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Author:   David Mulenga
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9781032946658

ISBN 10:   1032946652
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   09 April 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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PART I .Basic Principles of Public Health. 1.Defining Public Health: Concepts and Approaches. 2.Determinants of Health and Measures of Health. 3.Introduction to Health Systems. 4.Health Insurance Scheme: Case study of Zambia. PART II.Environment and Health. 5.Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Low Resource Settings. 6.Air Pollution in Low Resource Settings. 7.Food and Nutrition in Low Resource Settings. PART III.Disease Burden in Low Resource Settings. 8.Challenges in Managing Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Accessibility in Low Resource Settings. 9.Tuberculosis Still a Public Health Problem of Low Resource Settings. 10.Malaria Still a Public Health Concern in LMICs. 11.Situational Analysis of HIV/AIDS Pandemic in LMICs. 12.Maternal and Child Health. 13.Epidemiology of non-Communicable Diseases. 14.Mental Health in Low Resource Settings: Public Health Challenges and Practice. 15.Public Health Surveillance in Low Resource Settings. 16.Comparison of frequencies in cross sectional or case-control studies. PART IV.Emerging Public Health Issues in Low and Middle Income Settings of Africa. 17.Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: An Emerging Public Health Concern in LMICs. 18.Human-Wildlife Conflicts: An Emerging Public Health Issue in Low Resources Settings of Africa. 19.Climate Change and Human Health.

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David Mulenga is an academic and public health professional currently serving as a Senior Lecturer at the Copperbelt University (CBU) Michael Chilufya Sata School of Medicine, Ndola, Zambia. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he has been Head of the Public Health Department and currently holds the position of Dean of the School of Medicine at the University. He has extensive experience in primary healthcare and research and was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at Oregon State University (USA) and a Research Fellow at University of Oulu (Finland).

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