Coordinating Actors in the Fight against HIV/AIDS: From "Lead Agency" to Public-Private Partnerships
Author
Editor
- Magdalena Bexell
- Ulrika Mörth
Summary, in English
The chapter traces the development of the international response to the pandemic of HIV/AIDS from the designation of the World Health Organization (WHO) as “lead agency” in the late 1980s to the emergence of a variety of public-private partnerships from the 1990s onwards. This trajectory is related to general trends in global public health governance. Existing partnerships in the field of HIV/AIDS are described and typified. Finally, the legitimacy and democratic qualities of today’s global governance arrangements in the fight against AIDS are discussed in terms of coordination, representation and accountability.
Department/s
Publishing year
2010
Language
English
Publication/Series
Democracy and Public-Private Partnerships in Global Governance
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Topic
- Political Science
Keywords
- WHO
- UNAIDS
- Global Fund
- public-private partnership
- HIV/AIDS
Status
Published
Project
- Democracy Beyond the Nation State? Transnational Actors and Global Governance
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-0-230-23906-7