Health or trade? A critique of contemporary approaches to global health diplomacy

Asian Journal of WTO and International Health Law and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 355-380

  Aginam, Obijiofor ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti retroviral drugs; Food safety; GATS; Global health diplomacy; Global health governance; Globalization of public health; HIV AIDS; Migration of health professionals; Public health; SARS; SPS agreement; TRIPS; Westphalian governance; WHO; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869017929     PISSN: 18195164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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