The Transformation of Global Health Governance: Competing Ideas, Interests and Institutions

Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The authors examine how health governance is being transformed amid globalization, characterized by the emergence of new actors and institutions, and the interplay of competing ideas about global health. They explore how this has affected the governance of specific health issues and how it relates to global governance more broadly. The authors examine how health governance is being transformed amid globalization, characterized by the emergence of new actors and institutions, and the interplay of competing ideas about global health. They explore how this has affected the governance of specific health issues, such as HIV/AIDS, pandemic influenza, tobacco control and access to medicines, and how it relates to global governance more broadly. Adopting a multi-layer perspective on global health governance, the authors suggest how global health governance might move forward more effectively Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgements 7 Notes on Contributors 8 List of Abbreviations 10 1 Global Governance and Health 13 2 HIV/AIDS 35 3 Pandemic Influenza 53 4 Tobacco Control 71 5 Access to Medicines and the International Patent Rights Regime 90 6 Conclusion: The Transformation of Global Health Governance 107 Bibliography 126 Index 154 Front Matter....Pages i-xi Global Governance and Health....Pages 1-22 HIV/AIDS....Pages 23-40 Pandemic Influenza....Pages 41-58 Tobacco Control....Pages 59-77 Access to Medicines and the International Patent Rights Regime....Pages 78-94 Conclusion: The Transformation of Global Health Governance....Pages 95-113 Back Matter....Pages 114-147