| Description |
xxvi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Philip Stevens -- 1. Wealth, health and the cycle of progress / Indur Goklany -- 2. South Africa's healthcare under threat / Johan Biermann -- 3. Corruption in public health / Maureen Lewis -- 4. Diseases of poverty and the 10/90 gap / Philip Stevens -- 5. Increasing access to medicines / Khalil Ahmed, Franklin Cudjoe, Eustace Davie, John Kilama, Martin Krause, Andres Mejia, Barun Mitra, Nonoy Oplas, Martin Simonetta, Philip Stevens, Jose Luis Tapia, Margaret Tse and Jasson Urbach -- 6. Cost effective means of fighting the diseases of poverty / Khalil Ahmed, Franklin Cudjoe, Eustace Davie, John Kilama, Martin Krause, Andres Mejia, Barun Mitra, Nonoy Oplas, Martin Simonetta, Philip Stevens, Jose Luis Tapia, Margaret Tse and Jasson Urbach -- 7. Counterfeit medicines in LDCs: problems and solutions / Philip Stevens and Julian Morris -- 8. The value of vaccination / David Bloom, David Canning and Mark Weston |
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9. The World Health Organisation: a time for reconstitution / Richard Wagner |
| Notes |
Originally published in 2007 in Great Britain, by International Policy Press |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [276]-298) |
| Subject |
Medical policy -- Developing countries.
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Poverty -- Health aspects -- Developing countries.
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Globalization -- Health aspects -- Developing countries.
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Medical care -- Developing countries.
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| Author |
Stevens, Philip.
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| LC no. |
2008003099 |
| ISBN |
9781412807449 (paperback) |
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1412807441 (paperback) |
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