Health systems and the challenge of communicable diseases : experiences from Europe and Latin America / edited by Richard Coker, Rifat Atun & Martin McKee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Atun, Rifat.

Coker, Richard.

McKee, Martin.

Series:

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series.

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases--Prevention.

Communicable diseases.

Public health--Europe.

Public health.

Public health--Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead, England ; New York : Open University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Health systems everywhere face constant change as they seek to respond to evolving patterns of disease. This is especially true with communicable diseases where humanity is engaged in a constant evolutionary struggle with micro-organisms that are able to adapt rapidly to a changing world. This problem can be, for example, exemplified recently by the growth of antibiotic resistant infection. This fascinating book confronts this challenge, looking at two regions where the pace of change is especially rapid, Europe and Latin America - places where health systems, many themselves undergoing rapid

Contents:

Front Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Content Page; List of tables; List of figures; List of boxes; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1: Contemporary emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases: challenges to control; Chapter 2: The changing face of transitional societies; Chapter 3: Effective governmental responses to communicable disease challenges in transitional societies; Chapter 4: A continuing evolutionary struggle: microbes and man; Chapter 5: Communicable disease in Europe

Chapter 6: Communicable disease in Latin America and the CaribbeanChapter 7: Health systems and systems thinking; Chapter 8: International and European responses to the threat of communicable disease; Chapter 9: HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis control in post-Soviet Union countries; Chapter 10: Enabling health systems in tuberculosis control: challenges and opportunities for the former Soviet Union countries; Chapter 11: Health systems and communicable disease control: emerging evidence and lessons from central and eastern Europe

Chapter 12: Health system reforms and communicable disease in Latin America and the CaribbeanChapter 13: Brazil's response to AIDS and tuberculosis: lessons from a transitional economy; Chapter 14: Health financing and communicable disease control: conceptual issues and implications; Chapter 15: Health systems and communicable diseases: predicting and responding to future challenges; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-78555-5

9786611785550

0-335-23628-6

OCLC:

271677044