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Communicable disease control: a 'Global Public Good' perspective.

Richard Smith1, David Woodward, Arnab Acharya

  • 1Health Economics, Law and Ethics Group, School of Medicine, Health Policy & Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Richard.Smith@uea.ac.uk

Health Policy and Planning
|August 18, 2004
PubMed
Summary

The Global Public Good concept has limitations for organizing communicable disease control. Focusing on collective action failures offers a better framework for international cooperation and funding global health initiatives.

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Area of Science:

  • Global Health
  • Public Policy
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Globalization of health highlights a mismatch between global health challenges and national responsibilities.
  • The Global Public Good (GPG) concept is proposed to address policy mismatches.
  • Communicable disease control (CDC) faces challenges in the context of global health.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the Global Public Good concept as an organizing principle for communicable disease control.
  • To assess the potential of GPG to improve health outcomes in developing nations.
  • To explore alternative frameworks for international cooperation in global CDC.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of the Global Public Good framework applied to communicable disease control.
Keywords:
Health Care and Public Health

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  • Examination of the applicability and limitations of GPG in global health priorities.
  • Discussion of collective action failures as a potential organizing principle.

    • Main Results:

    • Few areas of communicable disease control strictly qualify as Global Public Goods.
    • The GPG concept has significant limitations as a sole organizing principle for global CDC.
    • The GPG concept can, however, guide improvements in international collective action for global CDC.

    Conclusions:

    • The Global Public Good concept is not fully effective for organizing global communicable disease control.
    • Focusing on failures in collective action provides a more practical approach.
    • The GPG concept can still inform funding, investment, partnerships, and political processes for global CDC.