From Alma Ata to the Global Fund: The history of international health policy
“Global Funds are like stars in the sky, you can see them, admire them, appreciate their abundance… but fail to touch them.” - Ministry of Health Official, Malawi Abstract The paper traces the evolution of international health policies and international health institutions, starting from the birth o...
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2008-01-01
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| description | “Global Funds are like stars in the sky, you can see them, admire them, appreciate their abundance… but fail to touch them.” - Ministry of Health Official, Malawi Abstract The paper traces the evolution of international health policies and international health institutions, starting from the birth of the World Health Organization, the setting up of the Health for All target at the Alma Ata conference in 1978 and the rise of neo-liberal policies promoted by international financial institutions from 1980 to the present. The paper looks at different issues surrounding public-private partnerships and the setting up of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the influence of these institutions on the health systems in poor countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-155f8ec060c04af88b241d6a9fabf27a2022-12-22T03:17:37ZengSocial Medicine Publication GroupSocial Medicine1557-71122008-01-01313648From Alma Ata to the Global Fund: The history of international health policyItalian Global Health Watch“Global Funds are like stars in the sky, you can see them, admire them, appreciate their abundance… but fail to touch them.” - Ministry of Health Official, Malawi Abstract The paper traces the evolution of international health policies and international health institutions, starting from the birth of the World Health Organization, the setting up of the Health for All target at the Alma Ata conference in 1978 and the rise of neo-liberal policies promoted by international financial institutions from 1980 to the present. The paper looks at different issues surrounding public-private partnerships and the setting up of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the influence of these institutions on the health systems in poor countries.http://www.socialmedicine.info/index.php/socialmedicine/article/view/186 |
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| title | From Alma Ata to the Global Fund: The history of international health policy |
| title_full | From Alma Ata to the Global Fund: The history of international health policy |
| title_fullStr | From Alma Ata to the Global Fund: The history of international health policy |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Alma Ata to the Global Fund: The history of international health policy |
| title_short | From Alma Ata to the Global Fund: The history of international health policy |
| title_sort | from alma ata to the global fund the history of international health policy |
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