Global health governance [electronic resource] : international law and public health in a divided world / Obijiofor Aginam.

Author
Aginam, Obijiofor, 1969- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2005.
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1 online resource.

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Globalization has immersed all of humanity in a single germ pool. There are no health sanctuaries in a globalizing world. InGlobal Health Governance, Obijiofor Aginam explores the relevance of international law in contemporary public health diplomacy. He focuses on the concept of mutual vulnerability to explore the globalization of disease, in what is paradoxically a global village and a divided world. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, Global Health Governance offers a holistic approach to global health governance involving a multiplicity of actors: nation-states, international organizations, civil society organizations, and private actors. Aginam articulates modest proposals under the rubric of communitarian globalism, a paradigm that strives to meet the ideals of 'law of humanity.' These proposals project a humane global health order where all of humanity is inexorably tied into a global compact and where the health of one nation-state rises and falls with the health of others. International law - with its bold claims to universal protection of human rights and human dignity - is an indispensable governance tool for the reconstruction of damaged public health trust in the relations of nations and peoples.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  • 9781442675377 ((electronic bk.))
  • 1442675373 ((electronic bk.))
  • 1281997730
  • 9781281997739
OCLC
666906594
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