Health Impacts of Globalization brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers to analyze specific case studies that provide much needed empirical analysis of the impact of globalization on health. The range of issues covered - AIDS, tobacco control, BSE/CJD, nutrition, cholera, antimicrobial resistance, WTO, global governance - is intended to be illustrative, rather than representative, of the diverse health impacts of global change.

Wide-ranging subject areas: infectious and non-infectious diseases and both high and low-income countries

List of Tables List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction; K.Lee PART I: THE IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON HEALTH A Global Political Economy Approach to AIDS: Institutions, Interests and Implications; K.Lee & A.Zwi Understanding HIV/AIDS as a Global Security Issue; D.Altman The Global Dimensions of BSE and nvCJD: Far from the Maddening Cows; K.Lee & P.Patel Think Global, Smoke Local: Transnational Tobacco Companies and Cognitive Globalization; J.Collin The Impact of Globalization in Nutrition Patterns: A Case Study of the Marshall Islands; R.Smith Globalization and the Challenge of Health for All: A View from Southern Africa; D.Sanders & M.Chopra PART II: TOWARDS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE FOR HEALTH Globalization and Cholera: Implications for Global Governance; K.Lee & R.Dodgson Antimicrobial Resistance: A Challenge for Global Health Governance; D.Fidler Assessing the Health Policy Implications of WTO Trade and Investment Agreements: A Case Study of Finland; M.Koivusalo Trade Policy, the Politics of Access to Drugs and Global Governance for Health; C.Thomas Global Health Governance: Some Theoretical Considerations on the New Political Space; I.Kickbusch References Index