An Introduction to Global Health Delivery Practice, Equity, Human Rights

In the last two decades, the rise of global health studies at universities across the world reflects the interest of a growing generation of students motivated to be involved in progressive global change. Grassroots advocacy for health equity and strong leadership in the global South have catalyzed a paradigm shift from primarily preventative health programs to holistic systems providing health care as a human right. To succeed in this field, students must not only understand the elements needed to deliver equitable health care but also the historical and social factors that cause and propagate health disparities.

An Introduction to Global Health Delivery, Second Edition is an immersive introduction to global health's origins, actors, interventions, and challenges from the ongoing impacts of racism to the momentum for the delivery of care that began with the AIDS movement through to the current era of COVID-19. Informed by physician Joia Mukherjee's quarter-century of experience fighting disease and poverty in more than a dozen countries, it delivers a clear-eyed overview of the movement underway to address injustice, reduce global health disparities, and deliver health care as a human right. This second edition extends the lens of global health delivery to address the challenges of COVID-19 and the prevention of future pandemics. It features updated chapters exploring pandemics, preparedness, and the intersection of key social movements with the right to health care, including Black Lives Matter, decolonization, and climate justice.

Enriched with case studies and exercises that encourage readers to think critically about equitable global health delivery, An Introduction to Global Health Delivery, Second Edition is the essential starting point for readers of any background seeking a practical grounding in global health's promise and progress.

Joia S. Mukherjee, MD, MPH, is Chief Medical Officer at Partners in Health. She is also Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where she directs
the Masters degree program in Global Health Delivery. Dr. Mukherjee has served as an expert consultant for the World Health Organization and Ministries of Health on HIV, tuberculosis, health systems strengthening, and health workforce development.

Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, is Kolokotrones University Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and Co-founder and Chief strategist of Partners In Health.

Foreword by Paul Farmer
Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: History of Global Health Delivery

1. The Roots of Global Health Inequity

2. Reversing the Tide: Lessons from the Movement for AIDS Treatment Access

3. The Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals


Part II: Principles of Global Health Delivery

4. Global Health and the Global Burden of Disease

5. Understanding and Practicing Social Medicine

6. Universal Health Coverage: Ensuring Healthy Lives and Promoting Well-Being for All at All Ages

7. Health Financing


Part III: Health Systems Strengthening

8. Human Resources for Health

9. Community Health Workers

10. The Evolution of Drug Access

11. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Quality Improvement in Global Health


Part IV: Pandemics, Globalization, and Social Change

12. Pandemic Preparedness and Response: A Biosocial Analysis

13. Political Will, Leadership, and the Importance of Decolonization

14. Governance and International Cooperation

15. Justice: Activism, Advocacy, and Social Change


Appendix 1: Exercises
Appendix 2: Additional Resources