Main description:

This book argues that the new actors in global health constitute a 'private turn' 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.

Contents:

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