History of Global Health

Interventions into the Lives of Other Peoples

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Av Randall M. Packard, The Johns Hopkins University) Packard, Randall M. (Director

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Over the past century, hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested in programs aimed at improving health on a global scale. Given the enormous scale and complexity of these lifesaving operations, why do millions of people in low-income countries continue to live without access to basic health services, sanitation, or clean water? And why are deadly diseases like Ebola able to spread so quickly among populations? In A History of Global Health, Randall M. Packard argues that global-health initiatives have saved millions of lives but have had limited impact on the overall health of people living in underdeveloped areas, where health-care workers are poorly paid, infrastructure and basic supplies such as disposable gloves, syringes, and bandages are lacking, and little effort has been made to address the underlying social and economic determinants of ill health. Global-health campaigns have relied on the application of biomedical technologies-vaccines, insecticide-treated nets, vitamin A capsules-to attack specific health problems but have failed to invest in building lasting infrastructure for managing the ongoing health problems of local populations.Designed to be read and taught, the book offers a critical historical view, providing historians, policy makers, researchers, program managers, and students with an essential new perspective on the formation and implementation of global-health policies and practices.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-11-10
Mått152 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt590 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor432
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9781421420332

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List of AbbreviationsList of Illustrations and TablesIntroductionPart One1. Colonial Training Grounds2. From Colonial to International HealthPart Two3. The League of Nations Health Organization4. Internationalizing Rural Hygiene and NutritionPart Three5. Planning for a Postwar World6. A Narrowing VisionPart Four7. Uncertain Beginnings8. The Good and the Bad CampaignsPart Five9. The Birth of the Population Crisis10. Accelerating International Family-Planning Programs11. Rethinking Family PlanningPart Six12. Rethinking Health 2.013. Challenges to Primary Health CarePart Seven14. AIDS and the Birth of Global Health15. The Global Fund, PEPFAR, and the Transformation of Global Health16. Medicalizing Global HealthConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

Frequent epidemics of yellow fever, the first disease threatening to destroy continents, and the more recent scourges of HIV/AIDS, SARS, and Ebola show Packard's scope in enlightening readers who are rarely likely to be so captivated by a university publication. This is a powerful book demanding substantial time and attention. Manhattan Book Review A History of Global Health gives us an unrivalled view from within the belly of the beast, revealing the physiology and pathologies of the organism. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences