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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Randall M. Packard (Director, The Johns Hopkins University)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781421420325ISBN 10: 1421420325 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 10 November 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations List of Illustrations and Tables Introduction Part One 1. Colonial Training Grounds 2. From Colonial to International Health Part Two 3. The League of Nations Health Organization 4. Internationalizing Rural Hygiene and Nutrition Part Three 5. Planning for a Postwar World 6. A Narrowing Vision Part Four 7. Uncertain Beginnings 8. The Good and the Bad Campaigns Part Five 9. The Birth of the Population Crisis 10. Accelerating International Family-Planning Programs 11. Rethinking Family Planning Part Six 12. Rethinking Health 2.0 13. Challenges to Primary Health Care Part Seven 14. AIDS and the Birth of Global Health 15. The Global Fund, PEPFAR, and the Transformation of Global Health 16. Medicalizing Global Health Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes IndexReviewsFrequent epidemics of yellow fever, the first disease threatening to destroy continents, and the more recent scourges of HIV/AIDS, SARS, and Ebola show Packard's scope in enlightening readers who are rarely likely to be so captivated by a university publication. This is a powerful book demanding substantial time and attention. Manhattan Book Review Author InformationRandall M. Packard is the William H. Welch Professor and director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria and White Plague, Black Labor: Tuberculosis and the Political Economy of Health and Disease in South Africa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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