• 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

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.

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

"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

Section 1: The global public goods for health concept
1: Woodward & Smith: Global public goods for health: concept 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
Section 3: Knowledge: The central global public good 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