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Book Synopsis
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.

Trade Review

“This is a critical work to help scholars, practitioners, and students better understand the interdisciplinary arena of global health policy . . . Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 July 2015)



Table of Contents

Figures and Tables ix

Notes on Contributors xiii

Foreword: Global Health Policy-Making in Transition xxix
Sir Richard G. A. Feachem

Acknowledgments xxxiii

Introduction 1
Garrett W. Brown, Gavin Yamey, and Sarah Wamala

Part I Global Health Policy and Global Health Governance 19

1 Understanding Global Health Policy 21
Ruairí Brugha, Carlos Bruen, and Viroj Tangcharoensathien

2 Critical Reflections on Global Health Policy Formation: From Renaissance to Crisis 47
Sophie Harman

3 Contemporary Global Health Governance: Origins, Functions, and Challenges 63
Rajaie Batniji and Francisco Songane

4 Global Health Justice and the Right to Health 77
Garrett W. Brown and Lauren Paremoer

Part II Narrowing the Gap Between Knowledge and Action 97

5 Measuring the World’s Health: How Good are Our Estimates? 99
Nancy Fullman, Abraham Flaxman, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Julie Knoll Rajaratnam, and Rafael Lozano

6 Achieving Better Global Health Policy, Even When Health Metrics Data are Scanty 119
Peter Byass

7 An Argument for Evidence-Based Policy-Making in Global Health 133
Gavin Yamey and Jimmy Volmink

8 Can Global Health Policy be Depoliticized? A Critique of Global Calls for Evidence-Based Policy 157
Amy Barnes and Justin Parkhurst

Part III The Politics of Risk, Disease, and Neglect 175

9 Dietary Policies to Reduce Non-Communicable Diseases 177
Ashkan Afshin, Renata Micha, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Laura A. Schmidt, and Dariush Mozaffarian

10 Ethical Reflections on Who is At Risk: Vulnerability and Global Public Health 195
Christine Straehle

11 Ethical and Economic Perspectives on Global Health Interventions 209
Sonia Bhalotra and Thomas Pogge

12 Global Health Policy Responses to the World’s Neglected Diseases 229
Mary Moran

13 The Fight for Global Access to Essential Health Commodities 245
Manica Balasegaram, Michelle Childs, and James Arkinstall

14 The Social Determinants of Health 267
Arne Ruckert and Ronald Labonté

Part IV Diplomacy, Security, and Humanitarianism 287

15 Arguments for Securitizing Global Health Priorities 289
Simon Rushton

16 Viral Sovereignty: The Downside Risks of Securitizing Infectious Disease 305
Stefan Elbe and Nadine Voelkner

17 The Changing Humanitarian Sector: Repercussions for the Health Sector 319
François Grünewald and Veronique de Geoffroy

18 The Limits of Humanitarian Action 341
Hugo Slim

Part V Financing and the Political Economy of Global Health 355

19 The Global Health Financing Architecture and the Millennium Development Goals 357
Marco Schäferhoff, Christina Schrade, and Matthew T. Schneider

20 Can International Aid Improve Health? 375
Christopher J. Coyne and Claudia R. Williamson

21 The Exterritorial Reach of Money: Global Finance and Social Determinants of Health 393
Ted Schrecker

22 Trade Rules and Intellectual Property Protection for Pharmaceuticals 409
Valbona Muzaka

23 The Health Systems Agenda: Prospects for the Diagonal Approach 425
Julio Frenk, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, and Felicia M. Knaul

24 Will Effective Health Delivery Platforms be Built in Low-Income Countries? 441
Gorik Ooms, Peter S. Hill, and Yibeltal Assefa

Part VI Health Rights and Partnerships 457

25 A Rights-Based Approach to Global Health Policy: What Contribution can Human RightsMake to Achieving Equity? 459
Lisa Forman

26 From Aid to Accompaniment: Rules of the Road for Development Assistance 483
Vanessa Kerry, Agnes Binagwaho, Jonathan Weigel, and Paul Farmer

27 Global Health Partnerships: The Emerging Agenda 505
Jeremy Youde

28 Partnerships and the Millennium Development Goals: The Challenges of Reforming Global Health Governance 519
Michael Moran and Michael Stevenson

Part VII Beyond Globalization 537

29 Preparing for the Next Pandemic 539
Adam Kamradt-Scott

30 Globalization and Global Health 555
Matt X. Richardson, Mike M. Callaghan, and Sarah Wamala

Index 577

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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review

      “This is a critical work to help scholars, practitioners, and students better understand the interdisciplinary arena of global health policy . . . Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 July 2015)



