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Health, Food, and Nutrition in Third World Development » Read Now
by Pradip K. Ghosh. 622 pgs.

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...HEALTH, FOOD, AND NUTRITION IN THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT International...Environment and Resources, and Third World Development Health, Food, and Nutrition in...available...
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Health Care Patterns and Planning in Developing Countries » Read Now
by Rais Akhtar. 336 pgs.

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This collection of original essays addresses the issue of health care in the Third World, focusing on its spatial organization, the levels of inequality, and the socioeconomic and political forces that govern its delivery in different countries. Unlike other books on this topic, this work draws on...
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This collection of original essays addresses the issue of health care in the Third World, focusing on its spatial organization, the levels of inequality, and the socioeconomic and political forces that govern its delivery in different countries. Unlike other books on this topic, this work draws on investigative studies conducted in Asian, African, and South American countries, describing the need for realistic health care planning and offering some directions that countries might take to achieve this end.
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Protecting Workers' Health in the Third World: National and International Strategies » Read Now
by Michael R. Reich, Toshiteru Okubo, Kenzaburo Tsuchiya. 306 pgs.

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This highly authoritative volume focuses sorely needed attention on the problems and policies associated with Third World workers and occupation-linked health conditions. The writers identify major obstacles that block effective implementation of occupational health and safety measures in developing...
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This highly authoritative volume focuses sorely needed attention on the problems and policies associated with Third World workers and occupation-linked health conditions. The writers identify major obstacles that block effective implementation of occupational health and safety measures in developing countries and provide examples of successful steps taken to improve workers' health environment. National and international strategies are proposed to improve health even as the countries struggle to industrialize, adapt to new technologies, and advance their economies.
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Health, Nutrition, and Economic Crises: Approaches to Policy in the Third World » Read Now
by David E. Bell, Michael R. Reich. 446 pgs.

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Distinguished international experts evaluate in this volume how health and nutrition in poor countries have been affected by economic adjustments made in response to external shocks. They explore the origins, magnitude, and future outlook of the adjustments required of developing countries; discuss...
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Distinguished international experts evaluate in this volume how health and nutrition in poor countries have been affected by economic adjustments made in response to external shocks. They explore the origins, magnitude, and future outlook of the adjustments required of developing countries; discuss the impact on health and nutritional services; consider what policies would be most effective in minimizing the adverse effects on food and nutrition; and examine what can be done to achieve the best possible health services in the face of economic constraints and crisis.
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Marketizing Education and Health in Developing Countries: Miracle or Mirage? » Read Now
by Christopher Colclough. 384 pgs.

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This book draws on evidence from a large number of developing countries to assess the impact of market reforms on the provision of education and health services. The contributors show that approaches that seek merely to pass more of their costs to consumers perform less well than is often claimed...
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This book draws on evidence from a large number of developing countries to assess the impact of market reforms on the provision of education and health services. The contributors show that approaches that seek merely to pass more of their costs to consumers perform less well than is often claimed and that improved cost-effectiveness of health and education systems requires far more than changes in the sources and mechanisms of obtaining finance.
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AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean » Read Now
by George C. Bond, John Kreniske, Ida Susser, Joan Vincent. 234 pgs.

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This book offers detailed ethnographic studies from Africa & the Caribbean to explain AIDS in a global & comparative third-world context. The essays move beyond medical or epidemiological models, explaining the epidemic in its economic, social, political, & historic contexts.
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Financing Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa » Read Now
by Ronald J. Vogel. 232 pgs.

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Vogel views health care within the context of total Sub-Saharan economic systems, emphasizing the output of health-care programs (i.e., healthier people) and the most cost-effective ways to maximize that output. He recommends shifting public financing resources from the hospital sector to primary...
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Vogel views health care within the context of total Sub-Saharan economic systems, emphasizing the output of health-care programs (i.e., healthier people) and the most cost-effective ways to maximize that output. He recommends shifting public financing resources from the hospital sector to primary and preventive care, in order to reposition financial resources away from the colonial and post-colonial period of concentration upon cost-ineffective hospitals and toward the direction emphasized by the World Health Organization.
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Socioeconomic Status and Class in Studies of Fertility and Health in Developing Countries, in Annual Review of Sociology » Read Now
by Kenneth A. Bollen, Jennifer L. Glanville, Guy Stecklov. 33 pgs.

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...households in third world countries. Int...LSMS) of the World Bank. Household...expenditures, and health data for all...prdph/lsms Third International...Demographic Health...
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United Nations and the Problem of Women and Children Abuse in Third World Nations, in Social Justice » Read Now
by Saliwe Kawewe, Robert Dibie. 21 pgs.

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...problem of the Third World, but are only relevant...multinational corporations, Third World governments, lenders...poor or fees for health and education services...The...
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The Health Impacts of Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution from Solid Fuels in Developing Countries: Knowledge, Gaps, and Data Needs, in Environmental Health Perspectives » Read Now
by Majid Ezzati, Daniel M. Kammen. 12 pgs.

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...Development. WHO/EHG/97.8. Geneva:World Health Organization, 1997. (5.) De Koning...Public Health, on behalf of the World Health Organization and the World Bank...3A...
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Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor » Read Now
by Paul Farmer. 402 pgs.

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"This is an angry and a hopeful book, and, like everything Dr. Farmer has written, it has both passion and authority. "Pathologies of Power is an eloquent plea for a working definition of human rights that would not neglect the most basic rights of all: food, shelter and health. This plea has...
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"This is an angry and a hopeful book, and, like everything Dr. Farmer has written, it has both passion and authority. "Pathologies of Power is an eloquent plea for a working definition of human rights that would not neglect the most basic rights of all: food, shelter and health. This plea has special potency because it comes from Dr. Farmer, a person who has proven that the dream of universal and comprehensive human rights is possible, and who has brought food, shelter, health, and hope to some of the poorest people on this earth."--Tracy Kidder, author of "The Soul of a New Machine and "Home Town
"Farmer's brilliance and charisma leap from the pages of his book. He challenges us to face the urgent theoretical and political challenges of the twenty-first century by linking structural violence to embodied social suffering and in the process calls for a new definition of human rights. Once this book is out, we will no longer be able to remain complacently--or rather, complicitly--on the sidelines."--Philippe Bourgois, author of "In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio
"A passionate critique of conventional biomedical ethics by one of the world's leading physician-anthropologists and public intellectuals. Farmer's on-the-ground analysis of the relentless march of the AIDS epidemic and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis among the imprisoned and the sick-poor of the world illuminates the pathologies of a world economy that has lost its soul."--Nancy Scheper-Hughes, author of "Death without Weeping: the Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil
"In his compelling book, Farmer captures the central dilemma of our times--the increasing disparities of health and well-being within andamong societies. While all member countries of the United Nations denounce the gross violations of human rights perpetrated by those who torture, murder, or imprison without due process, the insidious violations of human rights
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