Practice of International Health A Case-Based Orientation

Name: Practice of International Health A Case-Based Orientation
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ISBN: 9780195310276

ISBN-10: 0195310276

ISBN-13: 9780195310276

Edition: 2009

Authors: Daniel Perlman, Ananya Roy

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"Virtually every school of public health teaches a global health course, yet the major textbooks provide little on the actual practice of international health. This new book comprises a series of vivid first person accounts in which physicians, epidemiologists, activists, and public health professionals from around the world present the critical dilemmas and challenges facing the field. Aimed primarily at medical and public health students and professionals, this book will be a much needed addition to the existing literature. Related fields, such as development and urban studies, will find this book an engaging introduction to the field of international health. International health…

Book details

List price: $72.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/30/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.53" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Daniel Perlman, Medical Anthropologist, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Ananya Roy, Associate Dean, Division of International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley.



Foreword



Preface


Contributors


Introduction




Health and Development


Introduction




Nomads and Nationalists in the Eritrean Sahel




The People's Health Center: Building Primary Health Care in Bangladesh




The Whole Is Greater: How Polio Was Eradicated from the Western Hemisphere




An Orphan Disease in Mozambique




The Difference That Gender Makes


Introduction




Beijing + 5: What Can International Conferences Achieve for Women's Health?




Small Steps in a Long Journey in Nepal




Swasthya: The Politics of Women's Health in Rural South India




Applying Global Health Lessons to Syracuse, New York




The Calculus of Health: Markets, Frontiers, Franchises


Introduction




A Collective Response to the Health Sector Reform in Guatemala




Social Marketing and Franchising for Reproductive Health in India




"Returned to Sender": Corruption in International Health in Nigeria




Betinho: Celebration of a Life in Brazil



Citations and References


Index