Throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic is having devastating and tragic social, economic, and political impacts. HIV/AIDS is both a health issue and a development…
HIV/AIDS, Forests and Futures in Sub-Saharan Africa
Foot and Mouth Disease and Market Access: Challenges for the Beef Industry in Southern Africa
Focusing on the case of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in southern Africa – and specifically Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe – this paper explores the economic, social and…
Beyond Scaling Up: improving access to health services
Ill health is still a major human problem and a high burden for many countries, despite the availability of effective interventions. Growing impatience with this situation, at both national and…
Health in a changing world
Markets for healthcare and pharmaceuticals are spreading rapidly in many countries. Meanwhile, new information communications technology (ICT) is changing the way people access advice and medicines. And as recent events…
Epidemics: policy, justice and future challenges
The spectre of a devastating global pandemic has been raised more than once in recent years. Recent disease events such as SARS, H1N1, avian influenza and haemorrhagic fevers (Ebola, dengue,…
Epidemics: Science, Governance and Social Justice
You can download the Accepted Manuscript of Chapter 1 of this book, Open Access. Download Chapter 1 Buy this book Recent disease events such as SARS, H1N1 and avian influenza,…
Avian Influenza: Science, Policy and Politics
Open access chapter You can download an Open Access chapter of the book for free. This is the Accepted Manuscript of Chapter 1: The International Response to Avian Influenza: Science,…
China’s Rural Health System and Environment-Related Health Risks
This paper presents a chronology of the development of the Chinese rural health system and its responses to environment-related health problems. During the early years of the People’s Republic, the…
Public Health Campaigns: getting the message across
Through a selection of posters from around the globe, this book tells the story of how public health campaigns have evolved in the last 60 years. It includes an introduction…
Cambodia’s Victim Zero: Global and National Responses to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Cambodia’s experience with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) since the disease was discovered on a farm outside Phnom Penh in January 2004 reveals important aspects of how a developing country…