Third world health
Subtitle: hostage to first world health
By: Théodore H. MacDonald ; foreword by Desmond M. Tutu.
Publisher: Radcliffe Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Health promotion -- Developing countries; Health promotion -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries; World health -- Social aspects -- Developing countries; World health -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries; Public health -- Social aspects -- Developing countries; Public health -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
Description: Product Description: Great and increasing inequities exist between the peoples of the Third World and those of the First. As well, we find ourselves threatened by imminent environmental catastrophes largely as a result of trying to maintain such inequities. This clear and straightforward text explains the complex origins of such bodies as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and others, and demonstrates the extent to which they exacerbate the problem. The situation is now so grave that we can no longer afford the luxury of leaving it to the professionals. We are all involved. We find ourselves hearing daily news reports of wars, starvation, the HIV/AIDS pandemic and natural disasters, rendered worse by inadequate international responses. The United Nations, once seen as an effective arbiter and mediator in such matters, now finds itself unable to exercise authority adequately. Third World Health: hostage to First World Wealth adopts a positive approach and puts forward various ways in which people at all levels can become more involved. It addresses the pivotal issue of health in the Third World and argues that it is very much hostage to the globalisation of trade by and for the benefit of First World agencies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.