ABSTRACT

Analyzing twenty-first century innovations in global health governance, this volume addresses questions of pandemics, essential medicines and disease eradication through detailed case studies of critical and rapidly spreading infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and SARS and 'lifestyle' illnesses such as tobacco-related illnesses, all of which are at the centre of the current global health challenge. Given its contemporary focus and wide range of world leading experts, this study is highly suitable for courses on global governance generally and global public health specifically across political science, economics, law, medicine, nursing and related fields. Scholars, practitioners and clinicians seeking a context for their front line health care provision will find this volume invaluable.

part |59 pages

Responding to Pandemics: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

chapter |26 pages

Epidemic of Fear

SARS and the Political Economy of Contagion

chapter |14 pages

Lessons from SARS

Past Practice, Future Innovation

chapter |18 pages

The WHO and SARS

The Challenge of Innovative Responses to Global Health Security

part |72 pages

Preparing for Pandemics

chapter |22 pages

SARS and Avian Influenza in China and Canada

The Politics of Controlling Infectious Disease

chapter |24 pages

In-Flew-Enza

Pandemic Influenza and Its Security Implications

part |55 pages

Accessing Affordable Medicines

chapter |16 pages

Global Health Governance from Below

Access to AIDS Medicines, International Human Rights Law, and Social Movements

part |34 pages

Conducting Campaigns Against Chronic Illness

part |63 pages

Defining Future Directions in Global Health Governance

part |33 pages

Conclusion