| Edition |
[2nd ed.]. |
| Description |
xiv, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Global health watch 2005-2006. 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
An alternative paradigm for development -- The health-care sector. Health systems advocacy ; Mental health : culture, language, power ; Access to health care for migrants and asylum seekers ; Prisoners ; Medicine -- Beyond health care. Carbon trading and climate change ; Terror, war and health ; Reflections on globalization, trade, food and health ; Urbanisation ; The sanitation and water crisis ; Oil extraction and health in the Niger Delta ; Humanitarian aid ; Education -- Holding to account. Global health governance ; The global health landscape ; The World Health Organization and the Commission on the Social Determinants of Health ; The Gates Foundation ; The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria ; The World Bank ; Government aid ; US foreign assistance and health ; Canadian and Australian health aid ; Security and health ; Transnational corporations ; Protecting breastfeeding ; Tobacco control : moving governments from inaction to action -- Postscript : resistance. |
| Subject |
World health.
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World health. |
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Poor -- Health and hygiene.
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Poor -- Health and hygiene. |
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Poor -- Medical care.
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Poor -- Medical care. |
| Added Author |
People's Health Movement.
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Medact.
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Global Equity Gauge Alliance.
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| Added Title |
Global health watch 2005-2006.
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| ISBN |
9781848130340 hardback |
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1848130341 hardback |
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9781848130357 paperback |
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184813035X paperback |
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