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The geographical redistribution of malarious mosquitoes as a consequence of global climate change; the spread of meningococcal disease among pilgrims to the annual Hajj pilgrimage; the spread of resistance as a result of irrational use of antibiotics and other drugs; the implications for access to essential medicines of trade measures protecting intellectual property rights; the worsening of the tobacco pandemic as a result of the global restructuring of the tobacco industry; the weakening of health services in very poor countries as a result of health worker migration — all of these issues, and many others — have come to define a rapidly expanding agenda known as global health (Lee and Collin, 2005). Global health is now among the fastest growing fields, as reflected in the rapid expansion of teaching, scholarly research and policy initiatives worldwide.
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Lee, K. (2009). Understandings of Global Health Governance: The Contested Landscape. In: Kay, A., Williams, O.D. (eds) Global Health Governance. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230249486_2
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