The Politics of Global Health Governance: United by Contagion

AIDS, Ebola, SARS and Malaria – the list of deadly infectious diseases that provoke panic and cause devastating losses of life and economic welfare is effectively endless. In recent years the fight hostile to infectious diseases has become a vehicle for cooperation in a world that is truly united by contagion. To an unprecedented degree, governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, philanthropic foundations, and private sector businesses are banding together to control, control and, when possible, cure infectious diseases. This book examines the nature and politics of global cooperation to combat infectious diseases in a world more interconnected than at any top in history.