Häftad, Engelska, 2010

International Health and Aid Policies

The Need for Alternatives

Av Jean-Pierre Unger, Pierre De Paepe, Kasturi Sen, Werner Soors

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Beskrivning

International health and aid policies of the past two decades have had a major impact on the delivery of care in low and middle-income countries. This book argues that these policies have often failed to achieve their main aims, and have in fact contributed to restricted access to family medicine and hospital care. Presenting detailed evidence, and illustrated by case studies, this book describes how international health policies to date have largely resulted in expensive health care for the rich, and disjointed and ineffective services for the poor. As a result, large segments of the population world-wide continue to suffer from unnecessary casualties, pain and impoverishment. International Health and Aid Policies arms health professionals, researchers and policy makers with strategies that will enable them to bridge the gaps between public health, medicine and health policy in order to support robust, comprehensive and accessible health care systems in any political environment.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2010-09-23
Mått: 157 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt: 540 g
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 314
Förlag: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521174268

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Jean-Pierre Unger is Senior Lecturer and co-director of the MPH programme at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. Pierre De Paepe is a researcher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. Kasturi Sen is a social scientist at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. Werner Soors is a researcher and teacher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.

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'International Health and Aid Policies: The Need for Alternatives represents an important and comprehensive effort in gathering the evidence of the grave consequences on developing countries' health systems of some international health and aid policies that promote excessive reliance on disease specific programs and commercialised care. The book proposes alternative policy scenarios … and highlights the key role of health system researchers in influencing the development of pro-equity international health policies and the evaluation of their impact. The thorough review of historic data and trend analysis will serve scholars and decision makers alike.' Mirta Roses, Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office of the World Health Organization

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