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Global Public Goods for Health
Health economic and public health perspectives
Edited by Richard Smith, Robert Beaglehole, David Woodward, and Nick Drager
312 pages
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216x138mm
978-0-19-852544-8
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Hardback
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26 June 2003
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- Copublication with the WHO
- Considers how the Global Public Goods concept can advance the health of poor populations
- Extends economic analysis of public goods to the health arena
- Explores topical case studies with major implications for the health of populations
- Reviews implications and limitations of the Global Public Goods concept in pertinent public health areas
- Globilization of health viewed from a unique perspective
- Useful for teaching purposes
The expanding importance of health as a global issue has focused attention on the value of applying the concept of Global Public Goods from economics to international health. The Global Public Goods for health concept considers 'goods' i.e. services, technologies and information, such as knowledge of an infectious disease outbreak or control of climate change, that are important for promoting the health of all populations and which are of benefit globally. Since these are 'public goods' there is often a lack of incentive to provide or feel responsible for them. The central challenge of the Global Public Goods for health concept is to ensure collective action at international
level.
The main focus of this book is whether and how best Global Public Goods for health can be used to advance the health of poor populations. Written by experts from both the health, legal and economics worlds, Global Public Goods for Health develops the concept in relation to international health and health policy. Numerous case studies are used to illustrate the usefulness of the concept and consider the aspects of health that may be classed as Global Public Goods and how this helps to ensure their provision.Readership: Policy makers, advisors researchers and consultants in public health, development and developmental assistance, and international (health) economics. Public health
practitioners in developed and developing countries and those working for international organisations e.g. WHO, World Bank. Academics and students in public health, applied/health economics and development studies.
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Edited by Richard Smith, School of Medicine, Health Policy & Practice, University of East Anglia, UK, Robert Beaglehole, Department of Health Services Provision, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, David Woodward, Independent Development Economist, Geneva, Switzerland, and Nick Drager, Strategy Unit, Office of the Director General, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Click here to visit the WHO websiteContributors:
Arnab Acharya
Mary
Agocs
Michael J Ahern
R Bruce Aylward
Robert Beaglehole
Douglas W Bettcher
Colin D Butler
Arachu Castro
Joanna Coast
Flavio Comin
Abdallah S Daar
Nick Drager
Janet Dzator
Sarah England
Paul Farmer
David P Fidler
Jayati Ghosh
Johan Giesecke
Jim Yong Kim
Jennifer Linkins
Anthony J McMichael
Gavin
Mooney
Richard Peck
John Powles
Aaron Shakow
Peter A Singer
Richard D Smith
Allyn L Taylor
Halla Thorsteinsdottir
Chris Vanderwarker
David Woodward
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"Overall, if you are interested in understanding economic issues of globalization and health this is a good start, lots of useful information is wrapped up in here, from some of the leaders in the field." - Health Economics, Vol 13, No 5
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Section 1: The global public goods for health concept
1: Woodward & Smith: Global public goods for health: Concepts and issues
Section 2: Global public goods for health: Case studies
2: Aylward, Acharya, England, Agocs & Linkins: Polio eradication
3: Kim, Shakow, Castro, Vanderwarker & Farmer: Tuberculosis control
4: Smith & Coast: Antimicrobial drug resistance
5: McMichael, Butler & Ahern: Global environmental change
Section 3: Knowledge: The central global public goods for health
6: Ghosh: Medical knowledge
7: Thorsteinsdottir, Daar, Smith & Singer: Genomics knowledge
8: Powles & Comin: Public health infrastructure and knowledge
Section 4: Enabling global public goods for health: The importance of legislation
9: Fidler: International law
10: Giesecke: International health regulations and epidemic control
11: Taylor, Bettcher & Peck: International law and the international legislative process: The WHO framework convention on tobacco control
Section 5: A critique of the global public goods for health concept and practice
12: Mooney & Dzator: Global public goods for health: A flawed paradigm?
13: Smith & Woodward: Global public goods for health: Use and limitations
Section 6: Global public goods for health: The future
14: Smith, Beaglehole, Woodward & Drager: Global public goods for health: From theory to policy
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