The making of global health governance

By Nicole A. Szlezák

Subjects: Public health, china, Malaria, AIDS (Disease), International cooperation, Public health, Aids (disease), Social aspects, Medical policy, Tuberculosis, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, World health, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International

Description: "How do certain policy issues come to be regarded as 'global'? Whose responsibility is it to address them? Why do new global organizations emerge, and how do they interact with the existing system of national and international policy making? This book takes a unique approach to these questions by focusing on four entities: a globalizing sector (health), a global disease (HIV/AIDS), a global organization (the Global Fund), and a major sovereign nation (China). In investigating the interplay among these four entities, Szlezák asks and investigates how can we design a system of global governance that is both fair and effective"--