CPATH is dedicated to protecting health by expanding access to health care, water, and other vital health-related services. CPATH links policy makers and organizations concerned about the effects of economic globalization on health, to create economically and socially just, democratically accountable, and environmentally sustainable solutions.
CPATH conducts multi-disciplinary research, analysis and advocacy about the impact of World Trade Organization disciplines and recent agreements such as CAFTA on health, and on the increased privatization, deregulation, and decentralization of vital human services. We assess the effects on health care systems in the United States and abroad, including "safety net" services such as community clinics and public hospitals, and access to medicines, as well as on domestic regulations that protect population health which might be subject to challenge as unnecessary barriers to trade, such as tobacco control measures.
