Routledge Handbook on the Politics of Global Health

Significant debate exists about the possible solutions for nearly all of the most important global health challenges and competing visions of the values that should underlie global health policies have emerged, ranging from an emphasis on cost effectiveness and resource constraints, to new calls for health and human rights, and social justice. T

In the early twenty-first century, key public health issues and challenges have taken centre stage on the global scene, and health has been placed at the heart of our collective aspirations for human development and well-being. But significant debate exists not only about the causes, but also about the possible solutions for nearly all of the most important global health challenges.

Competing visions of the values and perspectives that should underlie global health policies have emerged, ranging from an emphasis on cost eff ectiveness and resource constraints on one extreme, to new calls for health and human rights, and renewed calls for health and social justice on the other. The role of different intergovernmental agencies, bilateral or unilateral donors, public or private institutions and initiatives, has increasingly been called into question, whilst the spread of neoliberal policies and programmes, and existing international trade regimes and intellectual property rights, are deeply implicated in relation to global health responses.

This volume critically evaluates how the global health industry has evolved and how the interests of diverse political and economic stakeholders are shaping the context of a rapidly changing institutional landscape. Bringing together leading authors from across the world, the Handbook's eight sections explore:

• Critical perspectives on global health

• Globalisation, neoliberalism, and health systems

• The changing shape of global health governance

• Development assistance and the politics of global health

• Scale-up, scale-down, and the sustainability of global health programmes

• Intellectual property rights, trade relations, and global health

• Humanitarian emergencies and global health politics

• Human rights, social justice, and global health

The Routledge Handbook on the Politics of Global Health addresses both the emerging issues and conceptualisations of the political strategies, policy-making processes, and global governance of global health, along with expanding upon and highlighting the critical priorities in this rapidly evolving field. It provides an authoritative overview for students, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers working in or concerned with the politics of public health around the globe.

Autorentext

Richard Parker is Senior Visiting Professor in the Institute for the Study of Collective Health (IESC) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Executive Director of the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA), as well as Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Global Public Health, published by Routledge.

Jonathan García is Assistant Professor in Global Health at Oregon State University, where he directs the graduate program in Global Health. His research on global health disparities is carried out in partnership with community-based organizations in Brazil, Peru, and India.

Inhalt

Part I. Critical Perspectives on Global Health

Chapter 1. South-North Commonalities and Fault-lines in Global Health

Gita Sen

Chapter 2. The Right to Health under Capitalism: Threats, Confrontations and Possibilities

César Abadía-Barrero and Adriana Ardila-Sierra

Chapter 3. South African AIDS Activism: Lessons for High-Impact Global Health Advocacy

Mandisa Mbali

Chapter 4. Neglect in Global Health

João Nunes

Chapter 5. The Politics of Funding Research in Global Health Partnerships

Johanna T. Crane, Irene Andia Biraro, Tamer M. Fouad, Yap Boum II, and David Bangsberg

Chapter 6. From Global Health to Planetary and Micro Global Health: Theorizing Global Health's Present Remodeling and Scaling

João Biehl and Yi Ching Ong

Part II. Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Health Systems

Chapter 7. Boundaries of Global Health Politics in the 'Fourth World': Determinants of Political Will for Hepatitis C Treatment

Jonathan Garcia, Devynne Nelons, Tayler Tobey, Katherine Marsi

Chapter 8. Sabotaged Bodies, Sacrifice, and Lost Youth under Punitive Neoliberalism

Luis L. M. Aguia

Chapter 9. 'Willingness to Pay': How Health Care User Fees Spread around the World, 1965-2015

Aaron Shakow and Salmaan Keshavjee

Chapter 10. The Politics of Health Systems Strengthening

Katerini Storeng, Ruth J. Prince and Arima Mishra

Chapter 11. National and Subnational Politics of Health Systems' Origins and Change

Radhika Gore

Part III. The Changing Shape of Global Health Governance

Chapter 12. Reforming the World Health Organization

Yanzhong Huang and Gabriella Meltzer