Zed Books Global Health Watch 4: An Alternative World Health Report

The continuing global health crisis is integrally linked to the recent crisis of food, fuel and finance as well as the long term global crisis related to the environment and the democratic deficit in global governance.Global Health Watch, now in its fourth edition, is perceived widely as the definitive voice for an alternate discourse on health and health care. It covers a range of issues that currently impact on health, including the present political and economic architecture in a fast changing and globalised world; a political assessment and concrete country experiences regarding the drive towards UHC; broader determinants of health such as gender based violence and access to water; stories of struggles, actions and change; and a scrutiny of a range of global institutions and processes. It integrates rigorous analysis, alternative proposals and stories of struggles and change to present a compelling case for the imperative to work for a radical transformation of the way we approach actions and policies on health. About the Author The Global Health Watch is a broad collaboration of public health experts, non-governmental organisations, civil society activists, community groups, health workers and academics. It was initiated by the People's Health Movement, Global Equity Gauge Alliance and Medact as a platform of resistance to the neo-liberal dominance in health Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Global Health Watch 4An Alternative World Health ReportBy People's Health MovementZed Books LtdCopyright © 2014 People's Health Movement, Medact, Medico International, Third World Network, Health Action International and ALAMESAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-78360-254-4ContentsBoxes, tables and figures, Images, Acknowledgements, Introduction, SECTION A The global political and economic architecture, A1 The health crises of neoliberal globalization, A2 Fiscal policies in Europe in the wake of the economic crisis: implications for health, A3 Social struggle, progressive governments, and health in Latin America, A4 After the Arab Spring, SECTION B Health systems: current issues and debates, B1 The current discourse on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), B2 The National Health Service (NHS): prey to neoliberal lust for markets, B3 Reform of the Mexican healthcare system: the untold story, B4 Brazil: the rocky road to a universal healthcare system, B5 South Africa: building or destroying health systems?, B6 The right to health in Tunisia, B7 The revival of community health workers in national health systems, B8 The crisis of maternal and reproductive health, B9 The global health workforce crisis, B10 The politics and landscape of medical devices in a global market, SECTION C Beyond healthcare, C1 Social protection: reimagining development, C2 Non-communicable diseases: is big business hijacking the debate?, C3 Nutrition and food sovereignty, C4 Breaking free from gender-based violence, C5 Talking shit: is Community Led Total Sanitation empowering or divisive?, C6 Extractive industries and health, SECTION D Watching, D1 WHO reform: for what purpose?, D2 A new 'business model' for NGOs?, D3 Private sector influence on public health policy, D4 The TRIPS agreement: two decades of failed promises, D5 Cholera epidemic in Haiti, D6 The International Finance Corporation's 'Health in Africa' initiative, D7 The ethical cost of offshoring clinical trials, SECTION E Resistance, actions and change, E1 Reframing health in Bolivia around the concept of 'living well', E2 Social change in El Salvador and the health sector, E3 Venezuela: the impact on health of social change, E4 Colombia: social struggles against the commodification of health, E5 Peru: social movement against neoliberal reforms, E6 Struggles for health in Europe, E7 The struggle against a destructive mining project in Greece, E8 The Right to Food campaign in India, E9 Aboriginal community-controlled health services in Australi