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Author:   Sandy A. Johnson
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2017
Weight:   4.065kg
ISBN:  

9783319850894

ISBN 10:   331985089
Pages:   215
Publication Date:   21 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Chapter One.- 1.1.Industrial expansion, globalization and population health – The cases of England and Panama.- 1.2 Comparative measurement of health and development.- 1.3 A century’s worth of global change in development and health.- 1.4 What accounts for the difference in regional change?.- 1.4.1 Standard of living.- 1.4.2 Public investment, health infrastructure, and public health campaigns.- 1.4.3 Medical innovations.- 1.4.4 Technological Innovation.- 1.4.5 Behavior change.- 1.4.6 Access to care.- 1.4.7 Political will.- 1.5 A model for exploring health and development.- 1.6 Conclusion.- Chapter Two.- 2.1 Health and development as concepts in the international system.- 2.1.1 International health before WWII.- 2.1.2 The United Nations and the modern story of health and development.- 2.2 The World Health Organization.- 2.2.1 WHO early years: Health as a biomedical condition.- 2.2.2Malaria and smallpox campaigns.- 2.2.3 WHO: Health as a human right.- 2.2.3.1 Primary Health Care.- 2.2.4Social determinants of health and the WHO in the 21st century.- 2.3 The World Bank.- 2.3.1 The World Bank: Evolution of Development.- 2.3.1.1 Structural Adjustment Program.- 2.3.1.2 World Bank as a health authority - World Development Report 1993.- 2.3.1.3 Towards change.- 2.4 The beginning of convergence - State and human security.- 2.5 True convergence and the way forward in the 21st Century.- 2.6 Conclusion.- Chapter Three.- 3.1 Trade-offs between internal and external factors, social and economic out-comes.- 3.2 Health inputs.- 3.3 Chile – Economic growth without equity.- 3.4 Sri Lanka – Equity without growth.- 3.5 Conclusion.- Chapter Four.- 4.1 The importance of community.- 4.1.1 Community-based health care.- 4.1.2 Pholela Health Center - An early innovator.- 4.1.3 Gonoshasthaya Kendra – A continuing success.- 4.1.4 Implications for local health and national development.- 4.2 Microcredit and microfinance.- 4.2.1 Grameen Bank – early innovator and continuing success.- 4.2.2 Implications for development and well-being.- 4.3 Conclusion.- Chapter Five.- 5.1 Development, failed states and states in conflict.- 5.1.1 Issues of health.- 5.1.2 Refugees and IDPs.- 5.1.3 Long term impacts.- 5.2 The challenge of rebuilding.- 5.2.1 Building dependency.- 5.3 The pros and cons of scaled approaches.- 5.4 Haiti – Partners in Health/Zanmi Lasante.- 5.5 Rwanda rising from the ashes.- 5.6 Conclusion.- Chapter Six.- 6.1 Global Public-Private Partnerships.- 6.1.1 GPPPs, global research and clinical trials.- 6.2 Methods of the GPPPs.- 6.3 Examples of Recent GPPPs.- 6.4 Pros and cons of GPPPs.- 6.5 Conclusion.- Chapter Seven.- 7.1 Conclusion.- Chapter Eight – Answer key for discussion questions.- Chapter One Questions.- Chapter Two Questions.- Chapter Three Questions.- Chapter Four Questions.- Chapter Five Questions .- Chapter Six Questions.- Index.

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Sandy Johnson holds a Ph.D. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University. Her research explores the interaction of environmental and social change on human well-being. She is the director of the B.A. Program in International Studies at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver.

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