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Chapter 1 -- Introduction: International Public Health: Morality, Politics, Poverty, War, Disease (Michael Boylan) -- Part 1: Morality and Politics -- Chapter 2. The Extended Community Worldview Imperative: Becoming a Citizen of the World (Michael Boylan) -- Chapter 3. Personal or Public Health (Muireann Quigley) -- Chapter 4. Exploring the Philosophical Foundations of the Human Rights Approach to International Public Health Ethics (Kristen Hessler) -- Chapter 5. Moral Interests, Privacy, and Medical Research (Deryck Beyleveld) -- Chapter 6. Torture and Public Health (Wanda Teays) -- Chapter 7. Exporting the "Culture of Life" (Laura Purdy) -- Part 2: Money and Poverty -- Chapter 8. International Health Inequalities and Global Justice' (Norman Daniels) -- Chapter 9. Poverty, Human Rights, and Just Distribution (John-Stewart Gordon) -- Chapter 10. Why Should We Help the Poor? Philosophy and Poverty (Christian Illies) -- Chapter 11. Health Care Justice: The Social Insurance Approach (David Cummiskey) -- Chapter 12. Investments, Universal Ownership, and Public Health (Henrik Syse) -- Part 3: Medical Need and Response -- Chapter 13. Toward Control of Infectious Disease: Ethical Challenges for a Global Effort (Margaret P. Battin) -- Chapter 14. Shaping Ethical Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic (Rosemarie Tong) -- Chapter 15. TB Matters More (Michael J. Selgelid) -- Chapter 16. Ethics of Management of Gender Atypical Organization in Children and Adolescents (Simona Giordano) -- Chapter 17. Clean Water (Michael Boylan) -- Part 4: Contemporary Challenges -- Chapter 18. What, If Anything, Should Count as Elder Abuse? (Felicia Nimue Ackerman) -- Chapter 19. Contemporary Public Health Challenges in Africa (Takunda Matose) -- Chapter 20. The use of DNR in Pandemic Treatment (Stephen Latham) -- Chapter 21. CRISPR and Cut and Paste Genetics (Sahotra Sarkar).

The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa could become one of the worst infectious-disease-driven humanitarian crises of recent times. With more than 3000 deaths since the first case was confirmed in March 2014, the international community has recognized Ebola as a public health emergency of international concern and a clear threat to global health security. The complexity of dealing with this Ebola outbreak has highlighted the need for traditional actors, such as WHO and the CDC, to embrace the wider health and humanitarian community. The epidemic reinforces the need for nations to investment in health infrastructure and disease surveillance to keep pace with other developments in Africa. If Ebola arrives in high-income and middleincome nations, it should be contained quickly. The crisis shows the importance of sufficient levels of multilateral funding for WHO. The world needs a strong WHO, with the financing and political influence to fulfil its historic mission.

Public health policies continue to play important roles in national and international health reforms. However, the influence and legacies of the public health eras during which such policies are formulated remain largely underappreciated. The limited appreciation of this relationship may hinder consistent adoption of public health policies by nation-states, and encumber disinvestment from ineffective or anachronistic policies. This article reviews seven public health eras and highlights how each era has influenced international policy formulation for leprosy control—"the fertile soil for policy learning". The author reiterates the role of health leadership and health activism in facilitating consistency in international health policy formulation and implementation for leprosy control.

On December 31, 2019, the Chinese government announced an outbreak of a novel coronavirus, recently named COVID‐19. During the following weeks the international medical community has witnessed with unprecedented coverage the public health response both domestically by the Chinese government, and on an international scale as cases have spread to dozens of countries. While much regarding the virus and the Chinese public health response is still unknown, national and public health institutions globally are preparing for a pandemic. As cases and spread of the virus grow, emergency and other front‐line providers may become more anxious about the possibility of encountering a potential case. This review describes the tenets of a public health response to an infectious outbreak by using recent historical examples and also by characterizing what is known about the ongoing response to the COVID‐19 outbreak. The intent of the review is to empower the practitioner to monitor and evaluate the local, national and global public health response to an emerging infectious disease.

There is no time more opportune to review the workings of the International Health Regulations (IHR) than the present COVID-19 crisis. This article analyses the theoretical and practical aspects of international public health law (IPHL), particularly the IHR, to argue that it is woefully unprepared to protect human rights in times of a global public health crisis. To rectify this, the article argues that the IHR should design effective risk reduction and response strategies by incorporating concepts from international disaster law (IDL). Along similar lines, this article suggests that IDL also has a lot to learn from IPHL in terms of greater internationalisation and institutionalisation. Institutionalisation of IDL on par with IPHL will provide it with greater legitimacy, transparency and accountability. This article argues that greater cross-pollination of ideas between IDL and IPHL is necessary in order to make these disciplines more relevant for the future.

"This perceptive book highlights the need for cooperation between major organisations - whether intergovernmental, commercial or nongovernmental - to ensure developing countries have access to affordable medicines and vaccines, in spite of their different mandates and interests. Yves Beigbeder reviews specific areas of international public health issues and programmes from the vantage point of one particular intergovernmental organisation - the World Health Organisation. He includes studies on the value and risks of public-private partnerships, the access of poor populations to essential drugs and the fight against malaria and tuberculosis and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Further chapters focus on polio eradication, onchocerciasis control, alliances for vaccines and immunization, the promotion of breastfeeding, and the struggle against the tobacco industry."--Provided by publisher.