      Table of Contents

      Figures and Tables ix

      Notes on Contributors xiii

      Foreword: Global Health Policy-Making in Transition xxix
      Sir Richard G. A. Feachem

      Acknowledgments xxxiii

      Introduction 1
      Garrett W. Brown, Gavin Yamey, and Sarah Wamala

      Part I Global Health Policy and Global Health Governance 19

      1 Understanding Global Health Policy 21
      Ruairí Brugha, Carlos Bruen, and Viroj Tangcharoensathien

      2 Critical Reflections on Global Health Policy Formation: From Renaissance to Crisis 47
      Sophie Harman

      3 Contemporary Global Health Governance: Origins, Functions, and Challenges 63
      Rajaie Batniji and Francisco Songane

      4 Global Health Justice and the Right to Health 77
      Garrett W. Brown and Lauren Paremoer

      Part II Narrowing the Gap Between Knowledge and Action 97

      5 Measuring the World’s Health: How Good are Our Estimates? 99
      Nancy Fullman, Abraham Flaxman, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Julie Knoll Rajaratnam, and Rafael Lozano

      6 Achieving Better Global Health Policy, Even When Health Metrics Data are Scanty 119
      Peter Byass

      7 An Argument for Evidence-Based Policy-Making in Global Health 133
      Gavin Yamey and Jimmy Volmink

      8 Can Global Health Policy be Depoliticized? A Critique of Global Calls for Evidence-Based Policy 157
      Amy Barnes and Justin Parkhurst

      Part III The Politics of Risk, Disease, and Neglect 175

      9 Dietary Policies to Reduce Non-Communicable Diseases 177
      Ashkan Afshin, Renata Micha, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Laura A. Schmidt, and Dariush Mozaffarian

      10 Ethical Reflections on Who is At Risk: Vulnerability and Global Public Health 195
      Christine Straehle

      11 Ethical and Economic Perspectives on Global Health Interventions 209
      Sonia Bhalotra and Thomas Pogge

      12 Global Health Policy Responses to the World’s Neglected Diseases 229
      Mary Moran

      13 The Fight for Global Access to Essential Health Commodities 245
      Manica Balasegaram, Michelle Childs, and James Arkinstall

      14 The Social Determinants of Health 267
      Arne Ruckert and Ronald Labonté

      Part IV Diplomacy, Security, and Humanitarianism 287

      15 Arguments for Securitizing Global Health Priorities 289
      Simon Rushton

      16 Viral Sovereignty: The Downside Risks of Securitizing Infectious Disease 305
      Stefan Elbe and Nadine Voelkner

      17 The Changing Humanitarian Sector: Repercussions for the Health Sector 319
      François Grünewald and Veronique de Geoffroy

      18 The Limits of Humanitarian Action 341
      Hugo Slim

      Part V Financing and the Political Economy of Global Health 355

      19 The Global Health Financing Architecture and the Millennium Development Goals 357
      Marco Schäferhoff, Christina Schrade, and Matthew T. Schneider

      20 Can International Aid Improve Health? 375
      Christopher J. Coyne and Claudia R. Williamson

      21 The Exterritorial Reach of Money: Global Finance and Social Determinants of Health 393
      Ted Schrecker

      22 Trade Rules and Intellectual Property Protection for Pharmaceuticals 409
      Valbona Muzaka

      23 The Health Systems Agenda: Prospects for the Diagonal Approach 425
      Julio Frenk, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, and Felicia M. Knaul

      24 Will Effective Health Delivery Platforms be Built in Low-Income Countries? 441
      Gorik Ooms, Peter S. Hill, and Yibeltal Assefa

      Part VI Health Rights and Partnerships 457

      25 A Rights-Based Approach to Global Health Policy: What Contribution can Human RightsMake to Achieving Equity? 459
      Lisa Forman

      26 From Aid to Accompaniment: Rules of the Road for Development Assistance 483
      Vanessa Kerry, Agnes Binagwaho, Jonathan Weigel, and Paul Farmer

      27 Global Health Partnerships: The Emerging Agenda 505
      Jeremy Youde

      28 Partnerships and the Millennium Development Goals: The Challenges of Reforming Global Health Governance 519
      Michael Moran and Michael Stevenson

      Part VII Beyond Globalization 537

      29 Preparing for the Next Pandemic 539
      Adam Kamradt-Scott

      30 Globalization and Global Health 555
      Matt X. Richardson, Mike M. Callaghan, and Sarah Wamala

      Index 577

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