From the Gabonese experience, this article studies the way international pressures about “good governance” have an impact on the organization and the functioning of the health system in a developing country. At first governance and good governance are defined under a critical point of view....

</titre> This article proposes an extended extra-welfarist approach of health measure in poor countries. This approach is based on the concept of threshold of health which represents the basic health needs and the potential active role of individuals on their own well-being. A methodology at a macro...

As health is more and more recognized as a « human right », we can wonder if this tendency leads to an important increase in foreign aid for health. We try to show that aid has been considered for a few years as a big stake for international security. This approach focused on security issues...