The practice of international health
Subtitle: a case-based orientation
By: edited by Daniel Perlman, Ananya Roy.
Contributors: Perlman, Daniel, 1950-; Roy, Ananya.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780195310276
Subjects: Public health case studies; World health -- Case studies; World Health -- Personal Narratives; International Cooperation -- Personal Narratives; Public Health Practice -- Personal Narratives
Genres: Case studies.; Personal Narratives.
Description: "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 practitioners, national and local policymakers, foundations officers, and other related professionals will also find it an invaluable compendium."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-252) and index.
Table of contents: title: Nomads and nationalists in the Eritrean Sahel / Assefaw Tekeste Ghebrekidan; title: The people's health center: building primary health care in Bangladesh / Zafrullah Chowdhury and S.L. Bachman; title: The whole is greater: how polio was eradicated from the Western Hemisphere / Ciro A. de Quadros; title: An orphan disease in Mozambique / Julie Cliff; title: Beijing + 5 : what can international conferences achieve for women's health / Nuriye Nalan Sahin Hodoglugil; title: Small steps in a long journey in Nepal / Aruna Uprety; title: Swasthya : the politics of women's health in rural south India / Suneeta Krishnan; title: Applying global health lessons to Syracuse, New York / Sandra D. Lane; title: A collective response to the health sector reform in Guatemala / Alejandro Cerón and Meredith Fort; title: Social marketing and franchising for reproductive health in India / Gopi Gopalakrisnan and Paromita Ukil; title: "Returned to sender" : corruption in international health in Nigeria / Benjamin C. Mbakwem and Daniel Jordan Smith; title: Betinho : celebration of a life in Brazil / Jane Galvão.