Health systems and the challenge of communicable diseases [[electronic resource] ] : experiences from Europe and Latin America / / edited by Richard Coker, Rifat Atun & Martin McKee

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782379603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Maidenhead, England ; ; New York, : Open University Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-78555-5; 9786611785550; 0-335-23628-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Collana: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series
• Altri autori (Persone): AtunRifat; CokerRichard; McKeeMartin
• Disciplina: 614.5
• Soggetti: Communicable diseases - Prevention; Public health - Europe; Public health - Latin America
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Content Page; List of tables; List of figures; List of boxes; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1: Contemporary emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases: challenges to control; Chapter 2: The changing face of transitional societies; Chapter 3: Effective governmental responses to communicable disease challenges in transitional societies; Chapter 4: A continuing evolutionary struggle: microbes and man; Chapter 5: Communicable disease in Europe; Chapter 6: Communicable disease in Latin America and the CaribbeanChapter 7: Health systems and systems thinking; Chapter 8: International and European responses to the threat of communicable disease; Chapter 9: HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis control in post-Soviet Union countries; Chapter 10: Enabling health systems in tuberculosis control: challenges and opportunities for the former Soviet Union countries; Chapter 11: Health systems and communicable disease control: emerging evidence and lessons from central and eastern ; Europe; Chapter 12: Health system reforms and communicable disease in Latin America and the CaribbeanChapter 13: Brazil's response to AIDS and tuberculosis: lessons from a transitional economy; Chapter 14: Health financing and communicable disease control: conceptual issues and implications; Chapter 15: Health systems and communicable diseases: predicting and responding to future challenges; Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Health systems everywhere face constant change as they seek to respond to evolving patterns of disease. This is especially true with communicable diseases where humanity is engaged in a constant evolutionary struggle with micro-organisms that are able to adapt rapidly to a changing world. This problem can be, for example, exemplified recently by the growth of antibiotic resistant infection. This fascinating book confronts this challenge, looking at two regions where the pace of change is especially rapid, Europe and Latin America - places where health systems, many themselves undergoing rapid