Analyzing twenty-first century innovations in global health governance, this volume addresses questions of pandemics, essential medicines and disease eradication through detailed case studies of critical and rapidly spreading infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and SARS, and "lifestyle" illnesses such as tobacco-related illnesses, all of which are at the center of the current global health challenge.
Given its contemporary focus and wide range of world leading experts, this study is highly suitable for courses on global governance generally and global public health specifically across political science, economics, law, medicine, nursing and related fields. Scholars, practitioners and clinicians seeking a context for their front line health care provision will find this volume invaluable.
Review:
"This is a clear and prescient analysis of contemporary global health governance – its innovations, strengths, challenges and pitfalls. It is a must read for academics, government officials and activists alike."
-- James Orbinski, University of Toronto, Canada and former international President of Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders
About the Editors
Andrew F. Cooper is the associate director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.
John J. Kirton is associate professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto.