Shomuyiwa Deborah Oluwaseun, Ajayi Oluwatomisin Temidayo, Jitanan Manatee, Musa Shuaibu Saidu, Gregorio Ernesto R, Manirambona Emery, Tamang Monu, Sow Alhaji Umar, Ledra Dorji, Phungdee Theerapon, Gyeltshen Dawa
Faculty of Pharmacy University of Lagos Lagos Nigeria.
Global Health Focus Lagos Nigeria.
Public Health Chall. 2023 Jul 17;2(3):e106. doi: 10.1002/puh2.106. eCollection 2023 Sep.
International football competitions like the Continental Championships, Leagues, and World Cup serve as the focal point of large-scale tournaments with an international scope. With specialized local representatives serving as diplomatic envoys, they can represent interests, beliefs, and history across boundaries. The advancement of world health can also be reflected in this representation. Football can play a crucial role in accomplishing various health goals by raising audience knowledge and encouraging behavioral and lifestyle changes. The World Cup may provide a platform for increased interest in the potential for global health diplomacy. A systems approach is needed to contextualize international soccer within the reality of global health. The World Cup for Health's diplomacy should negotiate with stakeholders and oversee their interactions to provide initiatives and activities that support the globally shared and aligned viewpoint on health outcomes. This article seeks to provide a long-lasting framework for effectively using the Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup, an enormously popular sporting event, as a diplomatic instrument for promoting global health.
像洲际锦标赛、联赛和世界杯这样的国际足球比赛是具有国际影响力的大型赛事的焦点。有专门的本土代表担任外交使节，他们能够跨越国界代表各种利益、信仰和历史。世界健康的进步也能在这种代表中得到体现。足球通过提高观众认知并鼓励行为和生活方式的改变，在实现各种健康目标方面可以发挥关键作用。世界杯可能为提升对全球健康外交潜力的兴趣提供一个平台。需要一种系统方法将国际足球置于全球健康的现实背景中。健康世界杯的外交应与利益相关者进行协商并监督他们的互动，以提供支持全球对健康成果达成共识和一致观点的倡议及活动。本文旨在提供一个持久的框架，以便有效地利用极具人气的体育赛事——国际足联世界杯，作为促进全球健康的外交工具。
