Case Studies in Global Health: Millions Saved

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ISBN: 9780763746209

ISBN-10: 0763746207

ISBN-13: 9780763746209

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ruth Levine, What Works Working Group

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One of the greatest human accomplishments has been the spectacular improvement in health since 1950, particularly in developing countries. With death rates falling steadily, more progress was made in the health of populations in the past half-century than in many earlier millennia. A careful look at that success can yield important lessons about how to tackle the challenges of HIV/AIDS, child health, and global health inequities in the future. nbsp; This series of twenty case studies illustrates real-life proven, large-scale success stories in global public health. Drawing from a rich evidence base, the accessible case write-ups highlight experiences in scale-up of health technologies,…

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List price: $83.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Publication date: 4/16/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 172
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Strobe Talbott was the architect of the Clinton administrations policy toward Russia and the other states of the former Soviet Union. He served as deputy secretary of state for seven years. A former Time magazine columnist and Washington bureau chief, he is the translator-editor of Nikita Khruschev's memoirs and is now director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.




Eradicating smallpox



Preventing HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections in Thailand



Controlling tuberculosis in China



Reducing child mortality through vitamin A in Nepal



Eliminating polio in Latin America and the Caribbean



Saving mothers' lives in Sri Lanka



Controlling onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Sub-Saharan Africa



Preventing diarrheal deaths in Egypt



Improving the health of the poor in Mexico



Controlling trachoma in Morocco



Reducing Guinea worm in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa



Controlling chagas disease in the Southern Cone of South America



Reducing fertility in Bangladesh



Curbing tobacco use in Poland



Preventing iodine deficiency disease in China



Preventing neural-tube defects in Chile



Eliminating measles in Southern Africa



Preventing dental caries in Jamaica



Treating cataracts in India



Preventing hib disease in Chile and the Gambia



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