International Journal of Global Health

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Caroline Slevin Author

carolineslevin95@hotmail.co.uk

Subjects of specialization
Global Health

Affiliation
University of Edinburgh Medical School, UK

Biography

Caroline Slevin is currently a MBBS student at the University of Edinburgh and completed her Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree in Global Health at the University of Edinburgh. She is passionate about issues in global health and is the previous Vice-President, and current Secretary of the Global Health Society in Edinburgh.

Publications

Short Communication Open Access

Policy Coherence, Trade Liberalisation and Obesity: A Case Study of New Zealand’s Trade Objectives and Development Commitments in the South Pacific

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Caroline Slevin

Policy coherence is considered essential for credible and effective policies, with its importance in global health highlighted by its inclusion in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17.14. Despite pledging to support the SDGs, New Zealand had failed to implement any monitoring, analytical or reporting systems to measure policy coherence by 2016. This has implications given its leadership position in the South Pacific, which is experiencing a non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis, as it assists smaller island nations with development and imports essential goods. A literature review was conducted to investigate the significance of the relationship between trade liberalisation and obesity in the South Pacific. This was f... view more»

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