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Drawing on a wide range of methodologies, this book documents a
diverse portfolio of religious responses to HIV and AIDS at the
local and global levels in sites from sub-Saharan Africa to New
York City. The volume goes beyond the psychology of religion, which
is often based on how religion is used to cope with illness. It
seeks to examine the role of religious institutions and cultures as
key players in civil society, and to examine not only psychological
factors, but social, cultural, economic and political dimensions of
religious responses to the AIDS epidemic. At times religious
movements have provided powerful forces for community mobilisation
in response to the social vulnerability, economic exclusion and
health problems associated with HIV. In other contexts, religious
cultures have reproduced values and practices that have seriously
impeded more effective approaches to mitigate the epidemic. By
highlighting these complex and sometimes contradictory social
processes, this book provides new insights into the potential for
religious institutions to address the HIV epidemic more
effectively. More broadly, it shows how research can be done on
religion in the area of global public health, showing how civil
society organizations shape opportunities for health promotion: a
crucial and new area of global public health research. This book
was originally published as a special issue of Global Public
Health.
In the early twenty-first century, key public health issues and
challenges have taken centre stage on the global scene, and health
has been placed at the heart of our collective aspirations for
human development and well-being. But significant debate exists not
only about the causes, but also about the possible solutions for
nearly all of the most important global health challenges.
Competing visions of the values and perspectives that should
underlie global health policies have emerged, ranging from an
emphasis on cost eff ectiveness and resource constraints on one
extreme, to new calls for health and human rights, and renewed
calls for health and social justice on the other. The role of
different intergovernmental agencies, bilateral or unilateral
donors, public or private institutions and initiatives, has
increasingly been called into question, whilst the spread of
neoliberal policies and programmes, and existing international
trade regimes and intellectual property rights, are deeply
implicated in relation to global health responses. This volume
critically evaluates how the global health industry has evolved and
how the interests of diverse political and economic stakeholders
are shaping the context of a rapidly changing institutional
landscape. Bringing together leading authors from across the world,
the Handbook's eight sections explore: * Critical perspectives on
global health * Globalisation, neoliberalism, and health systems *
The changing shape of global health governance * Development
assistance and the politics of global health * Scale-up,
scale-down, and the sustainability of global health programmes *
Intellectual property rights, trade relations, and global health *
Humanitarian emergencies and global health politics * Human rights,
social justice, and global health The Routledge Handbook on the
Politics of Global Health addresses both the emerging issues and
conceptualisations of the political strategies, policy-making
processes, and global governance of global health, along with
expanding upon and highlighting the critical priorities in this
rapidly evolving field. It provides an authoritative overview for
students, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers working in
or concerned with the politics of public health around the globe.
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