Making Sense of Global Health Governance A Policy Perspective

by Buse, Kent; Hein, Wolfgang; Drager, Nick

• ISBN13: 9780230209923
• ISBN10: 0230209920
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The Millennium ushered in renewed interest and investment in global health, in part because of concerns that globalization would intensify the risks of ill-health. But are we taking advantage of emerging opportunities? This book shines a light on the central actors, institutions and mechanisms involved and proposes an agenda for meaningful action.

Author Biography

KENT BUSE is a political-economist with an interest in health policy analysis. He taught at the London School and Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK and Yale University, USA and is now a Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, UK.
 
WOLFGANG HEIN is a political scientist at GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany. He teaches at Hamburg University, Germany, the Free University of Berlin, Germany and the National University of Costa Rica. His research focuses on global governance (health, global politics), migration, and sustainable development.
 
NICK DRAGER is Director of the Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights at the World Health Organization. Prior to this, he was Senior Adviser in the Strategy Unit, Office of the Director-General at WHO. His work focuses on current and emerging public health issues related to globalization and health, especially global health diplomacy/governance, foreign policy and international trade and health.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables	p. x
List of Boxes	p. xi
Foreword	p. xii
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. xv
About the Contributors	p. xix
Global Health Governance: the Emerging Agenda	p. 1
Historical Dimensions of Global Health Governance	p. 28
Mapping the Global Health Architecture	p. 47
Conceptual Models for Global Health Governance	p. 72
Governance Norms in Global Health: Key Concepts	p. 99
Global Health Governance and Global Public Goods	p. 122
AIDS and Access to Medicines: Brazil, South Africa and Global Health Governance	p. 137
International Trade and Health: Loose Governance Arrangements across Sectors	p. 164
Commercial Health Governance	p. 187
Civil Society, its Organizations, and Global Health Governance	p. 209
The Role of Foundations in Global Governance for Health	p. 232
Global Health Partnerships: the Mosh Pit of Global Health Governance	p. 245
Governance of Chronic Diseases	p. 268
Fighting HIV/AIDS and the Future of Health Systems	p. 294
Moving Global Health Governance Forward	p. 320
Glossary	p. 340
Index	p. 346
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