PHM-Exch> The ethics of foreign aid in a time of financial crisis

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ted Schrecker <tschrecker at gmail.com>


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*Research*****

*Global health and national borders: the ethics of foreign aid in a time of
financial crisis*

*Mira Johri*, *Ryoa
Chung*<http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/8/1/19/#ins2>,
*Angus Dawson* <http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/8/1/19/#ins3>and
*Ted Schrecker* <http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/8/1/19/#ins4>

**·*** Corresponding author: Mira Johri mira.johri at umontreal.ca****

*Globalization and Health* 2012, *8*:19 doi:10.1186/1744-8603-8-19  ****

[This is an *Open Access* article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License (
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted
use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original
work is properly cited.] ****

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The competition between national priorities and foreign aid commitments
raises important ethical questions for donor nations. This paper aims to
foster individual reflection and public debate on donor responsibilities
for global health.**
Responsibilities to provide international assistance were seen as
significant and place limits on the scope of acceptable national autonomy.
Among the range of potential aid foci, interventions for health enjoyed
consistent prominence. There are important ethical responsibilities to
support initiatives to improve the health of the worst off worldwide, but
offer different rationales for intervention and suggest different implicit
limits on responsibilities.


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There are important reasons to support many current initiatives to promote
global health. Ethical argumentation can complement pragmatic reasons to
support global health interventions and provide an important foundation to
strengthen collective action.

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