Global Health Governance and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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The devastating effects of HIV/AIDS have propelled a multiplicity of activities at global, national and local level. This book is based on in-depth studies of the major global institutions in health, the role of pharmaceutical corporations, the functions of NGOs, and national responses to HIV/AIDS in two key case studies: Brazil and South Africa.

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-08-09
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:282
Upplaga:2007
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780230517271

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WOLFGANG HEIN is Head of the Research Programme 'Transformation in the Process of Globalization' at GIGA, the German Institute of Global and Area Studies, and Professor at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Hamburg, Germany. His main research interests are in the fields of globalization, sustainability and development and global governance, with a focus of health. SONJA BARTSCH is Senior Research Fellow at GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany. Prior to joining GIGA she worked as Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science, University

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List of Figures and Tables Foreword: Governing Independence Preface Notes on the Authors Abbreviations Introduction: Globalization, HIV/AIDS and the Rise of Global Health Governance; W.Hein, S.Bartsch & L.Kohlmorgen Interfaces: A Concept for the Analysis of Global Health Governance; W.Hein, S.Bartsch & L.Kohlmorgen Global Health Governance and WTO/TRIPS: Conflicts Between 'Global Market-Creation' and 'Global Social Rights'; W.Hein From Conflict over Compromise to Cooperation? Big Pharma, the HIV/AIDS Crisis and the Rise of Countervailing Power in the South; J.P.Wogart The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Global Health Governance; S.Bartsch & L.Kohlmorgen International Governmental Organizations and Global Health Governance: The Role of the World Health Organization, World Bank and UNAIDS; L.Kohlmorgen The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; S.Bartsch Consensus Building on Brazilian HIV/AIDS Policy: National and Global Interfaces in Health Governance; G.Calcagnotto The Treatment Controversy: Global Health Governance and South Africa's Fight Against HIV/AIDS; C.von Soest & M.Weinel Conclusion: Global Health Governance and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in a Post-Westphalian World; W.Hein, S.Bartsch, L.Kohlmorgen & J.P.Wogart Bibliography Index