Millions around the world die from preventable diseases. Millions more suffer from poor health as a result of extreme poverty. Who bears responsibility for health inequalities? Who should take responsibility for ameliorating them? This book explores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across nations.

Introduction: Health inequality as a concern for global redistributive justice, Patti Tamara Lenard and Christine Straehle; Part 1: A right to equal health?; 1. Is there a human right to health?, Adina Preda; 2. What's Wrong with Global Health Inequalities?, Daniel M. Hausman; 3. Ecological Subjects, 'Ethical Place-making', and Global Health Equity, Lisa Eckenwiler; 4. Health inequalities, capabilities, and global justice, Sridhar Venkatapuram; Part 2: Who is responsible for remedying global health inequality?; 5. Reexamining the Ethical Foundations: Behind the Distribution of Global Health, Garrett Wallace Brown; 6. Global Health and Responsibility, Gillian Brock; 7. Outlining the global duties of justice owed to women living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, Angela Kaida and Patti Lenard; Part 3: Measuring heath or health outcomes; 8. Measuring Global Health, Kristin Voigt; 9. Exploring a Sufficiency View of Health Equity, Yukiko Asada; 10. Rating Efforts to Extend Access on Essential Medicines: Increasing Global Health Impact, Nicole Hassoun; Part 4: Borders and health; 11. Justice and Health Inequalities in Humanitarian Crises: Structured Health Vulnerabilities and Natural Disasters, Matthew R. Hunt and Ryoa Chung; 12. 'Illegal' Migrants and Access to Public Health: A Human Rights Approach, Phillip Cole; 13. Medical Migration between the Human Right to Health and Freedom of Movement, Eszter Kollar; 14. Health Care Migration, Vulnerability and Individual Autonomy - The Case of Malawi, Christine Straehle; Bibliography; Index.