Using internal documents, meeting records, personal interviews and secondary sources, Siddiqi analyses WHO policies and programmes from a non-medical perspectiv

Controlling a major infectious disease outbreak or reducing rising rates of diabetes worldwide is not just about applying medical science. Protecting and promot

The long separation of health and International Relations, as distinct academic fields and policy arenas, has now dramatically changed. Health, concerned with t

A history of the World Health Organization, covering major achievements in its seventy years while also highlighting the organization's internal tensions. This

The World Health Organization (WHO), as the United Nations specialized agency for health, has been at the centre of international health cooperation for over si