Global Health Policy, Local Realities : : The Fallacy of the Level Playing Field / / ed. by Lenore Manderson, Linda M. Whiteford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Birungi, Harriet,; Castro, Arachu,; Craig, David,; Daar, Abdallah,; Eeuwijk, Peter van,; Justice, Judith,; Kelaher, Margaret,; Manderson, Lenore,; Marchand-Lucas, Lauré,; Markovic, Milica,; Marshall, Patricia A.,; Parker, Richard,; Reynolds Whyte, Susan,; Trostle, James,; Whiteford, Linda M.,; Zarowsky, Christina,; Zhang Gottschang, Suzanne,
• HerausgeberIn: Manderson, Lenore,; Whiteford, Linda M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Directions in Applied Anthropology: Adaptations and Innovations
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 p.)

International health planners often design programs based on the assumption that recipient nations share the same "level playing field" with regard to conceptions of health, illness, and at-risk populations. This volume challenges that perception, analyzing the outcomes of humanitarian projects that fail to recognize local ethnic and national identities, as well as the tensions between international health agencies' mandates and powerful centralized government agendas. Case studies are drawn from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Health, Globalization, and the Fallacy of the Level Playing Field -- Part 1. International Health Policy and Issues of Localization -- 1. The Politics of Child Survival -- 2. Administering the Epidemic: HIV/AIDS Policy, Models of Development, and International Health -- 3. Local Identity, Globalization, and Health in Cuba and the Dominican Republic -- 4. Health Care from the Perspectives of Minahasa Villagers, Indonesia -- Part 2. The Global Pharmacy -- 5. The King’s Law Stops at the Village Gate: Local and Global Pharmacy Regulation in Vietnam -- 6. The Business of Medicines and the Politics of Knowledge in Uganda -- Part 3. Relocating Bodies and Body Parts -- 7. Bodies Transported: Health and Identity Among Involuntary Immigrant Women -- 8. Poverty, Pity, and the Erasure of Power: Somali Refugee Dependency -- 9. Ethical Issues in Human Organ Replacement: A Case Study from India -- Part 4. Globalizing Mothering -- 10. Does Authoritative Knowledge in Infant Nutrition Lead to Successful Breast-Feeding? A Critical Perspective -- 11. Reforming Routines: A Baby-Friendly Hospital in Urban China -- Part 5. Conclusion -- 12. International Health Research: The Rules of the Game -- Selected Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book