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Global Health Governance

Conflicts on Global Social Rights

Wolfgang Hein

GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany, hein{at}giga-hamburg.de

Lars Kohlmorgen

GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany, kohlmorgen{at}giga-hamburg.de

AB STRACT This article analyses the impact of new institutional structures in global health governance (GHG) on the realization of social rights in poor countries. Focusing on the example of global HIV/AIDS politics. The article argues that new governance modes increase the participation of civil society groups and affected communities, but also that they are frequently instrumentalized by powerful actors to pursue their particular interests. In fact, increasing resources are mobilized for the fight against poverty-related diseases. The article concludes that, as the experience of HIV/AIDS politics, the conflicts around the TRIPS Agreement and the development of Global Public-Private Partnerships GPPPs suggest, GHG is characterized by a combination of moral values and material interests that does not guarantee a comprehensive realization of social rights, but which allows some progress in the fight against poverty-related diseases — a step toward realization of social rights.

Key Words: developing countries • global health governance • global social rights • HIV/AIDS politics • international organizations • new governance modes

Global Social Policy, Vol. 8, No. 1, 80-108 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1468018107086090
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