Health Norms and the Governance of Global Development

Name: Health Norms and the Governance of Global Development
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Health Norms and the Governance of Global DevelopmentThe Invention of Global Health\nAuthor(s): Anders Granmo, Pieter Fourie\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367625658, 978-0367625658\nSynopsis\nThis book maps the emergence of health in global development discourse and governance since 1990. It argues that health norms have emerged, diffused, and subsequently become internalised through the various direct and indirect negotiation processes that created the global development goals.\n\nCovid-19, Ebola, and HIV/AIDS are prime illustrations of the fact that health is supremely political. Governments whether they are local, national, international, or multilateral make decisions about their policy responses, coordinate their response, and channel the necessary resources. Such decisions are informed by local and global conditions as well as sets of values, norms, and standards that determine policy and interventions.