LEADER 03929nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910782379603321 005 20230721032957.0 010 $a1-281-78555-5 010 $a9786611785550 010 $a0-335-23628-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542514 035 $a(EBL)361579 035 $a(OCoLC)271677044 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC361579 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL361579 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10246335 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL178555 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542514 100 $a20080227d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 00$aHealth systems and the challenge of communicable diseases$b[electronic resource] $eexperiences from Europe and Latin America /$fedited by Richard Coker, Rifat Atun & Martin McKee 210 $aMaidenhead, England ;$aNew York $cOpen University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (292 p.) 225 1 $aEuropean Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-335-23366-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 327 $aChapter 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 $aHealth systems everywhere face constant change as they seek to respond to evolving patterns of disease. This is especially true with communicable diseases where humanity is engaged in a constant evolutionary struggle with micro-organisms that are able to adapt rapidly to a changing world. This problem can be, for example, exemplified recently by the growth of antibiotic resistant infection. This fascinating book confronts this challenge, looking at two regions where the pace of change is especially rapid, Europe and Latin America - places where health systems, many themselves undergoing rapid 410 0$aEuropean Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series. 606 $aCommunicable diseases$xPrevention 606 $aPublic health$zEurope 606 $aPublic health$zLatin America 615 0$aCommunicable diseases$xPrevention. 615 0$aPublic health 615 0$aPublic health 676 $a614.5 701 $aAtun$b Rifat$01489329 701 $aCoker$b Richard$01489330 701 $aMcKee$b Martin$0862088 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782379603321 996 $aHealth systems and the challenge of communicable diseases$93710006 997 $aUNINA