BOX 9-1Definition and Role of Health Attachés

Health attachés are defined as diplomats “who collect, analyze, and act on information concerning health in a foreign country or countries and provide critical links between public health and foreign affairs stakeholders.” They work in the realm of core global health diplomacy, and because of their role in conducting policy negotiations on behalf of the U.S. government, health attachés must have sound technical skills in public health as well as skills in the conventional diplomatic fields of political, economic, and public affairs.

From: 9, Global Health Leadership

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Global Health and the Future Role of the United States.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Global Health; Committee on Global Health and the Future of the United States.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2017 May 15.
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