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  • The Path to Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh

    Bridging the Gap of Human Resources for Health

    by Sameh El-Saharty, Susan Powers Sparkes, Helene Barroy, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Syed Masud Ahmed ...
    Series series World Bank Studies
    Bangladesh is committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2032; to this end, the government of Bangladesh is exploring policy options to increase fiscal space for health and expand coverage while improving service quality and availability. Despite Bangladesh's impressive strides in improving its economic and social development outcomes, the government still confronts health financing ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Improving Maternal and Reproductive Health in South Asia

    Drivers and Enablers

    by Sameh El-Saharty, Sadia Chowdhury, Naoko Ohno, Intissar Sarker ...
    Series series World Bank Studies
    South Asia Region (SAR) has decreased maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by 65 percent between 1990 and 2013, which was the greatest progress among all world regions. Such achievement implores the question, What made SAR stand out against what is predicted by standard socioeconomic outcomes? Improving Maternal and Reproductive Health in South Asia: Drivers and Enablers identifies the interventions and ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Capitalizing on the Demographic Transition: Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in South Asia

    by Engelgau,Michael Maurice; El-Saharty,Sameh ; Kudesia,Preeti; Rajan,Vikram; Rosenhouse,Sandra; Okamoto,Kyoko ...
    Increasing life expectancy in South Asia is resulting in a demographic transition that can under the right circumstances yield dividends through more favorable dependency ratios for a time. With aging the disease burden shifts toward noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) which can threaten healthy aging. However securing the gains expected from the demographic dividendwhere developing countries working ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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    Two past presidents of the American Public Health Association have edited this book on the ways in which social injustice causes and contributes to public health problems. Their previous books War and Public Health and errorism and Public Health both dealt with specific issues of social injustice as they relate to public health. The current book addresses a broader set of issues in a more ... Read more

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  • Routledge Handbook of Global Public Health

    Edited by Richard Parker, Marni Sommer ...
    At the beginning of the twenty-first century, key public health issues and challenges have taken centre stage. They range from arsenic in drinking water to asthma among children and adults; from the re-emergence of cholera, to increasing cancer rates and other chronic diseases; from AIDS to malaria and hepatitis; from the crises faced by displaced or refugee populations to the new challenges that ... Read more

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  • The Demographic Transition and Development in Africa

    The Unique Case of Ethiopia

    Edited by Charles Teller, Assefa Hailemariam ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    "The heated Malthusian-Bosrupian debates still rage over consequences of high population growth, rapid urbanization, dense rural populations and young age structures in the face of drought, poverty, food insecurity, environmental degradation, climate change, instability and the global economic crisis. However, while facile generalizations about the lack of demographic change and lack of progress ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • A Population Health Approach to Health Disparities for Nurses

    Care of Vulnerable Populations

    Edited by Faye Gary, EdD,MS, RN, FAAN, Marilyn Lotas, PhD, RN, FAAN ...
    Awarded second place in the 2023 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Public and Population Health.Offers vivid narratives illuminating the challenges and opportunities health professionals and policymakers faceDistinguished by abundant patient and health provider narratives highlighting the impact of health disparities on health outcomes worldwide, this scholarly yet practical text prepares RN-BSN, DNP ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Global Health

    An Introduction to Current and Future Trends

    by Kevin McCracken, David R. Phillips ...
    Global Health continues to provide readers with a comprehensive, up-to-date and thought-provoking outline and understanding of the constantly evolving global health landscape. In this new edition the authors have maintained the successful structure and organisation of the previous edition to examine and explain recent health changes and consider likely future patterns. New or expanded topics ... Read more

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  • Public Health Approaches to Health Promotion

    Edited by Monika Arora, Shifalika Goenka ...
    Series series Public Health Approach
    Healthy behaviors, at the individual and community levels, are imperative to improving and sustaining better public health. With a strong focus on prevention, health promotion strategies are crucial to improving quality of life, while taking into account the various determinants of health. This book provides a global perspective, with an emphasis on contextual issues with health promotion in South ... Read more

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  • Aging in Canada

    by Neena L. Chappell, Marcus J. Hollander ...
    Canada, like other countries, is aging. The media has reported on a "grey tsunami," a demographic change reflecting longer life expectancy and the retirement of the so-called baby boomer generation. The numbers and percentages of older adults within our population continue to increase. In 2010, 15.3 percent of Canada's population was over 65; in 2030, it will be 24.1 percent. Many commentators ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Case Studies in Canadian Health Policy and Management, Second Edition

    Edited by Catherine L. Mah, Raisa B. Deber ...
    Covering a wide range of issues, the 22 cases included in Case Studies in Canadian Health Policy and Management constitute an exceptional resource for bringing real-life policy questions into the classroom. Based on actual events, the cases have been developed with input from mid-career professionals with strong field experience and extensively tested in Raisa B. Deber’s graduate case study ... Read more

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  • Prioritizing Development

    A Cost Benefit Analysis of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals

    Edited by Bjorn Lomborg ...
    This book is a unique guide to making the world a better place. Experts apply a critical eye to the United Nations' Sustainable Development agenda, also known as the Global Goals, which will affect the flow of $2.5 trillion of development aid up until 2030. Renowned economists, led by Bjorn Lomborg, determine what pursuing different targets will cost and achieve in social, environmental and ... Read more

    $43.49 USD