Global Health and International Community

John Coggan is Research Fellow in the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester, UKSwati Gola is a PhD student at the School of Law, University of Manchester, UK

• Introduction, John Coggon and Swati GolaPart I: Framing Global Ethics and International Justice1. On Some Difficulties for Any Theory of Global Health Justice, Stephen R. Latham 2. Ethics and Global Health Inequalities, Richard Ashcroft 3. Why Bioethics Must Be Global, Heather Widdows and Peter West-Oram 4. Needs, Obligations and International Relations for Global Health in the 21st Century, Solomon R Benatar 5. Just Health, From National to Global: Claiming Global Social Protection, Gorik Ooms and Rachel HammondsPart II: Practical Challenges in Global Health Governance6. Righting Climate Change Wrongs? The Human Right to Health as Accountability Mechanism for the Health Impacts of Climate Change, Keith Syrett 7. Genetically Modified Organisms: An Ethical and Sustainable Way to Food Security? Lisbeth Witthøfft Nielsen 8. Improving Global Health: Intellectual Property Rights and Alternative Ways of Incentivising Innovation, Sadie Regmi 9. Drug Resistance, Patents and Justice: Who Owns the Effectiveness of Antibiotics?, James Wilson 10. Health in the International Governance of Biotechnology – The Real, the Ideal and the Achievable, Catherine Rhodes 11. Awareness of and Education about the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC): Why This Is Needed By All Life Scientists and How It Might Be Achieved, Malcolm DandoPart III: Political and Regulatory Responses in Global Health12. The Human Right to Health: Whose Obligation?, Doris Schroeder 13. Institutionalising Solidarity for Health, Thomas Gebauer 14. Reinforcing Global Health Normative Frameworks and Legal Obligations: Can Adaptive Governance Help?, William Onzivu15. Meeting Basic Survival Needs of the World’s Least Healthy People: Toward a Framework Convention on Global Health, Lawrence O. Gostin

The chapters in this excellent interdisciplinary volume contribute to, and take forward, a wide-ranging set of important debates in global health. The authors explore fundamental conceptual issues, normative arguments and regulatory issues that lie at the heart of discussions about global justice in relation to health. This stimulating and timely volume will be essential reading for all students, academics and policymakers interested in exploring the place of health within our increasingly interconnected world.