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Global health/ edited by John J. Kirton.

Contributor(s): Kirton, John JMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009Description: xxxv, 556 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780754626657 (hbk.); 0754626652 (hbk.)Subject(s): Public health -- International cooperation | Globalization -- Health aspects | World Health | Communicable Disease Control | Health PolicyDDC classification: 362.1

Contents:

Part I The Foundations and Evolution of the Field: Disease, diplomacy and international commerce: the origins of international sanitary regulation in the 19th century, Mark Harrison; Origins of international health work, N. Howard-Jones; The new World Health Organization, Walter R. Sharp; World health and world politics, Charles E. Allen; The return of infectious disease, Laurie Garrett; Ghosts of Kigali: infectious disease and global stability at the turn of the century, Andrew T. Price-Smith; The politics of global health governance: whatever happened to 'health for all by the year 2000'?, Caroline Thomas and Martin Weber. Part II Globalization and Global Health: The globalization of public health: the first 100 years of international health diplomacy, David P. Fidler; Global public health: revisiting healthy policy at the global level, Ilona Kickbusch and Evelyne de Leeuw; Globalization and the prevention and control of non-communicable disease: the neglected chronic diseases of adults, Robert Beaglehole and Derek Yach; Epidemic disease and national security, Susan Peterson. Part III Communicable Disease: The lessons of the pandemic, George Soper; Communicable disease control: a 'global public good', Richard Smith, David Woodward, Arnab Acharya, Robert Beaglehole and Nick Drager; The global governance of communicable diseases: the case for vaccine R & D, Daniele Archibugi and Kim Bizzarri; Germs, governance, and global public health in the wake of SARS, David P. Fidler; Preparing for the next pandemic, Michael T. Osterholm; Should HIV/AIDS be securitized? The ethical dilemmas of linking HIV/AIDS and security, Stefan Elbe. Part IV Health and Trade: Drug development for neglected diseases: a deficient market and a public-health policy failure, Patrice Trouiller, Piero Olliaro; Els Toreele, James Orbinski, Richard Laing and Nathan Ford; Trade policy and the politics of access to drugs, Caroline Thomas; The dilemma of intellectual property rig

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference Books	Central Library, Sikkim University Reference	Reference Collection	362.1 KIR/G (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		P18120

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I The Foundations and Evolution of the Field: Disease, diplomacy and international commerce: the origins of international sanitary regulation in the 19th century, Mark Harrison; Origins of international health work, N. Howard-Jones; The new World Health Organization, Walter R. Sharp; World health and world politics, Charles E. Allen; The return of infectious disease, Laurie Garrett; Ghosts of Kigali: infectious disease and global stability at the turn of the century, Andrew T. Price-Smith; The politics of global health governance: whatever happened to 'health for all by the year 2000'?, Caroline Thomas and Martin Weber.

Part II Globalization and Global Health: The globalization of public health: the first 100 years of international health diplomacy, David P. Fidler; Global public health: revisiting healthy policy at the global level, Ilona Kickbusch and Evelyne de Leeuw; Globalization and the prevention and control of non-communicable disease: the neglected chronic diseases of adults, Robert Beaglehole and Derek Yach; Epidemic disease and national security, Susan Peterson.

Part III Communicable Disease: The lessons of the pandemic, George Soper; Communicable disease control: a 'global public good', Richard Smith, David Woodward, Arnab Acharya, Robert Beaglehole and Nick Drager; The global governance of communicable diseases: the case for vaccine R & D, Daniele Archibugi and Kim Bizzarri; Germs, governance, and global public health in the wake of SARS, David P. Fidler; Preparing for the next pandemic, Michael T. Osterholm; Should HIV/AIDS be securitized? The ethical dilemmas of linking HIV/AIDS and security, Stefan Elbe.

Part IV Health and Trade: Drug development for neglected diseases: a deficient market and a public-health policy failure, Patrice Trouiller, Piero Olliaro; Els Toreele, James Orbinski, Richard Laing and Nathan Ford; Trade policy and the politics of access to drugs, Caroline Thomas; The dilemma of intellectual property rig

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