A history of global health : interventions into the lives of other peoples

"Over the past century, hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested in programs aimed at improving health on a global scale. Given the enormous scale and complexity of these lifesaving operations, why do millions of people in low-income countries continue to live without access to basic health services, sanitation, or clean water? And why are deadly diseases like Ebola able to spread so quickly among populations? In A History of Global Health, Randall M. Packard argues that global-health initiatives have saved millions of lives but have had limited impact on the overall health of people living in underdeveloped areas, where health-care workers are poorly paid, infrastructure and basic supplies such as disposable gloves, syringes, and bandages are lacking, and little effort has been made to address the underlying social and economic determinants of ill health. Global-health campaigns have relied on the application of biomedical technologies--vaccines, insecticide-treated nets, vitamin A capsules--to attack specific health problems but have failed to invest in building lasting infrastructure for managing the ongoing health problems of local populations. Designed to be read and taught, the book offers a critical historical view, providing historians, policy makers, researchers, program managers, and students with an essential new perspective on the formation and implementation of global-health policies and practices."--Source inconnue List of Abbreviations List of Illustrations and Tables INTRODUCTION: Ebola PART ONE: COLONIAL ENTANGLEMENTS 1 Colonial Training Grounds 2 From Colonial to International Health PART TWO: SOCIAL MEDICINE, THE DEPRESSION, AND RURAL HYGIENE 3 The League of Nations Health Organization 4 Internationalizing Rural Hygiene and Nutrition PART THREE: CHANGING POSTWAR VISIONS OF HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT 5 Planning for a Postwar World: The Legacy of Social Medicine 6 A Narrowing Vision: International Health, Technology, and Cold War Politics PART FOUR: THE ERA OF ERADICATION 7 Uncertain Beginnings 8 The Good and the Bad Campaigns PART FIVE: CONTROLLING THE WORLD’S POPULATIONS 9 The Birth of the Population Crisis 10 Accelerating International Family-Planning Programs 11 Rethinking Family Planning PART SIX: THE RISE AND FALL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 12 Rethinking Health 2.0: The Rise of Primary Health Care 13 Challenges to Primary Health Care PART SEVEN: BACK TO THE FUTURE 14 AIDS and the Birth of Global Health 15 The Global Fund, PEPFAR, and the Transformation of Global Health 16 Medicalizing Global Health CONCLUSION: Responding to Ebola Acknowledgments Notes Index Colonial Training Grounds -- From Colonial To International Health -- The League Of Nations Health Organization -- Internationalizing Rural Hygiene And Nutrition -- Planning For A Postwar World : The Legacy Of Social Medicine -- A Narrowing Vision : International Health, Technology, And Cold War Politics -- Uncertain Beginnings -- The Good And Bad Campaigns -- The Birth Of The Population Crisis -- Accelerating International Family Planning Programs -- Rethinking Family Planning -- Rethinking Health, 2.0 : The Rise Of Primary Health Care -- Challenges To Primary Health Care -- Aids And The Birth Of Global Health -- The Global Fund, Pepfar And The Transformation Of Global Health -- The Medicalization Of Global Health. Randall M. Packard. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.