Handbook of Global Health Policy

Garrett Wallace Brown is Reader in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of Grounding Cosmopolitanism: From Kant to the Idea of a Cosmopolitan Constitution (2009) and co-editor of The Cosmopolitanism Reader (with David Held, Polity Press, 2010). Gavin Yamey leads the Evidence to Policy initiative (E2Pi), a global health policy think tank in the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio, and has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals. Sarah Wamala is the Director-General of the Swedish National Institute of Public Health and Associate Professor at Karolinska Institute. She has published extensively on the wider determinants of health and relevance of preventive strategies and interventions, and is the editor of Globalization and Health (with Ichiro Kawachi, 2007).

“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)

• Figures and Tables ixNotes on Contributors xiiiForeword: Global Health Policy-Making in Transition xxixSir Richard G. A. FeachemAcknowledgments xxxiiiIntroduction 1Garrett W. Brown, Gavin Yamey, and Sarah WamalaPart I Global Health Policy and Global Health Governance 191 Understanding Global Health Policy 21Ruairí Brugha, Carlos Bruen, and Viroj Tangcharoensathien2 Critical Reflections on Global Health Policy Formation: From Renaissance to Crisis 47Sophie Harman3 Contemporary Global Health Governance: Origins, Functions, and Challenges 63Rajaie Batniji and Francisco Songane4 Global Health Justice and the Right to Health 77Garrett W. Brown and Lauren ParemoerPart II Narrowing the Gap Between Knowledge and Action 975 Measuring the World’s Health: How Good are Our Estimates? 99Nancy Fullman, Abraham Flaxman, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Julie Knoll Rajaratnam, and Rafael Lozano6 Achieving Better Global Health Policy, Even When Health Metrics Data are Scanty 119Peter Byass7 An Argument for Evidence-Based Policy-Making in Global Health 133Gavin Yamey and Jimmy Volmink8 Can Global Health Policy be Depoliticized? A Critique of Global Calls for Evidence-Based Policy 157Amy Barnes and Justin ParkhurstPart III The Politics of Risk, Disease, and Neglect 1759 Dietary Policies to Reduce Non-Communicable Diseases 177Ashkan Afshin, Renata Micha, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Laura A. Schmidt, and Dariush Mozaffarian10 Ethical Reflections on Who is At Risk: Vulnerability and Global Public Health 195Christine Straehle11 Ethical and Economic Perspectives on Global Health Interventions 209Sonia Bhalotra and Thomas Pogge12 Global Health Policy Responses to the World’s Neglected Diseases 229Mary Moran13 The Fight for Global Access to Essential Health Commodities 245Manica Balasegaram, Michelle Childs, and James Arkinstall14 The Social Determinants of Health 267Arne Ruckert and Ronald LabontéPart IV Diplomacy, Security, and Humanitarianism 28715 Arguments for Securitizing Global Health Priorities 289Simon Rushton16 Viral Sovereignty: The Downside Risks of Securitizing Infectious Disease 305Stefan Elbe and Nadine Voelkner17 The Changing Humanitarian Sector: Repercussions for the Health Sector 319François Grünewald and Veronique de Geoffroy18 The Limits of Humanitarian Action 341Hugo SlimPart V Financing and the Political Economy of Global Health 35519 The Global Health Financing Architecture and the Millennium Development Goals 357Marco Schäferhoff, Christina Schrade, and Matthew T. Schneider20 Can International Aid Improve Health? 375Christopher J. Coyne and Claudia R. Williamson21 The Exterritorial Reach of Money: Global Finance and Social Determinants of Health 393Ted Schrecker22 Trade Rules and Intellectual Property Protection for Pharmaceuticals 409Valbona Muzaka23 The Health Systems Agenda: Prospects for the Diagonal Approach 425Julio Frenk, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, and Felicia M. Knaul24 Will Effective Health Delivery Platforms be Built in Low-Income Countries? 441Gorik Ooms, Peter S. Hill, and Yibeltal AssefaPart VI Health Rights and Partnerships 45725 A Rights-Based Approach to Global Health Policy: What Contribution can Human RightsMake to Achieving Equity? 459Lisa Forman26 From Aid to Accompaniment: Rules of the Road for Development Assistance 483Vanessa Kerry, Agnes Binagwaho, Jonathan Weigel, and Paul Farmer27 Global Health Partnerships: The Emerging Agenda 505Jeremy Youde28 Partnerships and the Millennium Development Goals: The Challenges of Reforming Global Health Governance 519Michael Moran and Michael StevensonPart VII Beyond Globalization 53729 Preparing for the Next Pandemic 539Adam Kamradt-Scott30 Globalization and Global Health 555Matt X. Richardson, Mike M. Callaghan, and Sarah WamalaIndex 577