An Introduction to Global Health

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Canadian Scholars’ Press, Dec 18, 2017 - Social Science - 630 pages

Newly revised and thoroughly updated, the third edition of An Introduction to Global Health is constructed around three essential questions: why is population health so poor in developing countries, what is the scope of the issue, and how can it be remediated? By considering aspects of the topic that are often neglected—including poverty, malnutrition, wars, governance, and humanitarian disasters—Seear and Ezezika provide a comprehensive overview of the various determinants of global health and its inevitable companion, the modern aid industry.

This informative and accessible introduction examines potential solutions to health inequity via a combination of primary health care strategies, poverty alleviation, developing world debt relief, and human rights interventions. With an updated discussion of global health in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the addition of chapter summaries, critical-thinking questions, and recommended readings, this new edition is an ideal resource for both university-level students and anyone keen to inform themselves on this urgent problem.  

 

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Contents

Chapter 1
2
Chapter 2
27
Part II
55
Chapter 3
56
Chapter 4
81
Chapter 5
109
Chapter 6
145
Chapter 7
184
Chapter 12
360
Chapter 13
384
Chapter 14
423
Chapter 15
462
Part V
493
Chapter 16
494
Chapter 17
530
Part VI
561

Chapter 8
221
Part III
259
Chapter 9
260
Chapter 10
290
Part IV
321
Chapter 11
322
Chapter 18
562
Chapter 19
591
Copyright Acknowledgements
612
Index
614
Back Cover
632
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2017)

Dr. Michael Seear is the Head of the Division of Respiratory Medicine at the Children’s Hospital in Vancouver and a Professor at the University of British Columbia. He has been actively involved in global health initiatives for over 30 years. 

Dr. Obidimma Ezezika is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society at the University of Toronto Scarborough and in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and the Founder of the African Centre for Innovation and Leadership Development, where he leads a number of global health and food security initiatives.

Bibliographic information

TitleAn Introduction to Global Health
AuthorsMichael Seear, Obidimma Ezezika
Editionillustrated
PublisherCanadian Scholars’ Press, 2017
ISBN1773380036, 9781773380032
Length630 pages
Subjects › 

Social Science / Disease & Health Issues
  
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