William W. Foege

Gebundenes Buch

The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor

My Years at the CDC

Beschreibung

The Fears of the Rich, The Needs of the Poor is an inviting but unvarnished account of that career and offers a plethora of lessons for those interested in public health.

Autor

William H. Foege is the emeritus presidential distinguished professor of international health at Emory University. He was a director of the Centers for Disease Control, the founding director of the Carter Presidential Center, and a cofounder of the Task Force for Child Survival (now the Task Force for Global Health). He was also an early consultant to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is the author of House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox; The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor: My Years at the CDC; The Task Force for Child Survival: Secrets of Successful Coalitions; and a coauthor of Change Is Possible: Reflections on the History of Global Health. In 2012, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781421425290
• ISBN-10: 1421425297
• Artikelnr.: 49448127