Edited by:

Nana K. Poku and Alan Whiteside

Date of publication:
2004

Published by:

Palgrave MacMillan

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Description:

The re-emergence of infectious disease is a warming that has progress achieved so far towards global security in health may be wasted unless effective development policies are formulated and commitment are made to implement them nationally and internationally. This book bring together a collection of essays from researchers engaged in, or concerned with, the politics of global health strategies, frustrate the possibility of effective engagement and operate to relegate billions of people to a vulnerable and bleak future. From abroad engagement with a global health system, the volume focuses on arguably the most pressing public health issue of modern times-the effective global governance of HIV/AIDS. The underlying objective is to help generate a timely debate and understanding of the impact of globalization on health and the plight of the vulnerable. Collectively, the articles address the power relations which drive the epidemic, frustrate the possibility of alleviation, care and recovery, and operate not just to marginalize those with HIV/AIDS but to relegate entire continents and regions to a vulnerable and bleak future. Surely, HIV/AIDS is the epicenter of the earthquake of globalization that is shaking the development project.