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The Handbook of Global Health Policy provides a definitive source of the key areas in the field. It examines the ethical and practical dimensions of new and current policy models and their effect on the future development of global health and policy.* Maps out key debates and policy structures involved in all areas of global health policy* Isolates and examines new policy initiatives in global health policy* Provides an examination of these initiatives that captures both the ethical/critical as well as practical/empirical dimensions involved with global health policy, global health policy formation and its implications* Confronts the theoretical and practical questions of 'who gets what and why' and 'how, when and where?'* Captures the views of a wide array of scholars and practitioners, including from low- and middle-income countries, to ensure an inclusive view of current policy debates

The Handbook of Global Health Policy

Notes on ContributorsForward - Global Health Policymaking in TransitionSir Richard FeachemIntroductionGarrett Wallace Brown, Gavin Yamey and Sarah WamalaI. Global Health Policy and Global Health Governance1 Understanding Global Health PolicyRuairí Brugha, Carlos Bruen and Viroj Tangcharoensathien2 Critical Reflections on Global Health Policy Formation: From Renaissance to CrisisSophie Harman3 Contemporary Global Health Governance: Origins, Functions and ChallengesRajaie Batniji and Francisco Songane4 Global Health Justice and the Right to HealthGarrett Wallace Brown and Lauren ParemoerII. Narrowing the Gap Between Knowledge and Action5 Measuring the World's Health: How Good are our Estimates?Nancy Fullman, Abraham Flaxman, Julie Knoll Rajaratnam, Rafael Lozano and Katherine Leach-Kemon6 Achieving Better Global Health Policy, Even When Health Metrics Data are ScantyPeter Byass7 An Argument for Evidence-Based Policymaking in Global HealthGavin Yamey and Jimmy Volmink8 Can Global Health Policy be Depoliticised? A Critique of Global Calls for Evidence-Based PolicyAmy Barnes and Justin ParkhurstIII. The Politics of Risk, Disease and Neglect9 Dietary Policies to Reduce Noncommunicable DiseasesAshkan Afshin, Renata Micha, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Laura A. Schmidt and Dariush Mozaffarian10 Ethical Reflections on Who Is At Risk: Vulnerability and Global Public HealthChristine Straehle11 Ethical and Economic Perspectives on Global Health InterventionsSonia Bhalotra and Thomas Pogge12 Global Health Policy Responses to the World's Neglected DiseasesMary Moran13 The Fight for Global Access to Essential Health CommoditiesManica Balasegaram, Michelle Childs and James Arkinstall14 The Social Determinants of HealthArne Ruckert and Ronald LabontéIV. Diplomacy, Security and Humanitarianism15 Arguments for Securitizing Global Health PrioritiesSimon Rushton16 Viral Sovereignty: The Downside Risks of Securitizing Infectious DiseaseStefan Elbe and Nadine Voelkner17 The Humanitarian Sector in Evolution: Repercussions for the Health SectorFrançois Grünewald and Veronique de Geoffroy18 The Limits of Humanitarian ActionHugo SlimV. Financing and the Political Economy of Global Health19 The Global Health Financing Architecture and the Millennium Development GoalsMarco Schäferhoff, Christina Schrade and Matthew Schneider20 Can International Aid Improve Health?Christopher J. Coyne and Claudia R. Williamson21 The Exterritorial Reach of Money: Global Finance and Social Determinants of HealthTed Schrecker22 Trade Rules and Intellectual Property Protection for PharmaceuticalsValbona Muzaka23 The Health Systems Agenda: Prospects for the Diagonal ApproachJulio Frenk, Octavio Gómez-Dantés and Felicia M. Knaul24 Will Effective Health Delivery Platforms be Built in Low-Income Countries?Gorik Ooms, Peter S. Hill and Yibeltal AssefaVI. Health Rights and Partnerships25 A Rights-Based Approach to Global Health Policy: What Contribution can Human Rights Make to Achieving Equity?Lisa Forman26 From Aid to Accompaniment: Rules of the Road for Development AssistanceVanessa Kerry, Agnes Binagwaho, Jonathan Weigel and Paul Farmer27 Global Health Partnerships: The Emerging AgendaJeremy Youde28 Partnerships and the MDGs: The Challenges of Reforming Global Health GovernanceMichael Moran and Michael StevensonVII. Beyond Globalization29 Preparing for the Next PandemicAdam Kamradt-Scott30 Globalization and Global HealthMatt X. Richardson, Mike M. Callaghan and Sarah WamalaIndex