title: Global health and domestic policy - What motivated the development of the German Global Health Strategy?
abstract: In 2013, the German government published its national Global Health Strategy, outlining principles and focal topics for German engagement in global health. We asked the question of why Germany has decided to establish a national policy framework for global health at this point in time, and how the development process has taken place. The ultimate goal of this study was to achieve better insights into the respective health and foreign policy processes at the national level. This article reports on the results of semi-structured interviews with those actors that were responsible for initiating and drafting the German Global Health Strategy (GGHS). Our study shows that a series of external developments, stakeholders, and advocacy efforts created an environment conducive to the creation of the strategic document. In addition, a number of internal considerations, struggles, and capacities played a decisive role during the development phase of the GGHS. Understanding these factors better can not only provide substantial insights into global health related policy processes in Germany, but also contribute to the general discourse on the role of the nation state in global health governance.
authors.affiliation: a Department of International Health, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aluttis
authors.affiliation: a Department of International Health, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Clemens
authors.affiliation: b Department of Health, Ethics and Society, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krafft
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009042:Motivation; D011050:Policy Making; D016730:Program Development; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Germany; Governance for global health; global health actors; global health in Europe; global health strategies