(Download Book) A History of Global Health: Interventions Into the Lives of Other Peoples By Randall M. Packard
A History of Global Health: Interventions Into the Lives of Other Peoples
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,
Product details: A History of Global Health: Interventions Into the Lives of Other Peoples
Author : Randall M. Packard
Pages : 432 pages
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
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ISBN-10 : 1421420333
ISBN-13 : 9781421420332
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