Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Glob Public Health. 2012;7(6):557-73. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2012.691524.
The world economy is entering an era of multiple crises, involving finance, food security and global environmental change. This article assesses the implications for global public health, describes the contours of post-2007 crises in food security and finance, and then briefly indicates the probable health impacts. There follows a discussion of the crisis of climate change, one that will unfold over a longer time frame but with manifestations that may already be upon us. The article then discusses the political economy of responses to these crises, noting the formidable obstacles that exist to equitable resolution. The article concludes by noting the threat that such crises present to recent progress in global health, arguing that global health researchers and practitioners must become more familiar with the relevant social processes, and that proposed solutions that neglect the continuing importance of the nation-state are misdirected.
世界经济正进入一个多危机时代，涉及金融、食品安全和全球环境变化。本文评估了这些危机对全球公共卫生的影响，描述了 2007 年后食品安全和金融危机的轮廓，然后简要说明了可能产生的健康影响。接下来讨论了气候变化危机，这场危机将在更长的时间内展开，但已经出现的迹象可能已经在我们面前。然后讨论了应对这些危机的政治经济学，指出了公平解决这些危机所面临的巨大障碍。文章最后指出，这些危机对全球卫生的近期进展构成了威胁，认为全球卫生研究人员和从业者必须更加熟悉相关的社会进程，而忽视国家仍然重要性的解决方案是错误的。
