"Global Health Governance | Politics

Fully updated for the second edition this text provides a concise and informative introduction to how global health is governed exploring the ways in which we understand global health governance exposing its complex nature and asking who or what really governs global health to what outcome and for whom. Governing outbreaks emergencies pandemics access to medicines non-communicable diseases and the financing of fully functioning health systems remain among the biggest challenges national and international policymakers and practitioners face. While COVID-19 made apparent the tensions contestations and complexity of governing health threats to understand what could and should have worked during the pandemic requires a comprehensive understanding of the actors approaches and issues that make up global health. Divided into three parts the book examines the different actors who participate in global health governance their powers interests ways of working relationships and how their roles have changed over time. It explores different approaches to global health governance focusing on the ways global health issues have been conceptualised and understood and how this has shaped global health politics and the ways the key actors work. Finally it examines different issues and how the actors and their approaches have addressed health emergencies and everyday health inequities. Global Health Governance provides a comprehensive introduction to researchers and students new to the field of global health governance and a vital resource and reference point for established scholars and practitioners working in the field of global health.|Global Health Governance | Politics