international relations on ethnic conflicts. It posits that ethnic conflicts will continue to have both regional and global implications beyond the country it originates in the foreseeable future. The international community should continue to intervene in internal politics, this is imperative as individual states are less likely to manage the security threats emanating from ethnic conflicts.
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    External Actors, Good Governance and Health Care Delivery in Africa
    (2020) Anaemene, Benjamin
    The structural adjustment programme imposed by the World Bank and IMF in the face of the serious economic crisis that confronted African states in the 1980s resulted in severe cuts in state spending on social services including health. State failure in the provision of social services led to the externalisation of responsibility for health and the proliferation of actors working in the field of health across the continent. Despite the positive and negative consequences of this development on Africa, the debate about the role of external actors in health care delivery in Africa has dwelt extensively on the degree they should participate neglecting the emphasis on how they participate, under what conditions and with what consequences. Using qualitative data techniques, this article examines the involvement of external actors in health care delivery in Africa illustrating the nature, pattern, dimensions, and dynamics of such engagements in the context of popular concerns with good governance. It found that governance challenges constitute a serious obstacle to better health outcome in Africa. It posits that African states can only maximise their gains from external assistance for health if they take leadership in coordinating health activities in their countries within the context of a comprehensive national health plan
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    Health Diplomacy and Public Policy in Nigeria: The Impact of the International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes
    (2013) Anaemene, Benjamin
    The relationship between diplomacy and improvement in health has been an important theme contained within the literature on governance and development since the end of the Cold War. While it is true that prospects for health development are enhanced through medical and public health knowledge and technology, several scholars have understood the link between diplomacy and social, political and economic development. This article examines this theme by analysing the connection between health diplomacy and the development of public policy in Nigeria. It traces and analyses the impact of the multilateral negotiation within the World Health Organization (WHO), notably the International Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutes, which was adopted to counter the adverse effects of infant formula. The article is descriptive and analytical. It has utilised various sources, including government records, reports of intergovernmental organisations, as well as information obtained from fieldwork conducted in the WHO headquarters in Geneva and in Nigeria between 2011 and 2012 to explore the contributions of the WHO to the development of Nigeria’s health sector. The article argues that health diplomacy has been and remains a major influence on public policy in Nigeria. The article concludes that a religious implementation of the International Code of the Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes would increase the breastfeeding rate in Nigeria.
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    Health, Agenda 2030 and the Future of Africa’s Development
    (United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, 2017) Anaemene, Benjamin
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    Localising the Global: The WHO International Health Regulations and Domestic Health Governance Mechanisms of Infectious Diseases in Nigeria
    (2016) Anaemene, Benjamin
    The importance of international health law, particularly the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) adopted under the auspices of the World Health Organisation, has been widely acknowledged by scholars and policy makers. Given its importance in global governance of infectious diseases and global health security, aspects of the IHR feature prominently in the literature on global health governance, law and diplomacy. Apparently, case studies dealing with its impact on specific countries remain under researched. Against this background, this article examines the impact of IHR 2005 on domestic health governance mechanisms of infectious diseases in Nigeria. This article argues that Nigeria has made remarkable progress in terms of governance of infectious diseases manifested in legal responses, institutional arrangements and policy initiatives. It concludes that what is needed at this point is for Nigeria to improve on, and sustain these health governance mechanisms, which were instrumental in the successful containment of the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in 2014.