One World Health : An Overview of Global Health / Nigel Crisp ; with regional commentaries from Maureen Bisognano [and six others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crisp, Nigel, author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World health.

Global Health.

Medical Subjects:

Global Health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 315 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This brand new textbook presents a new approach to the teaching and understanding of global health. It describes the shared opportunities but also the shared risks which we all face, wherever we live, and the particular needs of the poorest people in every society. Covering subjects from epidemics and climate change, the need to staff and resource health services appropriately, the rich potential of science and technology, and the impacts of social and political change in the world around us, all is presented at a level appropriate for the student looking to gain an understanding of this broad and developing area. Key features: Invaluable guide to this fast growing subject, for students and practitioners looking for a readable, comprehensive and balanced introduction to the core topics and issues, Grounded in real experience, with commentaries from key opinion leaders in global health around the world, Discusses the political, moral and practical choices faced by those working towards health improvement both nationally and globally, Reflects and analyses current developments and policies, including the impetus for global action, Recognizes the importance of local context, This will be an ideal textbook for students of global health, public health and international development and essential reading for those studying this area within the broader context of medicine, allied health, international law, healthcare management and planning. Practitioners in these disciplines plus social scientists, philosophers, economists, geographers, urban planners will also find it an up-to-date companion. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

The structure of the book 2

The commentaries 2

Part 1 Global Health 3

2 One world health: an overview of global health 5

A global city: open to the world 5

Global health 7

The challenges of global health 9

A time of great change and uncertainty 11

Globalisation: economics and power 13

Health and well-being: science and society 15

National perspectives 16

Back to the future 18

Preventing mother to child transmission of HIV in Pietermaritzburg 18

3 Global health, demography and disease 21

Dhaka: city of energy, exploitation and innovation 21

A global health time-line 23

Demography: population growth and change 24

Fertility, the demographic dividend and dependency 28

The global burden of disease 30

The burden of disease in low and middle income countries 32

Chronic, long term or non-communicable diseases 33

Disability and DALYs 34

Injuries 36

Infectious or communicable diseases 36

Malaria 37

HIV/AIDS 38

Tuberculosis 39

Global action: to control, eliminate and eradicate diseases 40

Smallpox eradication 40

Neglected Tropical Diseases 41

Blinding trachoma: from mapping to elimination 42

Suggested reading and viewing 44

4 Health, well-being and society 47

Health and well-being in Recite 47

The Centra Integrado de Saúde 48

Health and well-being 49

Measuring health, well-being and happiness 49

The determinants of health 50

The Commission on the Social Determinants of Health 52

Health and wider social, economic and environmental policy 55

Social protection and conditional cash transfers 56

Health in All Policies 56

Health and well-being throughout the life course 57

Children's health and well-being 57

Health is made at home 61

Maternal and reproductive health 62

Adult health and ageing 64

Mental health 65

The man from Mali 68

Suggested reading 68

5 Latin America: social protection in health for the poor in Mexico: Commentary / Enrique Ruelas Ruelas, Enrique, Octavio Gömez-Dantes Gömez-Dantes, Octavio 73

Introduction 73

Social policies for the poor in Latin America: conditional cash transfers and universal health coverage 74

Expansion of social protection in health to the poor in Mexico 75

Health conditions and health services in Mexico at the turn of the century: the need for reform 75

Creation of the System of Social Protection in Health 77

Evolution of health expenditure 77

Expansion of health care coverage 77

Impact of the Mexican reform on health conditions, responsiveness and financial protection 79

