Talk:Medical diplomacy

Merge with Vaccine diplomacy

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To not merge, on the grounds that Vaccine diplomacy is an independently notable form of medical diplomacy warranting separate discussion. Klbrain (talk) 22:10, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

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Vaccine diplomacy is a subset of medical diplomacy. The length and scope of the former fits well within the latter article, and the related mask diplomacy already redirects here.

"The terms health diplomacy, global health diplomacy, and medical diplomacy appear to be used interchangeably in the current literature; however, this review elaborates more on each and also discusses other activities of global health diplomacy including vaccine diplomacy, vaccine science diplomacy and disease diplomacy." @Aviartm, Albertaont, and Horse Eye Jack: Pieceofmetalwork (talk) 11:52, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

I would be hesitant to do so as that Vaccine diplomacy page more accurately appears to be a Vaccine diplomacy during the COVID-19 pandemic page, I think it would clutter and distract if merged into this page. I would leave them separate and put a link here as well as explicitly noting that its a subset of medical diplomacy in the lead there. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 14:36, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose. These are both broad, independently notable topics that should not be merged. --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:01, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose. Vaccine diplomacy is notable independently of medical diplomacy. Mask diplomacy should be renamed to PPE Piracy. CutePeach (talk) 08:20, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose The vaccine diplomacy article right now is more comprehensive than the medical diplomacy article, so i believe that the medical diplomacy article should link to vaccine diplomacy, and the two articles should remain separate. I believe vaccine diplomacy to be influential enough on its own right to have its own article. Also medical diplomacy is rarely if ever discussed in the media, so moving the content to it might cause confusion, while vaccine diplomacy is being discussed in the media right now...Pancho507 (talk) 10:30, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Oppose: The vaccine diplomacy is more related to Covid-19 than medical diplomacy. ― Qwerfjkl|✉   10:27, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose merge, there is more than enough information available in dedicated high quality sources to justify notability independent of the overarching topic. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 23:51, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

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