Partnerships and Foundations in Global Health Governance

This book argues that the new actors in global health constitute a #x18;private turn#x19; in global health governance, and provides theoretical and practical grounds for viewing global health partnerships and philanthropic foundations as closely aligned in their ideational and material approaches to a range of important issues and crises.

Simon Rushton is Research Fellow in the Centre for Health and International Relations at Aberystwyth University, UK. He has published widely on global health with a particular focus on Global Health Governance, international responses to HIV/AIDS and other diseases, the links between health and security, and issues surrounding conflict and health. Owain David Williams is Research Fellow in the Centre for Health and International Relations at Aberystwyth University, UK. His publications include Global Health Governance: Crisis, Institutions, and Political Economy (co-edited with Adrian Kay). He has worked in and around trade, health and Intellectual Property Rights issues for numerous years.

Private Actors in Global Health Governance; O.D.Williams& S.Rushton
PART I: GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS
A Critical Appraisal of Global Health Partnerships; S.Bartsch
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Expertise, Accountability and the Depoliticisation of Global Health Governance; A.Barnes& G.Wallace Brown
The Alignment Dialogue: GAVI and its Engagement with National Governments in Health Systems Strengthening; P.S.Hill
Evaluating Product Development Partnerships: Beyond quantitative metrics; R.Hanlin
PART II: PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS
Private Foundations and Global Health Partnerships: Philanthropists and 'Partnership Brokerage'; M.Moran
Global Health and the Gates Foundation – In Perspective; D.McCoy &L.McGoey
The Clinton Foundation and Global Health Governance; J.Youde
Private Foundations as Agents of Development in Global Health: What Kind of Impact Do They Have and How To Assess It?; C.Ulbert& B.Hamm
PART III: CROSS-CUTTING THEMES
Co-opting the Global Health Agenda: The Problematic Role of Partnerships and Foundations; T.Faubion, S.Paige& A.L.Pearson
The Limits of Control: The Accountability of Foundations and Partnerships in Global Health; E.Hesselmann
Coda: The End of One Era and the Start of Another: Partnerships, Foundations and the Shifting Political Economy of Global Health; O.D.Williams& S.Rushton