In recent decades, public health policy and practice have been increasingly challenged by
globalization, even as global financing for health has increased dramatically. This article …

The question of global health has, at least since 9/11,(re) emerged as one of the world's key
geopolitical issues and, as many scholars have noted, this increased attention to the state of …

In the light of scares about potential pandemics such as swine fever and avian flu, the issue
of global health and its governance is of increasing concern to scholars and practitioners of …

Abstract The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) galvanized attention, resources and
accountability on a small number of health concerns of low-and middle-income countries …

The Millennium ushered in renewed interest and investment in global health, in part
because of concerns that globalization would intensify the risks of ill-health. But are we …

A physician-anthropologist explores how public health practices--from epidemiological
modeling to outbreak containment--help perpetuate global inequities. In Epidemic Illusions …

118 the unnatural history of disease, are clear in this selection. This type of criticism is not
common in biomedicine and public health—both of which tend to be thought of as apolitical …

Globalization, a process characterized by the growing interdependence of the world's
people, impacts health systems and the social determinants of health in ways that are …

In imagining the 'global'as the product of unprecedented flows and circulations, do we tend
to ignore its uneven terrain, heterogeneity, and contestation? How might we resist taking the …

Whenever I hear the term 'tropical medicine'or see it in print, what often comes to mind
is,'how delightfully quaint!'Quaint because it is dated, reminiscent of the colonial origins of …