ANGELA SCRIVEN is Course Leader for the MSc in Health Promotion and Public Health at Brunel University, UK. SEBASTIAN GARMAN is Senior Tutor in the Department of Health and Social Care at Brunel University, UK.

• Promoting Health: A Global Context and Rationale; A.ScrivenPART ONE: GLOBAL ISSUES IN PROMOTING HEALTHKey Global Health Concerns for the 21st Century; B.DaveyInequalities in Health: International Patterns and Trends; D.McDaid & A.OliverGlobal Health Promotion: Challenges and Opportunities; M.MittelmarkThe Social Context of Health Promotion in a Globalising World; S.GarmanPART TWO: GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN PROMOTING HEALTHGlobalisation and Noncommunicable Diseases; D.Yach, R.Beaglehole & C.HawkesFood, Health and Globalisation: Is Health Promotion Still Relevant?; M.Caraher, J.Coveney & T.LangTobacco: The Global Challenge for Health Promotion; S.Asma, P.Gupta & C.WarrenHIV/AIDS: Lessons For and From Health Promotion; P.AggletonGlobal Environment Change and Health; P.WilkinsonPART THREE: STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING HEALTH IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL CASE STUDIESPromoting Health in Low and Middle Income Countries: Achievements and Challenges; J.HubleyTrends and Factors in the Development of Health Promotion in Africa, 1973-2003; D.NyamwayaHealth Promotion in Latin America; H.ArroyoA Public Health and System Approach To Health Protection and Health Promotion in Hong Kong; S.Chan & G.LeungPublic Health in the Former Soviet Union; J.GodinhoHealth Promotion Development in Europe: Barriers and New Opportunities; E.Ziglio, S.Haggard & C.BrownHealth Promotion in Australia and New Zealand: The Struggle for Equity; S.Hearn, H.Martin, L.Signal & M.WiseHealth Promotion in Canada: Back to the Past or Towards a Promising Future?; A.Pederson, I.Rootman & M.O'NeillHealth Promotion in the USA: Building a Science Based Health Promotion Policy; D.Lightsey, D.McQueen & L.Anderson.