This paper explores the extent to which global health governance–in the context of the early
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals is grounded in the right to health.
The essential components of the right to health in relation to global health are unpacked.
Four essential functions of the global health system are assessed from a normative, rights‐
based, analysis on how each of these governance functions should operate. These
essential functions are: the production of global public goods, the management of …

This paper explores the extent to which global health governance-in the context of the early
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals is grounded in the right to health.
The essential components of the right to health in relation to global health are unpacked.
Four essential functions of the global health system are assessed from a normative, rights-
based, analysis on how each of these governance functions should operate. These
essential functions are: the production of global public goods, the management of …