Five metaphors about global-health policy.

INTERNATIONAL cooperation on public health; DEVELOPING countries -- Foreign relations; BIOSECURITY; INTERNATIONAL relations; DEVELOPING countries

This article discusses the place of global public health in the foreign policy of the U.S. The interrelationship between global health, security, international aid, and foreign investment is described. The relationship between infectious diseases and politics is presented in terms of the political reputation of the U.S. and in terms of the stabilisation and development of foreign countries. Issues of biosecurity and drug resistance are also considered. The potential for global health developments to enable the alleviation of poverty is noted.