Global Health in the 21st Century

Perhaps no other public policy issue has greater potential to affect some of the most significant economic, political, social, and ethical changes of the 21st century than global health. In this book, a scholar/physician team authors a comprehensive introduction to global health issues and emphasises the potential of public health intervention to improve the longevity and quality of human life across the globe. The authors have lived and worked in Africa as well as in medically underserved areas of the United States, so they write with firsthand experience and authority. Using themes of interconnectedness, globalisation, and united concern from citizens, this book encourages readers to consider the role that they might play as engaged citizens in taking on the global public health challenges of the 21st century including everything from AIDs and flu to tobacco, obesity, and threats in conflict zones. Part I Foundations of Global Health; Chapter 1 Introduction to Global Health; Chapter 2 Key Concepts in Global Health; Chapter 3 The Ecological Foundations of Global Health; Part II Medical Aspects of Global Health; Chapter 4 Global Health and Communicable Diseases; Chapter 5 Global Health and Noncommunicable Illnesses; Part III The International Relations of Global Health; Chapter 6 Economic, Ethnic, and Gender Inequities in Global Health; Chapter 7 Global Health and Security; Chapter 8 Global Health and Human Rights; Part IV Promoting Global Health; Chapter 9 Promoting Global Health from the Top Down: International Organizations; Chapter 10 Promoting Global Health from the Top Down: States; Chapter 11 Promoting Global Health from the Bottom Up: Non-state Actors; conclusion Conclusion;