Overview

The devastating effects of HIV/AIDS have propelled a multiplicity of activities at global, national and local level. This book is based on in-depth studies of the major global institutions in health, the role of pharmaceutical corporations, the functions of NGOs, and national responses to HIV/AIDS in two key case studies: Brazil and South Africa.

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Author:   W. Hein ,  S. Bartsch ,  L. Kohlmorgen
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2007
Weight:   0.455kg
ISBN:  

9781349355013

ISBN 10:   1349355011
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   01 January 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Foreword: Governing Independence Preface Notes on the Authors Abbreviations Introduction: Globalization, HIV/AIDS and the Rise of Global Health Governance; W.Hein, S.Bartsch & L.Kohlmorgen Interfaces: A Concept for the Analysis of Global Health Governance; W.Hein, S.Bartsch & L.Kohlmorgen Global Health Governance and WTO/TRIPS: Conflicts Between 'Global Market-Creation' and 'Global Social Rights'; W.Hein From Conflict over Compromise to Cooperation? Big Pharma, the HIV/AIDS Crisis and the Rise of Countervailing Power in the South; J.P.Wogart The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Global Health Governance; S.Bartsch & L.Kohlmorgen International Governmental Organizations and Global Health Governance: The Role of the World Health Organization, World Bank and UNAIDS; L.Kohlmorgen The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; S.Bartsch Consensus Building on Brazilian HIV/AIDS Policy: National and Global Interfaces in Health Governance; G.Calcagnotto The Treatment Controversy: Global Health Governance and South Africa's Fight Against HIV/AIDS; C.von Soest & M.Weinel Conclusion: Global Health Governance and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in a Post-Westphalian World; W.Hein, S.Bartsch, L.Kohlmorgen & J.P.Wogart Bibliography Index

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GILBERTO CALCAGNOTTO is Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Latin-American Studies, Hamburg, Germany. CHRISTIAN VON SOEST is Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs, Hamburg, Germany. MARTIN WEINEL is Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise and Science (KES), Cardiff University, UK, and Lecturer at the Institute of African Affairs at the University of Leipzig, Germany. JAN PETER WOGART is Senior Research Associate at GIGA, Hamburg, Germany, and Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, Germany.

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