Global Health

NUTRITION and GLOBAL HEALTH Nutrition and Global Health began as a series of short literature reviews; since then, the work has become an authoritative and highly accessible resource on the vast and nuanced subject matter covered within. One of the major themes of the work is integrating nutrition into other disciplines: with its basis in biochemistry, human physiology, behavioural science, and even political studies, nutrition is a vital component in the success of interventions. This book will provide students and practitioners with a roadmap for interpreting the global health landscape and create links between nutritional physiology, policy, and action. Based on widely used practices in global health, Nutrition and Global Health covers topics including: Assessing nutritional status, nutrition surveillance, nutrition and infectious disease, and maternal and child nutrition Micronutrient deficiencies (including but not limited to iron, iodine, vitamin A, zinc, and folate), plus the nutritional double burden of disease Food security, sustainable food and agriculture, working in the global health environment, and nutrition in emergencies Answers to the questions "How do I design an effective intervention?" and "How can I decide whether or not my intervention has done what I intended it to do? " Unlike long and complex policy documents which rely on a solid foundation in basic sciences, Nutrition and Global Health is an accessible resource that allows clinicians, policy makers, and planners to better understand the global health landscape and stage better interventions.

Global Public Health provides undergraduate students with a carefully curated selection of readings that introduce them to basic concepts and ideas within the discipline. Opening chapters define public health, discuss the success of public health in eradicating diseases globally, and examine how public health professions approach the measurement of disease. Additional chapters explore global health and human rights, social determinants of health and health disparities, issues related to the environment and global warming, and disease outbreak investigation. Students learn about infectious and non-infectious diseases, maternal mortality and child health, emerging and re-emerging diseases, and health systems and health care reform. The closing chapter discusses ethics in global public health and public health research. Global Public Health is an exemplary introductory textbook for foundational courses in public health and global health. The book can also support certification programs in global health and training programs for community health workers.

Bringing his over 40 years experience in global health practice and education, Richard Skolnik designed his latest text, Global Population Health: A Primer to provide a brief overview of global health to a wide range of health administration and clinical audiences. Beginning with a concise explanation of the importance of global health, this brief and engaging text moves on to examine a number of the most important global health issues and their economic and social consequences, before discussing some of the steps that can be taken to address these concerns in cost-effective, fair, doable, and sustainable ways. Key Features: - Excellent overview of global health that focuses on readers on gaining the knowledge to address five key questions from an evidence-based and interdisciplinary perspective. - Concise length - only 150 pages - makes this text an easy and affordable supplement for a variety of courses.- Written for a wide range of health professionals, from doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other clinical health professionals to health administrators and more.- Navigate eBook access (included with the print text) provides online or offline access from a computer, tablet or mobile device.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a newfound emphasis on the importance of global health security: the idea that countries must coordinate their efforts globally to address pressing international public health threats while meeting their own specific domestic health care needs. Global Health Security in China, Japan, and India investigates how global health security is evolving in three major Asian countries that have committed to adhering to the international health standards and targets in accordance with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Contributors explore three areas of global health security in the SDG agenda: strengthening access to primary health care, protecting and promoting public health, and integrating global markets into health care provision. As this comprehensive volume demonstrates, despite having to balance cost and affordability, stakeholder demands, political ideology, and global economic pressures with decisions about how to best meet global health standards, all three countries have made significant advances in health law and policy over the past decade.

La crise sanitaire du Covid-19 donne à voir des mécanismes juridiques inédits, qui n'ont pour l'heure donné lieu à aucun ouvrage. Le présent travail collectif réunit des spécialistes de différentes disciplines, et de plusieurs spécialités juridiques, qui mettront leur expertise au service de l'explication de la crise du Covid-19. En ce sens, l'ouvrage offre un éclairage innovant et original sur la gestion et la perception que l'on peut se faire de la période singulière que nous traversons.

In der Coronakrise kristallisierte sich jener Grundsatz heraus, der für den Erfolg eines Krisenmanagements entscheidend ist: Je später und zögerlicher die Reaktion, als umso größer erweist sich der Schaden. Nicht alle Strategien, die zur Eindämmung der Coronapandemie angewandt wurden, erwiesen sich als erfolgreich. Der Autor vergleicht das Krisenmanagement einzelner Staaten und Organisationen sowie deren Ansätze und erörtert mögliche Defizite bei der Bewältigung der Coronakrise. Darüber hinaus werden auch die geopolitischen Auswirkungen der Krise analysiert.