Soft Law and Global Health Problems - Lessons From Responses to Hiv/aids, Malaria and Tuberculosis

A legal examination of global health governance issues relating to access to essential medicines for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

List of contents

1. Framing international legal responses to global health; 2. Hard law and soft law in the global context; 3. Hard law and access to ARVs: examining intellectual property rights; 4. Hard law and access to ARVs: examining the right to health; 5. The soft approach: the Doha Declaration on Public Health; 6. The soft approach: greater access to ARVs within the United Nations; 7. Examining soft law in action: the 3 by 5 initiative and The Global Fund; 8. The case of tuberculosis and malaria; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Sharifah Sekalala is a public international lawyer and development practitioner with experience in research and policy in resource-constrained settings. She has expertise in trade and development, and global health, with particular emphasis on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. She is also an Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick, where her research focuses on the intersection between international law and global health, particularly with regard to norms in global health financing. Previously, Sharifah worked in the International Bar Association in London and practised as an advocate in Uganda.

Summary

This book is for legal, development, policy and health scholars who are interested in global health law. It examines key global health governance questions on how the international community can create access to essential medicines for the millions of people who are suffering from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Product details

• Authors: Sharifah Sekalala, Sharifah (University of Warwick) Sekalala, Sekalala Sharifah
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781107627598
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62759-8
• No. of pages: 326
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, Medical & healthcare law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Medical and healthcare law