Readings in Global Health : Essential Reviews From the New England Journal of Medicine

Global health has seen an influx of investment and interest over the last two decades, fueling significant gains in areas such as infectious disease and maternal and child health. As new threats continue to emerge -- pandemics, health impacts of climate change, the growing burdens of an aging population -- it's clear that global health will require fresh thinking and continued investment in order to build on its early successes. Readings in Global Health is a collection of authoritative review articles on topics in global health excerpted from the New England Journal of Medicine . Authored and edited by leading voices in the field, this volume serves as an ideal introduction to both the state of global health and its road from here. With extensive illustration, referencing, and supplemental commentaries by editors David J. Hunter and Harvey V. Fineberg, it's an essential guide to the principles and practice of global health and works as a textbook for students taking global health courses as well. Cover 1 Readings in Global Health 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 Contributors 10 Introduction 14 1. A Global View of Health—An Unfolding Series 20 Part I Global Disease Patterns and Predictions: Introduction 24 2. Measuring the Global Burden of Disease 26 3. Globalization, Climate Change, and Human Health 40 Part II Infectious Diseases: Introduction 54 4. The Perpetual Challenge of Infectious Diseases 58 5. Response to the AIDS Pandemic—A Global Health Model 72 6. Pandemic Preparedness and Response—Lessons from the H1N1 Influenza of 2009 88 7. Ebola Virus Disease: Past and Present 100 8. Designing Tomorrow’s Vaccines 118 9. Disease Eradication 134 Part III Noncommunicable Diseases: Introduction 148 10. Behavioral and Dietary Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases 152 11. Global Effects of Smoking, of Quitting, and of Taxing Tobacco 168 12. Noncommunicable Diseases 184 13. Mental Health and the Global Agenda 198 14. Injuries 212 Part IV Health System Responses: Introduction 226 15. Global Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health—So Near and Yet So Far 230 16. Health Care Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 246 17. Natural Disasters, Armed Conflict, and Public Health 256 Part V Global Institutional Responses: Introduction 268 18. Governance Challenges in Global Health 270 19. Global Health and the Law 282 20. Global Supply of Health Professionals 296 21. Convergence to Common Purpose in Global Health 308 Index 312 Global health has seen an influx of investment and interest over the last two decades, fueling significant gains in areas such as infectious disease and maternal and child health. As new threats continue to emerge -- pandemics, health impacts of climate change, the growing burdens of an aging population -- it's clear that global health will require fresh thinking and continued investment in order to build on its early successes. __Readings in Global Health____New England Journal of Medicine__