Prospects and lessons of the Mexican Health Reform 81

6 Culture, rights, equity and social justice 87

SUNDAR: mental health in India 87

Culture 89

Rights 90

The right to health 91

Equity 93

Social justice 94

Human flourishing and the capability to be healthy 95

Social structures and health 96

Gender 96

Bargaining with patriarchy 98

Race and ethnicity 100

Practical and policy implications 102

Ebola in Sierra Leone 102

Suggested reading 104

7 Health, food and the physical environment 107

Climate change and resilience in the Great Lakes region of Africa 107

Climate change 109

The health impacts of climate change 110

Co-benefits 111

The human environment 112

Water, sanitation and hygiene 113

Food and nutrition 115

Food security and the world food crisis 115

Nutrition and health 116

Action on nutrition and acute malnutrition 118

Suggested reading 120

8 Globalisation, economics and power 123

Antimicrobial resistance 124

Globalisation and its impacts on health 125

Health and economics 126

The economic transition in health 127

Health expenditure 130

Power and politics 131

War and conflict 131

The old world order 132

The breaking up of the post-war settlement 133

Governance for health 133

The Washington Consensus 134

Independence and de-colonisation 135

The Welfare States of Europe 136

The new world 137

Global health security 138

Health diplomacy 139

The creation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 140

Suggested reading 142

Part 2 Taking Action for Improvement 145

9 Global health initiatives, aid and development 147

The Latin American Medical School 147

Global action 148

International development 149

The Human Development Index 150

Reducing vulnerability and building resilience 152

Aid 153

The benefits and contradictions of aid 156

Efficiency and corruption 156

Attribution of success 157

Unintended consequences 158

Good aid and bad aid 159

Philanthropy, remittances and private funding 160

Beyond aid 161

China 161

Global health initiatives 162

Action to improve health globally 164

The White Ribbon Alliance 164

Suggested reading 165

10 Sub-Saharan Africa: escaping from dependency: Commentary / Susana Edjang Edjang, Susana 169

Overview 169

Some context on health in Africa 170

Aid and aid for health in Africa 171

HIV/AIDS: an aid dependency crisis multiplier 174

Ebola: aid and the near collapse of the health systems in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone 176

Rwanda: aid and partnerships - understanding when urgency can be the enemy of the future 177

Conclusion: aid as long term investment 178

11 Civil society, NGOs and partnerships 183

We poor people are invisible 183

Citizen action 185

Civil society 186

Commerce and business 188

International NGOs 188

Global health partnerships 190

Mutual learning and co-development 191

PONT: community links between Uganda and Wales 192

Suggested reading 193

12 Patients, carers and professionals 195

Citizen participation in health improvement in 1970s Kenya 195

Citizens 196

Health literacy 197

Patient empowerment and activation 198

The global health worker crisis 199

Migration and health labour markets 201

Strategic responses 202

Task sharing, skill mix change and job re-design 203

Professional education 205

Leadership and management 207

From Africa to New York 207

Suggested reading 208

13 Science and technology 211

Africa-Europe HDT-NET consortium: tackling multidrug-resistant and extremely drug-resistant TB 211

Science and technology: re-shaping the world 212

Evidence and knowledge 214

Medicines and vaccines 215

Access to medicines 215

Vaccine development 216

Technologies 216

Low cost technologies 217

eHealth 218

Intellectual property, national and commercial interests 219

South Korea's health care industry 220

14 India's health system: paradox of the lagging pace setter: Commentary / Srinath Reddy Reddy, Srinath, Manu Raj Mathur Mathur, Manu Raj 223

Introduction 223

India's health challenges 224

An under-resourced health system 224

From chaos springs cosmos: India becomes an innovation crucible 225

Universal health coverage: a road too far? 226

Conclusion 227

15 Health systems and the great expansion of health care 231

Heartfile: and the "choked pipes" of the Pakistan health system 231

Universal health coverage 233

Health systems 235

Systems thinking 235

Institutions and relationships 236

Different types of health system 237

Governance 239

Funding health systems 241

Payment and pricing mechanisms 244

Sustainability 244

Public-private relationships 245

A possible model for African health systems 247

Further reading 248

16 The USA: Triple Aim and quality improvement: Commentary / Maureen Bisognano Bisognano, Maureen 251

Introduction 251

A 30,000-foot view 252

A "Triple Aim" for US health and health care 253

Pursuing the Triple Aim 254

Conclusion 259

17 Services, quality and implementation 263

Services 263

Primary, community and integrated care 264

Diagnostics 265

Surgery 266

Public-private partnerships and franchises 267

Quality and improvement 269

Quality improvement 270

Patient safety 272

Waste 274

Implementation 275

Methodologies 276

18 China: moving towards universal health coverage: Commentary / Guo Yan Yan, Guo 279

Overview of health in China 279

Demographics and social economics 279

Health status 280

Organisational structure of the health system 280

Health expenditure 282

Issues and challenges facing China at the beginning of health care reform 282

Population ageing and the double burden of chronic and infectious diseases 282

The issue of health equity 283

Lack of and inappropriate distribution of medical personnel 283

Insufficiency and imbalanced distribution of financial investment in health 283

Soaring health expenditure 284

Deficiency of the basic medical security system 284

Universal health coverage 285

Reflections on health care development in China 286

The achievements of China's health care development 287

The experience of China's health care development 287

Issues for further exploration 287

19 Conclusions and the future 289

Global health 289

Positive and negative dynamics 290

Principles of description, measurement, evidence and systems 291

The major themes 293

Actions for the future 295

Political, moral and practical choices 295

Action by individuals 296

Action by nations and societies 297

Action globally 298.

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99968640325

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