Essentials of Global Health - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition

Section 1 What is Global Health?
1.1 A History of Global Health
1.2 Key Concepts in Global Health
1.3 The Global Burden of Disease
1.4 Determinants of Health
1.5 Evaluation of Health Care

Section 2 Health Care Provision
2.1 Health Systems
2.2 Health Sectors
2.3 Universal Health Coverage
2.4 Access to Medicines
2.5 The Health Workforce

Section 3 Global Health Actors
3.1 The United Nations and the World Health Organization
3.2 International Organisations
3.3 National Governments
3.4 Nongovernmental Organisations and Social Movements
3.5 Building Equitable Partnerships

Section 4 Politics, Economics and Education
4.1 Poverty, Social Inequality and Health
4.2 Trade and Health
4.3 Health and Industry
4.4 The Pharmaceutical Industry
4.5 Health Policy and Research
4.6 Education and Health

Section 5 Law, Ethics and Human Rights
5.1 Human Rights and Health
5.2 Law and Health
5.3 Access to Health Care for Vulnerable Groups
5.4 Ethics and Health
5.5 Social Theories and Health
5.6 Culture, Religion, Ethnicity and Health
5.7 A.I.

Section 6 Specific Global Health Challenges
6.1 Communicable Diseases
6.2 Neglected Tropical Diseases
6.3 Noncommunicable Diseases
6.4 Ageing and Dying
6.5 Mental Health
6.6 Surgery
6.7 Maternal Health
6.8 Child Health
6.9 Global Dental Health
6.10 Violence and Injury

Section 7 Planetary Health
7.1 Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Health
7.2 Natural Disasters
7.3 Conflict and Health
7.4 Food and Agriculture /Food systems transitions
7.5 Urbanisation and Transport
7.6 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
7.7 Air Pollution
7.8 Pandemic

Babulal Sethia, BSc MB BS FRCP FRCS, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield NHS Trust; Past-President and Global Health Lead of The Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK, Parveen Kumar, DBE, BSc, MD, DM, DEd, FRCP, FRCP(L&E), FRCPath, FIAP, Professor of Medicine and Education, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, and Honorary Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Barts Health NHS Trust and Homerton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, Dominik Zenner, MA MSc FHEA MD MRCGP FFPH and Anandita Pattnaik