Lorraine Frisina Doetter, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Bremen, Germany. She also serves as Co-Director of the A04 Project, “Global developments in healthcare systems” at the Collaborative Research Centre 1342, Global development dynamics in social policy, funded by the German Research Council (DFG), at the University of Bremen. Dr. Frisina Doetter also serves as Series Editor for the book series, Global development dynamics in social policy published by Palgrave Macmillan; and works as a Senior Consultant for the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe.