International Journal of Health Governance: Volume 21 Issue 4

Editorial

David Birnbaum, Michael Decker

Health service system in transition: An assessment of the influence of the British and US healthcare systems on the evolution of health services in India

Chhavi Sodhi, Pushpendra Singh

The purpose of this paper is to present a historical overview of the health service sector in India. The development in the healthcare sector from the late eighteenth century into…

Indigenous health systems governance: From the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) to Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)

Jeffrey Reading, Charlotte Loppie, John O’Neil

Almost 20 years after the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, indigenous peoples living in Canada continue to pursue their legitimate aspirations for greater control over…

Transforming First Nations’ health governance in British Columbia

John O’Neil, Joe Gallagher, Lloy Wylie, Brittany Bingham, Josee Lavoie, Danielle Alcock, Harmony Johnson

The purpose of this paper is to present a study of the transformation of First Nations’ health governance, describing the development of partnerships between First Nations and…

Governance for health in the Anthropocene

Trevor Hancock, Anthony G. Capon, Uta Dietrich, Rebecca Anne Patrick

The purpose of this paper is to explore the pressing issues facing health and health systems governance in the Anthropocene – a new geological time period that marks the age of…

Global health for the 21st century and beyond

Fiona MacVane Phipps

In considering the present and future state of the world’s health, it is worth revisiting the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978 (International Conference on Primary health Care, 1978)…