Health and poverty [electronic resource] : global health problems and solutions / Gijs Walraven.

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Walraven, Gijsbertus Engelinus Laurentius, 1957-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London, UK ; Washington, DC, USA : Earthscan, ℗♭2011.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) : illustrations, mapsISBN:

9781849775687 (electronic bk.)
1849775680 (electronic bk.)
9781136537394 (electronic bk.)
1136537392 (electronic bk.)

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Health and poverty.DDC classification:

362.1086942

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Full-text via ProQuest Ebook Central

Contents:

The poor have no face, no voice -- Lamin : roll back malaria -- Pendo : safe motherhood -- Kaddy : family planning -- Maimuna : cervical cancer -- Ramesh : TB and HIV -- Neelum and SIFAT water and sanitation -- Ousman : neglected tropical diseases -- Hassan : undernutrition -- Mariama : new diseases of poverty -- Helena : health financing -- Sanam : cross-border health care -- Revisiting Alma Ata.

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Summary: There is growing interest and concern about the unacceptable differentials in health between and within countries. This comes out of the realization that poor people will only be able to prosper, and emerge from poverty, if they enjoy better health. Healthy populations are a precondition for sustainable development. Using a novel combination of the personal studies of patients and description of conditions or diseases, this book provides a highly original and accessible introduction to key issues in global health today. Especially during the past decade, global health initiatives have become a.

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There is growing interest and concern about the unacceptable differentials in health between and within countries. This comes out of the realization that poor people will only be able to prosper, and emerge from poverty, if they enjoy better health. Healthy populations are a precondition for sustainable development. Using a novel combination of the personal studies of patients and description of conditions or diseases, this book provides a highly original and accessible introduction to key issues in global health today. Especially during the past decade, global health initiatives have become a.

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