Global Health Watch 2005-06

Global Health Watch 2005 is a collaboration of leading popular movements and nongovernmental organizations comprising civil society activists, community groups, health workers and academics.

'A very good reference for people working in areas affecting the health of populations. It deals with some of the most important issues in today's world. I highly recommend it.' Vicente Navarro, editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Health Services 'Combines academic analysis with a call to mobilize the health professional community to press for improvements in global health and justice. I hope it will be read by many health professionals in rich and poor countries alike.' Andy Haines, dean of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 'It is very good to see issues of trade and globalization reflected prominently in a report aimed at health professionals. Global Health Watch provides them with a resource to engage in debates about these non-clinical, structural determinants of poor health.' Martin Khor, director of the Third World Network 'Governments and intergovernmental organizations have structured our social world so that half of humankind still lives in severe poverty. These global poor suffer vast health deficits. This greatest moral outrage of our time will continue until citizens reflect on its causes and firmly place the human rights of the global poor on the political agenda. Global Health Watch is a courageous and promising effort in this direction.' Thomas Pogge, professorial research fellow with the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Australian National University 'Global Health Watch offers a critique of global trends that threaten health including the practices of multinational corporations, the false promise of the genetics revolution, the scandal of hunger in a world of plenty and the failure of UN institutions such as WHO to live up to their original mission to promote the health of poor people. It also demonstrates, with practical suggestions, that another world is possible. It will become the essential guidebook for health activists who want to campaign for a kinder, more equitable, healthier and people-centred world.' Fran Baum, member of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health 'A much-needed resource, unique, and reflecting the work of well qualified authors from all continents. I applaud the effort - and the result.' Philip R. Lee, MD, University of California, San Francisco

• Part A: Health and globalizationHealth for all in the 'borderless world'?Part B: Health care services and systems1. Health Care Systems and Approaches to Health Care2. Medicines3. The Global Health Worker Crisis4. Sexual and Reproductive Health5. Gene TechnologyPart C: Health of vulnerable groups1. Indigenous Peoples2. Disabled PeoplePart D: The wider health context1. Climate Change2. Water3. Food4. Education5. WarPart E: Holding to account: global institutions, transnational corporations and rich countries1. World Health Organization2. UNICEF3. World Bank and the International Monetary Fund4. Big Business5. Aid6. Debt Relief7. Essential Health ResearchPart F: ConclusionsIndex