Book contents
- Global Health
- Global Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Section 1 Global Health: Definitions and Descriptions
- Section 2 Global Health Ethics, Responsibilities, and Justice: Some Central Issues
- Section 3 Analyzing Some Reasons for Poor Health and Responsibilities to Address Them
- Section 4 Environmental/Ecological Considerations and Planetary Health
- Section 5 The Importance of Including Cross-Cultural Perspectives and the Need for Dialogue
- Section 6 Shaping the Future
- Chapter 29 Global Health Research
- Chapter 30 Justice and Research in Developing Countries
- Chapter 31 The Health Impact Fund
- Chapter 32 Evaluating Global Health Impact and Increasing Access to Essential Medicines
- Chapter 33 Philanthrocapitalism and Global Health
- Chapter 34 Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Global Health
- Chapter 35 Global Health Governance for Developing Sustainability
- Chapter 36 Teaching Global Health Ethics
- Chapter 37 Teaching Global Health Ethics
- Chapter 38 Toward a New Common Sense
- Index
- References
Chapter 33 - Philanthrocapitalism and Global Health
from Section 6 - Shaping the Future
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2021
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Book contents
- Global Health
- Global Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Section 1 Global Health: Definitions and Descriptions
- Section 2 Global Health Ethics, Responsibilities, and Justice: Some Central Issues
- Section 3 Analyzing Some Reasons for Poor Health and Responsibilities to Address Them
- Section 4 Environmental/Ecological Considerations and Planetary Health
- Section 5 The Importance of Including Cross-Cultural Perspectives and the Need for Dialogue
- Section 6 Shaping the Future
- Chapter 29 Global Health Research
- Chapter 30 Justice and Research in Developing Countries
- Chapter 31 The Health Impact Fund
- Chapter 32 Evaluating Global Health Impact and Increasing Access to Essential Medicines
- Chapter 33 Philanthrocapitalism and Global Health
- Chapter 34 Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Global Health
- Chapter 35 Global Health Governance for Developing Sustainability
- Chapter 36 Teaching Global Health Ethics
- Chapter 37 Teaching Global Health Ethics
- Chapter 38 Toward a New Common Sense
- Index
- References
Summary
Philanthropy is usually taken to involve private individuals donating their resources – whether time, money, or property – voluntarily for the public good (Payton, 1988). Philanthropy has a history that stretches back thousands of years, but both the scale and manner of philanthropic giving have changed significantly since the turn of the millennium. CNN founder Ted Turner’s 1997 decision to donate $1 billion to the United Nations and his widely publicized criticisms of other billionaires for not doing more are often thought to have incited changes that led to Bill Gates and others committing to massive programs of giving to promote global health (Callahan, 2017).
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