Blue Marble Health An Innovative Plan to Fight Diseases of the Poor amid Wealth / Peter J. Hotez ; with a foreword by Cher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hotez, Peter J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tropical medicine--economics.

Tropical medicine.

World health--Economic aspects.

World health.

World health--economics.

Poverty Areas.

Neglected Diseases--economics.

Neglected Diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Clear, compassionate, and timely, Blue Marble Health is a must-read for leaders in global health, tropical medicine, and international development, along with anyone committed to helping the millions of people who are caught in the desperate cycle of poverty and disease.

Contents:

A changing landscape in global health

The "other diseases": the neglected tropical diseases

Introducing blue marble health (BMH)

East Asia : China, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea

India

Sub-Saharan Africa : Nigeria and South Africa

Middle East and North Africa : ISIS-occupied zones and Saudi Arabia

In the Americas : Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico

Australia, Canada, European Union, Russian Federation, and Turkey

United States of America

The G20 : "a theory of justice"

A framework for science and vaccine diplomacy

Future directions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-2047-3

OCLC:

956541522