There are increasing warnings of not only of a "crisis in global health governance" but also of a "crisis in competency" in public health. With this in mind this paper discusses 21st century public health in view of the seminal trends which have led to a renewed political debate on public health and the characteristics of the new public health landscape as an amalgam of "healthscapes" and as networks.

Turning the world upside down is a search to understand what is happening and what it means for us all. It is based on the authors journey from running the largest health system in the world to working in some of the poorest countries and draws on his experiences to explore new ideas and innovations from around the world.

The book has three unique features:

• Describes what rich countries can learn from poorer ones, as well as the other way round.
• Deals with health in rich and poor countries in the same way, not treating them as totally different things, and suggests that instead of talking about international development we should talk about co-development.
• Sets out a new vision for global health, based on our interdependence, our desire for independence and our rights and accountabilities as citizens of the world.

This paper by Mark Rhinard, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, succinctly explains the paradox that currently characterizes European cooperation on internal security and safety issues, generally, and specifically in public health matters. The paper shows why this paradox reflects the cooperation difficulties of producing a transnational public good and gives a succinct intoduction to collective action literature and public goods theory as a powerful way to understand the problem.

It is a big misunderstanding that the rotating presidency will be abolished with the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty. In fact, the rotating presidency will continue to exist outside the European Council, in which the heads of the EU states meet and the Foreign Affairs Council, which will be chaired and represented by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR; Catherine Ashton).

Getting better: the European Union's performance in the World Health Organization

By Louise van Schaik

Abstract
This paper analyses the performance of the European Union (EU) in the World Health Organization (WHO). It sets out a framework for analysing the EU's performance in relation to unity in external representation. EU unity is assumed to be derived from European Community (EC) competence, the preference homogeneity of EU member states, and the socialization into EU practices of their representatives. The article discusses the increased Europeanization and internationalization of health issues. It argues that this makes it almost inevitable that the EU is becoming a more unified actor within WHO negotiations. At the same time, it points to limitations impeding the EU's performance that are to be taken into account, notably EU member states being cautious about ceding competences to the EU on health issues, them having widely diverging preferences on issues such as reproductive rights, and not fully trusting the European Commission to take over external representation in WHO negotiations.

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