Governing Global Health

Recently global health issues have leapt to the forefront of the international agenda and are now an everyday concern around the world. The war for global health is clearly being lost on many fronts and the massive body count is mounting fast. Re-emerging diseases such as polio and tuberculosis, long thought to be on the verge of elimination, are now coupled with the devastation of newly emerging ones such as SARS and avian influenza. In addition, the shock of bioterrorism has given a tragic poignancy to the importance of studying the failure of the global health governance system. Compiled by renowned specialists, this volume studies the global challenges and responses to these issues, as well as the roles of central institutions such as the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization and the G8. Health practitioners and clinicians seeking a context for their front-line care provision, as well as scholars and students of global health issues, will find the volume highly valuable.

Andrew Cooper is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada. John Kirton is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada. Ted Schrecker is Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada.

I: Introduction; 1: Governing Global Health in the Twenty-First Century; II: Global Challenges and Responses; 2: The Transformation in Global Health Collaboration since the 1990s; 3: Global Health, Social Movements, and Governance; 4: A Pathology of Public Health Securitism: Approaching Pandemics as Security Threats; III: The Central Institutions: The Multilateral System; 5: Public Health in a Globalising World: The Perspective from the World Health Organization; 6: Reaching the Millennium Development Goals; 7: Can the World Trade Organization Help Achieve the Health Millennium Development Goals?; 8: Partnerships for Health, the Environment, and Governance; IV: The Central Institutions: The G8 System; 9: The G8 and Global Health Governance; 10: Diplomatic Rhetoric or Rhetorical Diplomacy: The G8 and Global Health Governance; 11: Keeping Faith with Africa's Health: Catalysing G8 Compliance; 12: Breaking Faith with Africa: The G8 and Population Health after Gleneagles; 13: Global Health and Universal Human Rights: The Case for G8 Accountability; V: Conclusion; 14: Toward Innovation in Global Health Governance