World health
Subtitle: the impact on our lives
By: Ronan Foley.
Series: 21st century debates
Publisher: Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Austin, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: World Health Organization.; World health -- Juvenile literature.; Health.; Public health.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Provides an overview of global health issues, as well as the health problems that arise from economic and social situations in particular parts of the world, and explores the work of the World Health Organization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.
Table of contents: title: A healthy world?; title: Measuring health; title: World diseases; title: The HIV/AIDS crisis; title: Health inequalities around the world; title: Health and environment; title: Food, poverty, development, and health; title: The future of world health.