by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | Health Systems
Converging Health Systems Frameworks: Towards A Concepts-to-Actions Roadmap for Health Systems Strengthening in Low and Middle Income Countries George Shakarishvili, Rifat Atun, Peter Berman, William Hsiao, Craig Burgess, and Mary Ann Lansang Debates around health...
by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | Pandemic Response
Control of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDRTB): A Root Cause Analysis Jennifer Prah Ruger The threat of global infectious agents has the potential to cripple national and global economies, as the outbreaks of SARS, Avian Flu, H1N1, and XDR-TB have...
by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | Asia, North America
Confronting Global Pandemics: Lessons from China and the U.S. Rachel D. Schwartz and Jonathan Schwartz The 2003 outbreak of SARS and its subsequent spread raised awareness about the global threat of emerging infectious diseases. The Chinese response to this disease,...
by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Health Security, North America
The North American Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza: A Case Study of Regional Health Security in the 21st Century Donald Howard Avery In August 2007, the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States established the North American Plan for Avian &...
by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Pandemic Response
H1N1 Returns, Again: The Globalization, Re-Conceptualization and Vaccination of “Swine Flu” James Ricci With the emergence of H1N1 in April 2009 and the subsequent declaration of a pandemic by the World Health Organization, infectious diseases have once again taken a...
by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Pandemic Response
Governance Implications of Emerging Infectious Disease Surveillance and Response as Global Public Goods Joshua Michaud Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are a continuing and serious threat to global health and welfare, but worldwide, country-level disease...
by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | Pandemic Response
Look But Don’t Touch: Overemphasis on Surveillance in Analysis of Outbreak Response Frank L. Smith Most literature about global health governance assumes that surveillance is the most important public health function during pandemics and other transnational outbreaks....
by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | Asia, Global Health Diplomacy, Pandemic Response
Indonesia, H5N1, and Global Health Diplomacy Rachel Irwin The World Health Organization (WHO) is mandated to be the United Nations specialized agency for health. However, in light of changing disease trends, the increased “globalization” of health, and the entry of...
by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | International Health Regulations, Pandemic Response
The Revised International Health Regulations: A Framework for Global Pandemic Response Rebecca Katz and Julie Fischer The 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak tested the revised International Health Regulations [IHR (2005)] robustly for the first time. The IHR (2005)...
by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | International Health Regulations, International Law, Sub-Saharan Africa
Is There an International Duty to Protect Persons in the Event of an Epidemic? Sara E. Davies In 2006, the International Law Commission began a study into the role of states and international organizations in protecting persons in the event of a disaster. Special...
by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | Pandemic Response
Introduction: Tackling Pandemics as a Governance Challenge Jeremy Youde Writing in Foreign Affairs in 2007, Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota warned: No one can predict when the next pandemic will occur or how severe it will be. But it will occur for...
by ghgovernance | Apr 1, 2010 | Spring 2010 Special Issue: Tackling Pandemics as a Governance Challenge
Tackling Pandemics as a Governance Challenge Guest Editor: Jeremy Youde Introduction Jeremy Youde Is There an International Duty to Protect Persons in the Event of an Epidemic? Sara E. Davies The Revised International Health Regulations: A Framework for Global...
by ghgovernance | Sep 1, 2009 | Book Review
Review of Innovation in Global Health Governance: Critical Cases by Andrew F. Cooper and John J. Kirton, editors. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2009. 422 pp. Hardcover: £60.00, ISBN: 978-0-7546-4872-7, 978-0-7546-8985-0 (e-book) Reviewed by James Ricci From avian...
by ghgovernance | Sep 1, 2009 | Book Review
Review of Health and Health Care in the New Russia by Nick Manning and Nataliya Tikhonova, editors. England: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2009. xvii, 314 pp. Hardcover $114.95, ISBN 978-0-7546-7427-6. Reviewed by Amanda Teckman For years, the media has blamed Russia’s...
by ghgovernance | Sep 1, 2009 | Book Review, World Bank
Review of The Battle against Hunger: Choice, Circumstance, and the World Bank, by Devi Sridhar New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 256 pp. Hardcover: $85.00, ISBN: 9780199549962 Reviewed by Jeremy M. Bennett and Omer Gokcekus For over four decades, there has been...
by ghgovernance | Sep 1, 2009 | Noncommunicable Diseases
Quality of Life Estimation with Structural Equation Modeling in School Aged Children with Asthma Sheniz Moonie, Xuan Huang, David A. Sterling Significant increases in childhood asthma prevalence and mortality has prompted federal and regulatory agencies to work...
