Improving global health : forecasting the next 50 years / Barry B. Hughes ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hughes, Barry B., 1945-

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Patterns of potential human progress ; v. 3.

Patterns of potential human progress ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World health--Forecasting.

World health.

Twenty-first century--Forecasts.

Twenty-first century.

Global Health.

Forecasting.

Medical Subjects:

Global Health.

Forecasting.

Physical Description:

xvi, 345 : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, [2011]

Summary:

"Improving Global Health" is the third in a series of volumes Patterns of Potential Human Progress that uses the International Futures (IFs) simulation model to explore prospects for human development: how development appears to be unfolding globally and locally, how we would like it to evolve, and how better to assure that we move it in desired directions. Earlier volumes addressed the reduction of global poverty and the advance of global education. Volume 3 sets out to tell a story of possible futures for the health of peoples across the world. Questions the volume addresses include: What health outcomes might we expect given current patterns of human development? What opportunities exist for intervention and the achievement of alternate health futures? How might improved health futures affect broader economic, social, and political prospects of countries, regions, and the world?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

1594518963

9781594518966

9781594518973

1594518971

OCLC:

643443153

Publisher Number:

99954842289