Global health law / Lawrence O. Gostin.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.

xvi, 541 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-501) and index.

Global health justice : towards a transformative agenda for health equity -- Globalized health hazards : the need for collective global action -- Global health law in the broader currents of global governance for health -- Fulfilling the promise of the World Health Organization -- Old and new institutions : from the World Bank to the Global Fund, GAVI Alliance, and Gates Foundation -- The international health regulations : responding to public health emergencies of international concern -- The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control : the global response to tobacco -- Health and human rights : human dignity, global justice, and personal security -- Global health, international trade, and intellectual property : toward a fair deal for the global south -- "Getting to zero" : scientific innovation, social mobilization, and human rights in the AIDS pandemic -- The international migration of health workers : a troubling example of global injustice -- Pandemic influenza: a case study on global health security -- The "silent" pandemic of non-communicable diseases -- Imagining global health with justice.