title: Global health: governance and policy development.
abstract: Global health policy is now being influenced by an ever-increasing number of nonstate and non-intergovernmental actors to include influential foundations, multinational corporations, multi-sectoral partnerships, and civil society organizations. This article reviews how globalization is a key driver for the ongoing evolution of global health governance. It describes the massive increases in bilateral and multilateral investments in global health and it highlights the current global and US architecture for performing global health programs. The article closes describing some of the challenges and prospects that characterize global health governance today.
authors.affiliation: Boards on Global Health and African Science Academy Development, Institute of Medicine, National Academies, 500 Fifth Street North West, Washington, DC 20001, USA. pkelley@nas.edu
authors.forename: Patrick W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Kelley
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006291:Health Policy; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D007391:International Cooperation; D038622:Internationality; D011050:Policy Making