Global Governance of HIV/AIDS

Edited by Obijiofor Aginam, Senior Academic Officer, United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace, Tokyo, Japan, John Harrington, Professor of Law, Cardiff University, Wales, UK and Peter K. Yu, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University, School of Law, US

• Contents:1. IntroductionObijiofor Aginam and John Harrington2. Communitarian Globalism and Disease: A Normative Orientation for Global Health GovernanceObijiofor Aginam3. Is AIDS Treatment Sustainable?Kenneth C. Shadlen4. Access to Paediatric Medicines: The Global Political Economy of Drug Production and Supply for Children in the Developing WorldAvram Denburg and Kelley Lee5. Trade Agreements, Intellectual Property and Access to Essential Medicines: What Future Role for the Right to Health?James Harrison6. Re-visiting the Patents and Access to Medicines Dichotomy: An Evaluation of TRIPs Implementation and Public Health Safeguards in Developing CountriesTahir Amin7. Seizure of Generic Pharmaceuticals in Transit Based on Allegations of Patent Infringement: A Threat to International Trade, Development and Public WelfareFrederick M. Abbott8. Patent Licensing Strategies for the Research and Development of Pharmaceuticals in Developing CountriesGail E. Evans9. Increasing Access through Incentives for Innovation: The Health Impact FundLaura Biron10. Building IPC4D to Promote Access to Essential MedicinesPeter K. Yu11. The Global Governance of HIV/AIDS and the Rugged Road Ahead: An EpiloguePeter K. YuAppendicesIndex

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