Bridging the divide: global governance of trade and health
Kelley Lee, Devi Sridhar, Mayur Patel
This is the second in a Series of six papers on trade and health Centre on Global Change and Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
Development (M Patel MPhil),
Volume 373, Issue 9661, Pages 353-432 - 31 January 2009-6 February 2009
Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)61776-6/abstract
The main institutions responsible for governing international trade and health—the World Trade Organization (WTO), which replaced the General Agreement on Tariff s and Trade (GATT) in 1995, and WHO—were established after World War 2. For many decades the two institutions operated in isolation, with little cooperation between them.
The growth and expansion of world trade over the past half century amid economic globalisation, and the increased importance of health issues to the functioning of a more interconnected world, brings the two domains closer together on a broad range of issues. Foremost is the capacity of each to govern their respective domains, and their ability to cooperate in tackling issues that lie at the intersection of trade and health. This paper discusses how the governance of these two areas relate to one another, and how well existing institutions work together…”
Trade and Health SERIES – The Lancet
Launched in
"The fact that trade directly and indirectly affects the health of the global population with an unrivalled reach and depth undoubtedly makes it a key health issue", states a Comment introducing the Series.
Executive summary
Many health professionals perceive trade as complex or unrelated to their practice. The Series on trade and health provides timely analysis of the key challenges to achieving an appropriate balance between trade and health across a diverse range of issues. This six-part Series examines differences in structures of the World Trade Organization and the World Health Organization that promote wealth before health. Issues of global trade governance, effects of trade practices on health of workers and the implications of intellectual property rights for access to live-saving medicines are all explored.
Series Comments
Trade and health: time for the health sector to get involved
Trade agreements and health in developing countries
Health before profits? Learning from
Trade and health: the need for a political economic analysis
Series Papers
Managing the pursuit of health and wealth: the key challenges
Bridging the divide: global governance of trade and health
Trade and social determinants of health
Trade in health-related services
Trade, TRIPS, and pharmaceuticals
Trade and health: an agenda for action
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