2nd Edition

Global Health Governance and Policy An Introduction

424 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

424 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

424 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This is an interdisciplinary textbook that examines the relationship between globalization and social, political, economic, and environmental health determinants. This  new edition of Global Health Governance and Policy: An Introduction provides a unique insight into the global systems and processes that ultimately affect peoples' health. Comprehensive and far-reaching, the book offers a... Read more

1. Introduction  SECTION 1: Globalization, Development, Health and its Determinants  2. Development, Globalization and Health  3. Global Estimates of Health Indicators  4. The Right to Health and the Evolution of Public Health Strategies in the Context of the Global Development Policies  SECTION 2: Global Governance and Health  5. Global Governance in Health   6. International Institutions: The United Nations System  7. Governments and Their Groupings   8. Non-State Actors   9. Global Action Networks, Transnational Hybrid Organizations, Multistakeholder Initiatives and Partnerships  10. Future Challenges toward Global Governance for Health  SECTION 3: Global Policies and Issues   11. Neoliberal Globalization, Global Policies and Health   12. Health Systems in the Global Health Landscape  13. Global Health Financing and Development Assistance for Health  14. Career Opportunities in Global Health 

Biography

Eduardo Missoni has decades-long experience in international development cooperation and has pioneered teaching in global health and development in Italy. He currently teaches at the SDA Bocconi School of Management and at the Milano-Bicocca University and the Milano Statale University in Italy. He collaborates with the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública in Mexico and previously lectured at the Geneva School of Diplomacy.

Guglielmo Pacileo leads the Center for Health Management Studies in the Department of Integrated Research and Innovation Activities (DAIRI), Alessandria. He teaches at SDA Bocconi School of Management and the University of Eastern Piedmont and has lectured at the University of Pavia and Milano-Bicocca. His research focuses on global health policies and healthcare management.

Fabrizio Tediosi is Associate Professor of Global Health at the University of Milan, Italy, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Basel and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. His academic career spans almost three decades of research and teaching on health systems, financing, and governance, with a focus on global health policy and implementation science.