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

• Autore: Muennig Peter
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: World health; Medical policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SuCelina <1977->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Introducing global health
• ISBN: 1-118-23399-9; 1-118-22041-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453021303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II