Soft law and global health problems lessons from responses to HIV/AIDs, malaria and tuberculosis

Various legal approaches have been taken internationally to improve global access to essential medicines for people in developing countries. This book focuses on the millions of people suffering from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Beginning with the AIDS campaign for antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, Sha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sekalala, Sharifah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Framing international legal responses to global health
  • Hard law and soft law in the global context
  • Hard law access to ARVs : examining intellectual property rights
  • Hard law and access to ARVs : examining the right to health
  • The soft approach : the Doha Declaration on Public Health
  • The soft approach : greater access to ARVs within the United Nations
  • Examining soft law in action: the 3 by 5 initiative and the global fund
  • The case of tuberculosis and malaria