Global Health and the Law

The past two decades have brought revolutionary changes in global health, driven by popular concern over the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), new strains of influenza, and maternal mortality.1 International development assistance for health — a crucial aspect of health cooperation — increased by a factor of five, from $5.6 billion in 1990 to $28.1 billion in 2012, with the private and voluntary sectors taking on an ever-increasing share of the total.2 Given the rapid globalization that is a defining feature of today’s world, the need for a robust system of global health law has never been greater.

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