Turning the World Upside Down: The search for global health in the 21st Century
Thank you, Mr Nigel Crisp, for a very inspirational book. I am a registered nurse from Kenya (not part of the brain drain) ... really focusing on things of priority like the patients and not the professionals. Thank you.Lianne WachiraIn today's joined up world we are all connected and the health of one person or nation affects us all. In this important and timely book Nigel Crisp describes howwe can all learn from each other, rich and poor, and work together to improve health.Archbishop Desmond TutuWe are at the threshold of a new era in global health, marked by unprecedented challenges and novel opportunities. Nigel Crisp's book offers an essential guide to understanding the dynamic nature of this new era and to successfully open up innovative avenues for progress.His original insights provide a fresh perspective on one of the crucial topics of our times.Julio Frenk, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard School of Public HealthA revolutionary book packed with important ideas.The book is radical and readable and packed with ideas, and I find that I keep returning to it.Richard Smith, former editor of the BMJDelivering sustainable health care in under-resourced communities can be challenging and frustrating for those of us who work in privileged, sophisticated health care systems in the West. However, local solutions are needed for local problems.Nigel Crisp bursts the bubble of Western arrogance with a clear and measured response as to who knows best in health service design and delivery in Africa.This outstanding text is very challenging and should be mandatory reading for all those committed to trying to make a difference in global health care.Tony Falconer, President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsThanks for your book, what insights!Thanks for the boldness to say what you said, I have never heard it said that way.I agree so much with the debt that needs to be settled in some way and Britain does have a wealth of knowledge toshare.Maria AkrofiHe is challenging health professionals about the part they can play and questioning the arrogance of some western aid schemes imposed on developing countries."Just stop telling people what to do and start listening to them".Nellie Bristol, The LancetThis is a very important topic, particularly at a time of global recession. Nobody could be better qualified to compare what is happening in health in the rich and the poor world and to bringfresh and provocative insight to the subject.The Honourable Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human RightsThe poorer world has something of real value to teach the richer world- in health and elsewhere - and Nigel Crisp is supremely well qualified to interpret it for us.Julia Neuberger, Baroness Rabbi Neuberger DBE5 Stars:A revolutionary book packed with important ideasThe book is radical and readable and packed with ideas, and I find that I keep returning to it.Amazon customer review, Mar 2010This isenlightening stuff, not only for healthcare managers and those considering working in developing countries, but for anyone interested in how political, commercial and cultural factors affect the world's health.Interesting anecdotes and a wealth of facts and figures highlight shocking discrepancies in national health systems.An objective and unbiased overview is informed by experience of running the world's biggest health service and by working in poor countries as an adviser to the Prime Minister, and consultant to the World Health Organization and the Gates Foundation.The Pharmaceutical JournalHealth Service Journal Review - 25 March 2010British Medical Journal Review  - 16 February 2010Times Review - 6 January 2010Podcast - Tom Daschle and Nigel Crisp discuss Global Health Care  - 21 January 2010Latest ReviewsVery well written, "Turning the World Upside Down" is truly a remarkable book. Very timely, with great insights and practical examples on global public health, it spreads a powerful and urgent message: richer countries can learn from poor ones.This is one of the best books I have ever read - highly recommended for policy makers, innovation thinkers and practitioners in any field, not just on health. In short, if you believe globalization must be collaboration, not standardization, this is your book.Diogo Vasconcellos, Distinguished Fellow, Cisco Systems International and Chair of Business Panel on EU Innovation PolicyHere we have a former top civil servant arguing that we simply have to do things differently.The Lancet, Dec 2010Packed with factsabout the health status of the world ... Crisp knows the issues facing healthcare in the richest and poorest countries. He does what the title promises: he rejects the constraints inherent in traditional methods of delivering healthcare and turns the donor-recipient relationship upside down. He offers suggestions as to howall countries in the 21st century can work together,learning from each otheras we address global need in healthcare, and thesocial, political and economic inequalitiesthat accompany it.Chris Lavy, review in Christian Medical Fellowship; 49: 2010