Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Roots of Global Health Inequity -- Reversing the Tide: Lessons from the Movement for AIDS Treatment Access -- The Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals--Global Health and the Global Burden of Disease -- Understanding and Practicing Social Medicine -- Universal Health Coverage: Ensuring Healthy Lives and Promoting Well-Being for All at All Ages -- Health Financing Part III: Health Systems Strengthening -- Human Resources for Health -- Community Health Workers -- The Evolution of Drug Access -- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Quality Improvement in Global Health -- Pandemic Preparedness and Response: A Biosocial Analysis -- Political Will, Leadership, and the Importance of Decolonization -- Governance and International Cooperation -- Justice: Activism, Advocacy, and Social Change

"In 2019, a child born in Japan will live to the age of 84, whereas a child born in Sierra Leone will only live until the age of 54.1 Similar disparities exist between rich and poor communities within countries.2 These differences in life expectancy are not caused by genetics, biology, or culture. Health inequities are caused by poverty, racism, a lack of medical care, and other social forces that influence health. A critical analysis of the historical roots of this gross and systemic inequality and of the political economy that continues inequality is a fundamental part of the study of global health"--