Africa’s Health Challenges: Sovereignty, Mobility of People and Healthcare Governance

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This volume addresses the ideational and policy-oriented challenges of Africa’s health governance due to voluntary and involuntary cross-border migration of people and diseases in a growing 'mobile Africa'. The collected set of specialized contributions in this volume examines how national and regional policy innovation can address the competing conception of sovereignty in dealing with Africa’s emerging healthcare problems in a fast-paced, interconnect world. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Figures ......Page 8 List of Tables ......Page 10 Notes on Contributors......Page 12 Preface......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 16 Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 18 Part I Introduction......Page 20 1 The Global Health Challenge in Africa......Page 22 Part II Sovereignty......Page 36 2 Sovereignty: Changing Conceptions and Challenges......Page 38 Part III The African Health Problem......Page 58 3 Globalization and Health Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Labour Market Perspective......Page 60 4 Managing the Mobility of Health Professionals......Page 84 5 International Migration, the Health of Migrants, and Global Health Governance......Page 112 Part IV National and Regional Policy Responses and Innovation......Page 128 6 Integrating Science and Community Development: The Practice of Traditional Medicine in Fighting HIV and AIDS......Page 130 7 Health Professionals and Sustainable Economic Development in the Horn of Africa......Page 146 8 Strengthening Health Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Millennium Development Challenge......Page 178 9 The WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel: The Evolution of Global Health Diplomacy......Page 202 Part V Conclusion......Page 228 10 Moving Health Sovereignty: Global Challenge, African Perspective......Page 230 Bibliography......Page 234 Index......Page 264