[EQ] Health and Development: Toward a Matrix Approach

Health and Development: Toward a Matrix Approach

 

Anna Gatti and Andrea Boggio (editors)

 

“……There is growing awareness of the crucial relationship between health and development. But while the importance of this relationship may be obvious, scholars are still debating about the nature of it, and different assumptions on this crucial relationship have an impact on the developmental agenda of international organizations and their modus operandi at country level.

 

Is good health a consequence or a pre-requisite of country development? How does the long term impact of different diseases affect economic development? Health and Development will address these and other questions, bringing the reader to a closer understanding of the role of international organizations in the health arena….”

 

 

Table of Contents

Preface; L. Brilliant and H. Rosling

Introduction: Toward a Matrix Approach; A. Gatti and A. Boggio

 

PART I: THE GLOBAL HEALTH ARENA

Global Health: Getting it Right

Laurie Garrett and Kammerle Schneider

 

The first chapter (plus table of contents and index) is available free online as PDF [20p.] at:
 http://www.palgrave.com/PDFs/1403947376.Pdf.

 

“……Over the last decade, humanitarian attention to the health of the world’s poor, security concerns over the spread of pandemic diseases, and the recognition that health is a key determinant of economic growth, labor force productivity, and poverty reduction have propelled global health to the forefront of the international development agenda. Correspondingly, since the start of the twenty-first century we have seen the global health landscape transformed by a sixfold increase in foreign aid and private spending (United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon 2007).1 There has been a massive increase in the number of nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, and private actors vying to implement programs with this windfall. This is a fantastic moment for global health; but without mechanisms to harmonize efforts, track the commitments made and the dollars spent, and evaluate the impacts on local communities – this boon could simply add to the chaos, even undermining basic health achievements.

 

From the World Economic Forum in Davos to the TED conference in Monterey, from U2 rock concerts in London to the annual Clinton Global Initiative in New York – the surge is on. Money is showering down on health programs like never before. But with investment comes expectations. In the past, too many UN targets or G8 commitments have fallen short, deeply disappointing people in need. At the level of developing countries, where these activities are targeted, hundreds of foreign entities, both large and small, are competing for the attention of local governments, civil society interest, and the desperately short supply of trained healthcare workers. Ministers of Health say that their days are overwhelmed by long lines of NGOs and bilateral program contractors, each demanding their attention. And all too often, these entities have come to impose their programs on the country – not to genuinely work with the country to meet its needs….”

 

The World Health Organization and its Role in Health and Development; R. Koskenmaki, E. Granziera and G. L. Burci

Beyond the Matrix: Thinking Three-dimensionally About Social Determinants of Health; T. Schrecker and R. Labonté

Research and Innovation in Health and Development; S. A. Matlin

 

 

PART II: HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES

Health and Evolution; F. C. Sforza

Health and Development: An Economic Perspective; D. Evans

Health, Development, and Human Rights; S. Marks

Health and Development: An Ethics Perspective; A. Boggio

 

PART III: GLOBAL HEALTH AND VULNERABILITY

Health and Development: The Role of International Organizations in Population Ageing; C. Phillipson, C. Estes and E. Portacolone

Child Health and Development; L. Richter and C. Desmond

Women Health and Development; L. Manderson

 

PART IV: THE INTERRELATION BETWEEN SPECIFIC DISEASE AND DEVELOPMENT

Long Term Impacts of Leading Chronic Diseases in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Comparative Analysis; D. Stuckler and D. Yach

Strategies for Financing Universal Access to Health Care and Prevention: Lessons Learned and Perspective for the 21st Century; S.

Spinaci and V. Crowel

HIV Epidemic and Response: Social, Economic and Development Impact; K.A. Kutch, D. Yu and Y. Souteyrand

Global TB Control: Persisting Problems, Shifting Solutions; M. W. Uplekar and M. C. Raviglione

 

Websites:

http://www.amazon.com/Health-Development-Role-International-Organizations/dp/1403947376

http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=270477

 

 

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