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Pharmacy on a bicycle : innovative solutions to global health and poverty / Eric G. Bing and Marc J. Epstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bing, Eric G.
- Series:
- BK Currents
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pharmaceutical policy--Developing countries.
- Pharmaceutical policy.
- Drugs--Developing countries.
- Drugs.
- Medical care--Developing countries.
- Medical care.
- World health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Every four minutes, over 50 children under the age of five die. In the same four minutes, 2 mothers lose their lives in childbirth. Every year, malaria kills nearly 1.2 million people, despite the fact that it can be prevented with a mosquito net and treated for less than 1.50.Sadly, this list goes on and on. Millions are dying from diseases that we can easily and inexpensively prevent, diagnose, and treat. Why? Because even though we know exactly what people need, we just can't get it to them. They are dying not because we can't solve a medical problem but because we can't solve a logistics
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Why Pharmacy on a Bicycle; Part 1 The Prescription; 1 Saving Millions; 2 Ideas in Action: Innovation and Entrepreneurship; 3 A Shift in Perspective: Task Shifting to Save More; 4 Tipping the Scales: Scaling Up to Save Lives; Part 2 IMPACTS in Motion; 5 The Warmth of a Mother's Touch: Maternal and Child Health; 6 A Drop of Vinegar: Solutions for Infectious Diseases; 7 The Elephants in the Room: Noncommunicable Diseases; Part 3 Moving Forward; 8 Getting There from Here: Priorities, Plans, and Progress; 9 Busting Barriers: Heeding the Call; Notes
- BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781609947897 (hbk)
- 9781299443341
- 1299443346
- 9781609947903
- 1609947908
- OCLC:
- 836873637
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