| International Public Health: Patients' Rights vs. the Protection of Patents Contributor(s): Beigbeder, Yves (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815389809 ISBN-13: 9780815389804 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Political Science |
| Dewey: 362.1 |
| Physical Information: (0.41 lbs) 187 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This perceptive book highlights the need for cooperation between major organisations - whether intergovernmental, commercial or nongovernmental - to ensure developing countries have access to affordable medicines and vaccines, in spite of their different mandates and interests. Yves Beigbeder reviews specific areas of international public health issues and programmes from the vantage point of one particular intergovernmental organisation - the World Health Organisation. He includes studies on the value and risks of public-private partnerships, the access of poor populations to essential drugs and the fight against malaria and tuberculosis and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Further chapters focus on polio eradication, onchocerciasis control, alliances for vaccines and immunization, the promotion of breastfeeding, and the struggle against the tobacco industry. |
