Essentials of Global Health, 1st Edition

Written by medical students and junior doctors from Students for Global Health and the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA).

Edited by two experts in the field, Mr B Sethia and Professor Parveen Kumar.

Royalties go to a grant fund for student global health projects.

What is Global Health?

• A History of Global Health
• Key Concepts in Global Health
• The Global Burden of Disease
• Determinants of Health
• Evaluation of Healthcare

Healthcare Provision

• Health Systems
• Health Sectors
• Universal Health Coverage
• Access to Medicines
• The Health Workforce

Global Health Actors

• The UN and the WHO
• International Organisations

• National Governments
• Non-Governmental Organisations and Social Movements
• Building Equitable Partnerships

Politics, Economics and Education

• Poverty, Social Inequality and Health
• Trade and Health
• Health and Industry
• The Pharmaceutical Industry
• Health Policy and Research
• Education and Health

Law, Ethics and Human Rights

• Human Rights and Health
• Law and Health
• Access to Health for Vulnerable Groups
• Ethics and Health
• Social Theories and Health
• Culture, Religion, Ethnicity and Health

Specific Global Health Challenges

• Communicable Diseases
• Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Non-Communicable Diseases
• Ageing & Dying
• Mental Health
• Maternal Health
• Child Health
• Global Dental Health
• Violence & Injury

The Environment

• Climate Change and Energy
• Natural Disasters
• Conflict and Health
• Food and Agriculture
• Urbanisation and Transport
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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 and Parveen Kumar, DBE, BSc, MD, DM, DEd, FRCP, FRCP(L&E), FRCPath, FIAP, Professor of Medicine & 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