The Handbook of Global Health Policy

The Handbook of Global Health Policy provides a definitive source of the key areas in the field. It examines the ethical and practical dimensions of new and current policy models and their effect on the future development of global health and policy. Maps out key debates and policy structures involved in all areas of global health policy Isolates and examines new policy initiatives in global health policy Provides an examination of these initiatives that captures both the ethical/critical as well as practical/empirical dimensions involved with global health policy, global health policy formation and its implications Confronts the theoretical and practical questions of ‘who gets what and why’ and ‘how, when and where?’ Captures the views of a wide array of scholars and practitioners, including from low– and middle–income countries, to ensure an inclusive view of current policy debates INDICE: Notes on Contributors   Forward – Global Health Policymaking in Transition Sir Richard Feachem   Introduction Garrett Wallace Brown, Gavin Yamey and Sarah Wamala   I. Global Health Policy and Global Health Governance 1 Understanding Global Health Policy Ruairí Brugha, Carlos Bruen and Viroj Tangcharoensathien     2 Critical Reflections on Global Health Policy Formation: From Renaissance to Crisis Sophie Harman  3 Contemporary Global Health Governance: Origins, Functions and Challenges Rajaie Batniji and Francisco Songane       4 Global Health Justice and the Right to Health Garrett Wallace Brown and Lauren Paremoer II. Narrowing the Gap Between Knowledge and Action        5 Measuring the World?s Health: How Good are our Estimates? Nancy Fullman, Abraham Flaxman, Julie Knoll Rajaratnam and Rafael Lozano        6 Achieving Better Global Health Policy, Even When Health Metrics Data are Scanty Peter Byass       7 An Argument for Evidence–Based Policymaking in Global Health Gavin Yamey and Jimmy Volmink    8 Can Global Health Policy be Depoliticised? A Critique of Global Calls for Evidence–Based Policy Amy Barnes and Justin Parkhurst   III. The Politics of Risk, Disease and Neglect        9 Dietary Policies to Reduce Noncommunicable Diseases Ashkan Afshin, Renata Micha, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Laura A. Schmidt and Dariush Mozaffarian      10 Ethical Reflections on Who Is At Risk: Vulnerability and Global Public Health Christine Straehle   11 Ethical and Economic Perspectives on Global Health Interventions Sonia Bhalotra and Thomas Pogge  12 Global Health Policy Responses to the World?s Neglected Diseases Mary Moran       13 The Fight for Global Access to Essential Health Commodities Manica Balasegaram, Michelle Childs and James Arkinstall  14 The Social Determinants of Health Arne Ruckert and Ronald Labonté IV. Diplomacy, Security and Humanitarianism       15 Arguments for Securitizing Global Health Priorities Simon Rushton  16 Viral Sovereignty: The Downside Risks of Securitizing Infectious Disease Stefan Elbe and Nadine Voelkner     17 The Humanitarian Sector in Evolution: Repercussions for the Health Sector François Grünewald and Veronique de Geoffroy     18 The Limits of Humanitarian Action Hugo Slim V. Financing and the Political Economy of Global Health   19 The Global Health Financing Architecture and the Millennium Development Goals Marco Schäferhoff, Christina Schrade and Matthew Schneider        20 Can International Aid Improve Health? Christopher J. Coyne and Claudia R. Williamson    21 The Exterritorial Reach of Money: Global Finance and Social Determinants of Health Ted Schrecker    22 Trade Rules and Intellectual Property Protection for Pharmaceuticals Valbona Muzaka    23 The Health Systems Agenda: Prospects for the Diagonal Approach Julio Frenk, Octavio Gómez–Dantés and Felicia M. Knaul 24 Will Effective Health Delivery Platforms be Built in Low–Income Countries? Gorik Ooms, Peter S. Hill and Yibeltal Assefa VI. Health Rights and Partnerships   25 A Rights–Based Approach to Global Health Policy: What Contribution can Human Rights Make to Achieving Equity? Lisa Forman       26 From Aid to Accompaniment: Rules of the Road for Development Assistance Vanessa Kerry, Agnes Binagwaho, Jonathan Weigel and Paul Farmer         27 Global Health Partnerships: The Emerging Agenda Jeremy Youde   28 Partnerships and the MDGs: The Challenges of Reforming Global Health Governance Michael Moran and Michael Stevenson VII. Beyond Globalization   29 Preparing for the Next Pandemic Adam Kamradt–Scott       30 Globalization and Global Health Matt X. Richardson, Mike M. Callaghan and Sarah Wamala    Index

• ISBN: 978-0-470-67419-2
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 576
• Fecha Publicación: 16/05/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés