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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790565103321

Autore

Muennig Peter

Titolo

Introducing global health [[electronic resource] ] : practice, policy, and solutions / / Peter Muennig, Celina Su

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand, 2013

ISBN

1-118-23399-9

1-118-22041-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Collana

New York Academy of Sciences

Classificazione

498

WA 530.1

362.1

Altri autori (Persone)

SuCelina <1977->

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

World health

Medical policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A very brief history of global health policy -- Case studies in development and health -- The global burden of disease -- Aid -- Health systems -- Social policy and global health -- A closer look at three political economies : China, Kerala, and Chile -- Global governance and health -- Poverty -- The physical environment and disease -- The social environment and disease -- Globalization, internal conflict, and the resource curse -- Frontiers in global health.

Sommario/riassunto

Introducing Global Health: Practice, Policy, and Solutions is a contemporary overview of the major issues in global public health. The book explores how population health might be maximized with the right blend of health system, education, antipoverty, infectious disease, urban development, governance, and incentive-based policies. It covers topics critical for understanding the state of the world today, including wars for natural resources, the missing women phenomenon, and whether global aid really works. The book's case studies focus on developing economies, mixed economies, and n