Health Systems And The Challenge Of Communicable Diseases: Experiences From Europe And Latin America: Experiences from Europe and Latin AmericaThis fascinating book looks at two regions where rapid economic changes means that many health systems must undergo organisational transition and find ways of adapting to an ever changing context. |
Contents
Contemporary emerging and reemerging communicable diseases challenges to control | 1 |
The changing face of transitional societies | 21 |
Effective governmental responses to communicable disease challenges in transitional societies | 47 |
A continuing evolutionary struggle microbes and man | 61 |
Communicable disease in Europe | 75 |
Communicable disease in Latin America and the Caribbean | 95 |
Health systems and systems thinking | 121 |
International and European responses to the threat of communicable disease | 141 |
Enabling health systems in tuberculosis control challenges and opportunities for the former Soviet Union countries | 171 |
Health systems and communicable disease control emerging evidence and lessons from central and eastern Europe | 193 |
Health system reforms and communicable disease in Latin America and the Caribbean | 209 |
Brazils response to AIDS and tuberculosis lessons from a transitional economy | 217 |
Health financing and communicable disease control conceptual issues and implications | 231 |
Health systems and communicable diseases predicting and responding to future challenges | 251 |
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Back Cover | 267 |
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Health Systems and the Challenge of Communicable Diseases Richard Coker,Rifat Atun,Martin McKee No preview available - 2008 |
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