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Protecting the Health of the Poor: Social Movements in the South
Abraar Karan
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Description for Protecting the Health of the Poor: Social Movements in the South
Paperback. Argues for a comprehensive agenda for a fight against poverty and for protecting the health of the poor. Editor(s): Karan, Abraar; Sodhi, Geeta. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFA; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Nowhere is the injustice of the global distribution of income and wealth more palpable than in health. While the world’s affluent spend fortunes on the most trifling treatments, poor people’s lives are ruined and often cut short prematurely by challenges that could easily be overcome at low cost: childbirth, diarrhoea, malnutrition, malaria, HIV/AIDS, measles, pneumonia. Millions are avoidably dying from such causes each year and billions of lives avoidably blighted by these diseases of poverty. Drawing on in-depth empirical research spanning Asia, Latin America, and Africa, this path-breaking collection offers fresh perspectives from critically engaged scholars. Protecting the Health ... Read more presents a call and a vision for unified efforts across geographies, levels and sectors to make the right to health truly universal. Show Less
Nowhere is the injustice of the global distribution of income and wealth more palpable than in health. While the world’s affluent spend fortunes on the most trifling treatments, poor people’s lives are ruined and often cut short prematurely by challenges that could easily be overcome at low cost: childbirth, diarrhoea, malnutrition, malaria, HIV/AIDS, measles, pneumonia. Millions are avoidably dying from such causes each year and billions of lives avoidably blighted by these diseases of poverty. Drawing on in-depth empirical research spanning Asia, Latin America, and Africa, this path-breaking collection offers fresh perspectives from critically engaged scholars. Protecting the Health ... Read more presents a call and a vision for unified efforts across geographies, levels and sectors to make the right to health truly universal. Show Less
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
International Studies in Poverty Research
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783605521
SKU
V9781783605521
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About Abraar Karan
Abraar Karan is an MD candidate in the Global Health Pathway at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he serves as the student body president. His writings have been featured in a number of well-known publication venues, including Medscape, The Lancet, Academic Medicine, PLoS Global Health, Global Post, Kevin MD, and the Global Health Hub. Geeta ... Read more
Reviews for Protecting the Health of the Poor: Social Movements in the South
Provides essential guidance for all development practitioners and reminds us to beware of easy fixes.
Saman Yazdani Khan, Centre for Health and Population Studies, Pakistan
This timely volume explores poverty and health in the context of the free market. The application of human rights to safeguard the health of poor people is illustrated with clarity and conviction.
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Saman Yazdani Khan, Centre for Health and Population Studies, Pakistan
This timely volume explores poverty and health in the context of the free market. The application of human rights to safeguard the health of poor people is illustrated with clarity and conviction.
... Read more