Health Norms and the Governance of Global Development

<p>This 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.</p><p>Covid-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. As states and regions become more interconnected the politics of health are increasingly relevant to the sustainable future envisioned by global governance. This book explains how considerations of global health have come to inform and infuse the United Nations development agenda. It identifies processes actors institutions and interactions in global health by analysing two related case studies: the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals. </p><p>Providing an overview of and insights about the context of global development thinking and practice the subtleties of global health and global health governance this book is an innovative contribution to the literature. It is suitable for students and scholars of global health development studies and international relations.</p>