{
   "source_x": "PMC",
   "title": "Health imperatives in foreign policy: the case of Malaysia",
   "doi": "http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.06.037119",
   "pmcid": "PMC2636238",
   "abstract": "Malaysia\u2019s global, regional and bilateral international health relations are surveyed against the historical backdrop of the country\u2019s foreign policy. Malaysia has always participated in multilateral agencies, most notably the World Health Organization, as such agencies are part of the longstanding fabric of \u201cgood international citizenship\u201d. The threats of infectious diseases to human health and economic activity have caused an intensification and an organizational formalization of Malaysian health diplomacy, both regionally and bilaterally. Such diplomacy has also established a basis for developing a wider set of cooperative relationships that go beyond responding to the threat of pandemics. As Malaysia approaches \u201cdeveloped\u201d status, its health sector is becoming increasingly integrated into the global economy through joint research and development ventures and transnational investment. At the same time, it will have the technological, financial and human resources to play an expanded altruistic role in global and regional health.",
   "authors": [
      "['Barraclough, Simon', 'Phua, Kai-Lit']"
   ],
   "id": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636238"
}