Going Public: The Unmaking and Remaking of Universal Healthcare

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Ramya Kumar (University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka) Anne-Emanuelle Birn (University of Toronto)

Going Public

The Unmaking and Remaking of Universal Healthcare

Ramya Kumar (University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka), Anne-Emanuelle Birn (University of Toronto)

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English

Cambridge University Press
18 January 2024

Privatisation; Health systems & services; Medical insurance

Series: Elements in Global Development Studies

This Element highlights the pivotal role of corporate players in universal health coverage ideologies and implementation, and critically examines social innovation-driven approaches to expanding primary care in low-income settings. It first traces the evolving meanings of universal health/healthcare in global health politics and policy, analysing their close, often hidden, intertwining with corporate interests and exigencies. It then juxtaposes three social innovations targeting niche 'markets' for lower-cost services in the Majority World, against three present-day examples of publicly financed and delivered primary healthcare (PHC), demonstrating what corporatization does to PHC, within deeply entrenched colonial-capitalist structures and discourses that normalize inferior care, private profit, and dispossession of peoples.

By: Ramya Kumar (University of Jaffna Sri Lanka), Anne-Emanuelle Birn (University of Toronto)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781009454094
ISBN 10: 1009454099
Series: Elements in Global Development Studies
Pages: 102
Publication Date: 18 January 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Setting the stage; 2. Corporatising health for all, step by step; 3. Innovating for whose benefit? global health inc.'s ventures in low-income settings; 4. Towards healthcare justice in the majority world; 5. Conclusion; References.