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Jeremy Youde Polity Press (June 2012) ISBN 9780745653099 188 pages $24.95 With a mixed approach combining the international legal environment with increasingly pressing global health issues, Jeremy Youde’s Global Health Governance provides an…

Maude Barlow The New Press (June 2009) ISBN 9781595584533 196 pages $16.95 In Blue Covenant, Maude Barlow seeks to impress upon the reader the importance of sustainable and equitable access to safe drinking water. Starting with a thorough account of why…

An IPS article reports on the human rights violations and health plight of thousands in eastern Myanmar, a region experiencing frequent conflict along the volatile Thai-Myanmar border. The communities in this area are considered “highly vulnerable” and…

Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen Zavestoski, and the Contested Illnesses Research Group University of California Press (December 2011) ISBN 9780520270213 352 pages $29.95 In Contested Illnesses, Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen…

Reuters notes that the United Nations AIDS program has released a report linking  improved access to antiretroviral drugs as a major factor in the decreased incidence of deaths from HIV and AIDS.The report was released just ahead of the International…

David H. Stone Radcliffe Publishing (April 2012) ISBN 9781846194719 254 pages $49.95 In The Growing Global Public Health Crisis and How to Address It, David Stone writes about the current state of global health and explains why such issues are relevant…

AlertNet reports that even amid government pledges to allow for easier access to food relief in areas of conflict around Sudan’s border states, aid groups believe these populations are still in danger of famine. The proposal was first suggested by a…

The European Parliament’s rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been lauded as a positive move towards “ensuring continued access to affordable and essential drugs and medication essential for the fulfillment of the right to…

George J. Annas Oxford University Press (June 2011) ISBN 9780199840717 335 pages $24.95 Available at Amazon.com In Worst Case Bioethics: Death, Disaster, and Public Health, George Annas examines bioethics and ensuing policy through responses to the…

By Kathy Wang On June 28, the US Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), including one of its most controversial provisions: the individual mandate. Starting in 2014, most Americans will be obliged to have health…