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Author Hall-Clifford, Rachel, author.

Title Underbelly : childhood diarrhea and the hidden realities of global health / Rachel Hall-Clifford ; foreword by Waleska López Canu ; afterword by Arthur Kleinman
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]

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Description 1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations, maps
Contents Oral Rehydration Therapy and the Not-So-Simple Solution to Diarrhea -- Entanglements of Empowerment : Women, Caregiving, and Global Health -- Of Machetes and Medicine : Government Health Services -- Turning Diarrhea into Dinero : Market-Driven Health Services -- Global Guidelines, Local Realities : Complexities of Global Health
Summary "Underbelly articulates the pathways of global health funding and development policies by exploring their outcomes for recipient individuals and communities. Drawing on 15 years of ethnographic research and global health program implementation in highland Guatemala, this book focuses on the provision of primary health care services as a critical exemplar of how global health and development programs fall short, specifically focusing on efforts to prevent and treat diarrhea"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 22, 2024)
Subject Diarrhea in children.
World health.
Access to Primary Care
Diarrhea -- prevention & control
Fluid Therapy -- economics
Global Health -- economics
Program Evaluation
Socioeconomic Disparities in Health
Global Health
Guatemala
Form Electronic book
Author López Canu, Waleska, writer of foreword.
Kleinman, Arthur, writer of afterword.
LC no. 2023024695
ISBN 9780262378284
0262378280
9780262378291
0262378299
Other Titles Childhood diarrhea and the hidden realities of global health