The Politics of Global Health Governance United by Contagion

by Keefe, Tania J.; Zacher, Mark W.

• ISBN13: 9780230605893
• ISBN10: 0230605893
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

AIDS, Ebola, SARS and Malaria the list of deadly infectious diseases that provoke panic and cause devastating losses of life and economic welfare is virtually endless. In recent years the fight against infectious diseases has become a catalyst for cooperation in a world that is truly united by contagion. To an unprecedented degree, governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, philanthropic foundations, and private sector businesses are banding together to contain, control and, when possible, cure infectious diseases. This book examines the nature and politics of global cooperation to combat infectious diseases in a world more interconnected than at any point in history.

Author Biography

Mark Zacher is a Professor Emeritus of the University of British Columbia and Senior Research Fellow, Centre of International Relations at the Liu Institute for Global Issues.Tania Keefe is a Research Associate at the Centre of International Relations, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xiii
Overview of Infectious Diseases and Analytical Framework	p. 1
Global Impacts of Disease: Historical Overview	p. 2
Global Impacts of Disease: Contemporary Overview	p. 9
Analytical Framework of the Study	p. 15
Describing International Governance	p. 15
Explaining International Governance	p. 18
Framework of the Following Chapters	p. 22
Global Health Governance in the Twentieth Century	p. 25
The Early International Sanitary Conferences: 1851-1897	p. 27
The Formative Years of the Health Regime: 1900-1990	p. 33
Developments between 1900 and 1945	p. 33
Developments between 1946 and 1990	p. 38
The Strategic Development of Global Health Governance	p. 40
Disease Containment: Surveillance Systems, Emergency Responses, and Transborder Regulations	p. 43
Advances in Global Surveillance Capabilities	p. 46
Overview of Emergency Multilateral Interventions	p. 50
The Actors	p. 51
The Outbreaks	p. 54
The 2005 IHR: Rule-Making for Contemporary Global Health	p. 64
Conclusion	p. 72
Disease Control: Transformation of Health Assistance Programs	p. 77
Trends in Health Assistance	p. 77
Overview of Actors	p. 84
States	p. 84
International Organizations	p. 85
Development Banks	p. 87
NGOs	p. 90
Foundations	p. 93
Private Businesses	p. 94
Methods for Providing Assistance	p. 95
Conclusion	p. 104
Disease Cures: International Patent Law and Access to Essential Medicines	p. 107
WTO Agreements and the Access Issue	p. 109
Major Political and Legal Events	p. 115
The Brazil Case	p. 116
The South Africa Case	p. 116
The Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health	p. 118
WTO Decision on Paragraph 6 of Doha	p. 120
NGOs and Essential Medicines: Changing the Nature of the Debate	p. 122
Conclusion: The Evolution of Access	p. 124
Health and Global Governance: Concluding Perspectives	p. 129
Major Characteristics of Contemporary Global Health Governance	p. 130
Factors That Shape Global Health Governance	p. 135
Reflections on the Study of Global Governance	p. 139
Tables	p. 143
Summary Descriptions of Diseases	p. 153
Notes	p. 183
Bibliography	p. 215
Index	p. 235
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