Health for Some: The Political Economy of global Health Governance

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: The Social Determinants of Global Health: Confronting Inequities....Pages 3-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
The G8, Globalization, and the Need for a Global Health Ethic....Pages 21-38
The Accumulative Nature of the US Health Complex....Pages 39-52
Palliative Interventions: Canadian Foreign Policy, Security and Global Health Governance....Pages 53-66
The Relationship between the AIDS Pandemic and State Fragility....Pages 67-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Transnational Norm-Building in Global Health: The Important Role of Non-State Actors in Post-Westphalian Politics....Pages 87-104
Global Public Health and Innovation in Governance: The Emergence of Public—Private Partnerships....Pages 105-117
Philanthropic Foundations and Global Health Partnership Formation: The Rockefeller Foundation and IAVI....Pages 118-129
Southern Actors in Global Public—Private Partnerships: The Case of the Global Fund....Pages 130-144
‘Making the Money Work’*: Challenges towards Coordination of HIV/AIDS Programmes in Africa....Pages 145-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
The Political Economy of Global Health Research....Pages 165-182
Dealing with Public Health and Intellectual Property for Pharmaceuticals at the World Trade Organization....Pages 183-195
Patents, Policies and Pricing: Access to Medicines for Vulnerable Populations in a Global Economy*....Pages 196-209
The Partnership Prescription: Access to HIV/AIDS-related Medicines and Public—Private Partnerships....Pages 210-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Conclusion: Towards Equitable Global Health Governance....Pages 227-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-278