Global Trade and Public Health
Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: Global trade and international trade agreements have transformed the capacity of governments to monitor and to protect public health, to regulate occupational and environmental health conditions and food products, and to ensure affordable access to medications. Proposals under negotiation for the World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the regional Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement cover a wide range of health services, health facilities, clinician licensing, water and sanitation services, and tobacco and alcohol distribution services. Public health professionals and organizations rarely participate in trade negotiations or in resolution of trade disputes. The linkages among global trade, international trade agreements, and public health deserve more attention than they have received to date.
Authors: Ellen R. Shaffer, Howard Waitzkin, Joseph Brenner, Rebeca Jasso-Aguilar
Institution: University of New Mexico
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, US-UK Fulbright Commission, Japan Student Services Organization, National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine
OpenAlex ID: W3170741159