Global health in transition: The coming of neoliberalism

Abstract:   Global health as a transnational, intergovernmental, value-based initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO), working toward improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide, has for years yielded to a growing reliance on corporate-led solutions. Private organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGO), religious and other philanthropic and charitable organizations, increasingly serve a dominant role in setting the global health agenda. Short-term success in combating epidemics and in the provision of funding for project-based initiatives appeals to supporters of marketization of health services. For 30 years, a neoliberal paradigm has dominated the international political economy and hence the governance of global health. A utilitarian logic or the ethics of consequentialism have attained prominence under such banners as effective altruism or venture philanthropy.  This contrasts with the merits and relevance of deontological ethics in whic.... https://www.seejph.com/index.php/seejph/article/view/1865

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Global health in transition: The coming of neoliberalism ; day:04 ; month:01 ; year:2018 ; South eastern european journal of public health ; (04.01.2018)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Egil Marstein ; Suzanne M. Babich

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/seejph-1865
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020070114282133179884
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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