Overview of infectious diseases and analytical framework -- Global health governance in the twentieth century -- Disease containment : surveillance systems, emergency responses, and transborder regulations -- Disease control : transformation of health assistance programs -- Disease cures : international patent law and access to essential medicines -- Health and global governance : concluding perspectives
Summary
Diseases do not recognize national borders, and as we are gradually learning, failure to govern health effectively at a global level profoundly affects us all. This book is about how global health governance has evolved to become stronger, more complex, and more important than ever before in history
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index
