Going Public: The Unmaking and Remaking of Universal Healthcare
Author:   Ramya Kumar (University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka) ,  Anne-Emanuelle Birn (University of Toronto)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009454094


Pages:   102
Publication Date:   18 January 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Going Public: The Unmaking and Remaking of Universal Healthcare


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This Element highlights the pivotal role of corporate players in universal health coverage ideologies and implementation, and critically examines social innovation-driven approaches to expanding primary care in low-income settings. It first traces the evolving meanings of universal health/healthcare in global health politics and policy, analysing their close, often hidden, intertwining with corporate interests and exigencies. It then juxtaposes three social innovations targeting niche 'markets' for lower-cost services in the Majority World, against three present-day examples of publicly financed and delivered primary healthcare (PHC), demonstrating what corporatization does to PHC, within deeply entrenched colonial-capitalist structures and discourses that normalize inferior care, private profit, and dispossession of peoples.

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Author:   Ramya Kumar (University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka) ,  Anne-Emanuelle Birn (University of Toronto)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009454094


ISBN 10:   1009454099
Pages:   102
Publication Date:   18 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Setting the stage; 2. Corporatising health for all, step by step; 3. Innovating for whose benefit? global health inc.'s ventures in low-income settings; 4. Towards healthcare justice in the majority world; 5. Conclusion; References.

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