Making a Healthy World: Agencies, Actors and Policies in International Health

by Meri Koivusalo, Eeva Ollila

Overview

This is the first comprehensive account of the agencies involved in international health strategies — notably the World Health Organisation, the World Bank, UNICEF, UNFPA and UNDP.

It describes their organisation, finances, policies and practice, including the World Bank's increasingly dominant role. It examines non-governmental and other actors in the health field, and the main areas of international health policy, including the Health for All and Primary Health Care strategies, health care reform and service delivery, essential drugs policies, reproductive health and population.

The book combines information and analysis with an assertion of the universal right to access to health services.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781856494946
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/01/1997
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Meri Koivusalo is a research fellow in the Globalism and Social Policy Programme of the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES) in Finland.

Eeva Ollila is a medical doctor at STAKES and actively involved with health and development-related networks.
Meri Koivusalo is a research fellow in the Globalism and Social Policy Programme of the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES) in Finland.

Eeva Ollila is a medical doctor at STAKES and actively involved with health and development-related networks.

Table of Contents

PART I: Actors
1. WHO
2. UNICEF
3. World Bank
4. UNFPA
5. UNDP
6. NGOs

PART II: Policies
7. Health for All and Primary Health Care Strategies
8. Health Care Reforms
9. Drug Policies
10. Reproductive Health
11. Emerging Concerns

Editorial Reviews

Well written and clear. It will be a useful text for students on health policy and planning courses.” —Andrew Green, Nuffield Institute for Health

“A most valuable contribution to the debate on current health policy issues. This book deserves the widest possible dissemination and audience.” —Sonia Gill, Foundation for Research in Community Health, Bombay

From the Publisher

Drawing on their own extensive experience and on current literature in the field, two Finnish academics and activists overview the international agencies involved in health. Among them are the World Health Organization, the World Bank, UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNDP. They explain their organization, finances, policies, and practice; and point out in particular the increasing role of the World Bank in setting health policy. They also look at various approaches and movements, such as the Health for All and Primary Health Care strategies, the preoccupation with health care reform and service delivery, the future of essential drugs policies, and issues around reproductive health and population. Paper edition (unseen) $25.00. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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