This is a new volume in global health analyzes twenty first century innovations in global health governance. It addresses questions of pandemics, essential medicines and disease eradication through detailed case studies of a range of issues providing coverage of critical and rapidly spreading infectious diseases and 'lifestyle' illnesses such as SARS, Polio Plus and tobacco control all of which are at the centre of the current global health challenge.

Given its contemporary focus and wide range of world leading experts, this study is highly suitable for courses on global governance generally and global public health specifically, in political science, economics, law and related fields. Scholars, practitioners and clinicians seeking a context for their front line health care provision, will find this volume invaluable.

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