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Infectious disease accounts for around 26 per cent of all deaths worldwide (Global Health Council, 2006) and is one of the prime examples of a globalised issue requiring a global response. AIDS, for example, has contributed to more than 2.1 million deaths in 2007 alone (UNAIDS/WHO, 2007, p. 1). It has been estimated that a new influenza pandemic could kill up to 150 million people (Nabarro, 2005). With the various economic, demographic and technological changes which globalisation has brought the threat appears ever more acute (Saker et al., 2004).
I am grateful to Adam Kamradt-Scott, Owain Williams, Adrian Kay and the participants in the conference on ‘The Crisis of Global Health Governance: Challenges, Institutions and Political Economy’ (Griffith University, Brisbane, 4–5 September 2007) for comments on earlier drafts of this paper.
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Rushton, S. (2009). Global Governance Capacities in Health: WHO and Infectious Diseases. In: Kay, A., Williams, O.D. (eds) Global Health Governance. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230249486_4
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