Global health watch 4 : an alternative world health report.: an alternative world health report. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Contents: Introduction Section A: The Global Political and Economic ArchitectureA1 The Health Crises of Neoliberal Globalization A2 Fiscal Policies in Europe in the Wake of the Economic Crisis: Implications for Health A3 Social Struggle, Progressive Governments, and Health in Latin America A4 After the Arab Spring Section B: Health systems: current issues and debatesB1. The Current Discourse on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) B2. The National Health Service (NHS): Prey to Neoliberal Lust for Markets B3. Reform of the Mexican Healthcare System: The Untold Story B4. Brazil: The Rocky Road to a Universal Healthcare System B5. South Africa: Building or Destroying Health Systems? B6. The Right to Health in Tunisia B7. The Revival of Community Health Workers in National Health Systems B8. The Crisis of Maternal and Reproductive Health B9. The Global Health Workforce Crisis B10. The Politics and Landscape of Medical Devices in a Global Market Section C: Beyond HealthcareC1. Social Protection: Reimagining Development C2. Non-Communicable Diseases: Is Big Business Hijacking the Debate? C3. Nutrition and Food Sovereignty C4. Breaking Free from Gender-Based Violence C5. Talking Shit: Is Community Led Total Sanitation Empowering or Divisive? C6. Extractive Industries and Health Section D: WatchingD1. WHO Reform: For What Purpose? D2. A New 'Business Model' for NGOs? D3. Private Sector Influence on Public Health Policy D4. The TRIPS Agreement: Two Decades of Failed Promises D5. Cholera Epidemic in Haiti D6. The International Finance Corporation's 'Health in Africa' Initiative D7. The Ethical Cost of Offshoring Clinical Trials Section E: Resistance, Actions and ChangeE1. Reframing Health in Bolivia Around the Concept of 'Living Well' E2. Social Shange in El Salvador and the Health Sector E3. Venezuela: The Impact on Health of Social Change E4. Colombia: Social Struggles Against the Commodification of Health E5. Peru: Social Movement Against Neoliberal Reforms E6. Struggles for Health in Europe E7. The Struggle Against a Destructive Mining Project in Greece E8. The Right to Food campaign in India E9. Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Services in Australia
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (432 pages)
• Subjects: 362.1; World health; Poor -- Health and hygiene; Poor -- Medical care; Environmental health
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783602568; 1783602562
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