Broschiertes Buch

Setting up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings

Beschreibung

Over half the world's rural population, and many in urban slums, have minimal access to health services. This book describes how to set up new, and develop existing, community-based health care for, by and with, the community.

Autor

Dr Ted Lankester is Founder and Co-Leader of the global health network Arukah Network (previously known as Community Health Global Network), and President and senior clinician with the international humanitarian support organisation Thrive Worldwide. He has written several books on travel health, as well as chapters on the health of expatriates and humanitarian workers. He has also pioneered new models of health care in the North Indian Himalayas (co-funded by DfiD (ODA) where he was involved in setting up a number of community health programmes in remote areas. Associate Professor Grills is a Public Health Physician with the Nossal Institute for Global health, University of Melbourne. Dr Grills works on non-communicable diseases, community health and disability largely in the Indian context. He researchers disability measurement and tobacco control policy with the Public Health Foundation of India and the CHGN Uttarakhand Cluster. He has worked in international health in Africa, Fiji, East Timor, PNG, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 188mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1134g
• ISBN-13: 9780198806653
• ISBN-10: 0198806655
• Artikelnr.: 54849335