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This ambitious book provides a comprehensive history of the World Health Organization WHO Global Programme on AIDS GPA using it as a unique lens to trace the global response to the AIDS pandemic The authors describe how WHO came initially to assume leadership of the global response relate the strategies and approaches WHO employed over the years and expound on the factors that led to the Programme s demise and subsequent formation of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV AIDS UNAIDS The authors examine the global impact of this momentous transition portray the current status of the global response to AIDS and explore the precarious situation that WHO finds itself in today as a lead United Nations agency in global health Several aspects of the global response the strategies adopted the roads taken and not taken and the lessons learned can provide helpful guidance to the global health community as it continues tackling the AIDS pandemic and confronts future global pandemics Included in the coverage The response before the global response Building and coordinating a multi sectoral response Containing the global spread of HIV Addressing stigma discrimination and human rights Rethinking global AIDS governance UNAIDS and its place in the global r

This book offers a broad and global level description of the current status of wastewater use in agriculture and then brings the readers to various places in the MENA Region and Europe to explain how some countries and regions have addressed the challenges during implementation On a global scale over 20 million hectares of agricultural land are irrigated using wastewater This is one good and perhaps the most prominent example of the safe use potential of wastewater Water scarcity and the cost of energy and fertilisers are among the main factors driving millions of farmers and other entrepreneurs to make use of wastewater In order to address the technical institutional and policy challenges of safe water reuse developing countries and countries in transition need clear institutional arrangements and more skilled human resources with a sound understanding of the opportunities and potential risks of wastewater use Stakeholders in wastewater irrigation who need to implement from scratch or improve current conditions find it difficult to gather the necessary information on practical implementation aspects The main objective of this book is to bridge that gap

An incisive essential guide to understanding one of today s most urgent and complex problems The opioid epidemic is responsible for longest sustained decline in U S life expectancy since the time of World War I and the Great Influenza In 2017 nearly 50 000 Americans died from an opioid overdose with an estimated 2 million more living with opioid addiction every day The Opioid Epidemic What Everyone Needs to Know is an accessible nonpartisan overview of the causes politics and treatments tied to the most devastating health crisis of our time Its comprehensive approach and Q&A format offer readers a practical path to understanding the epidemic from all sides This includes the basic science of opioids the nature of addiction the underlying reasons for the opioid epidemic effective approaches to helping individuals families communities and national policy myths and common misunderstandings related to opioid addiction Written by two expert physicians and enriched with stories from their experiences in the crosshairs of this epidemic this book is a critical resource for any general reader and for the individuals and families fighting this fight in their own lives

An essential and comprehensive guide for students and researchers in a range of health care disciplines investigating health services health care and well being Professor Robert J Edelmann Emeritus Professor of Clinical and Forensic Psychology University of Roehampton UK An invaluable resource for students researchers and practitioners from all health backgrounds and disciplines who are involved in research to produce a robust evidence base to inform the development provision delivery and evaluation of healthcare services Felicity Smith Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy Practice UCL School of Pharmacy UK The fifth edition of Research Methods in Health continues to provide an excellent broad based introduction to the subject Virginia Berridge Professor of History and Health Policy Centre for History in Public Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine UK This bestselling book provides an accessible introduction to the concepts and practicalities of multi disciplinary research methods in health and health services The new edition has updated and expanded coverage of International examples terms and approaches Epidemiology and methods of tracing epidemics Aging population demography and bio demography Evaluation and assessment of h

By presenting chapter specific roadmaps this book offers a behind the scenes chronology of the response to COVID 19 and provides a rubric for future pandemic response Targeted at lay and scientific audiences reflections and lessons learned grant the reader an opportunity to leverage this knowledge and improve the outcomes of future pandemics

Rester jeune : telle est la promesse de ce livre. L'objectif n'est évidemment pas de vous promettre la jeunesse éternelle ni de vous faire vivre jusqu'à 150 ans - ce qui va arriver, un peu de patienc

Public Health Local and Global Perspectives presents a comprehensive introduction to public health issues and concepts in the Australian and international contexts It provides students with fundamental knowledge of the public health field including frameworks theories key organisations and contemporary issues The third edition features a new chapter on the public health workforce and the importance of advocacy in the profession and a thorough update that includes current research and case studies Discussion of the COVID 19 pandemic and other contemporary public health issues offers students the opportunity to apply theory to familiar examples Each chapter contextualises key concepts with spotlights and vignettes reflective questions tutorial exercises and suggestions for further reading Written by an expert team of public health professionals Public Health is an essential resource for public health students

This new book is designed around twenty clinical cases each representative of scenarios encountered by doctors who work in primary care and which will prompt learning in related issues surrounding each clinical scenario Each case ends with an examstyle question familiar to MRCGP candidates for AKT preparation

This atlas of dermatology has a unique clinical orientation and lays emphasis on morphology The disease entities are arranged according to the morphology of lesions This pattern of placement serves as an important aid in making a diagnosis as this approach is based on the way patients present themselves in out patient departments

This book examines Chinas fertility transition over the past seven decades and explores the socioeconomic impacts of the two-child policy.The first half of this book highlights the characteristics of Chinas low fertility and the risk of falling to an ultra-low state, aiming to answer the question: How Chinas fertility is changing and evolving? How low is Chinas fertility? What are the demographic structure, driving forces and institutional characteristics of Chinas low fertility? The second half models the impacts of the two-child policy on Chinas population trends and demands for women, infant and child health services, and education resources for preschool, compulsive education, addressing the questions of how the two-child policy affects fertility behaviours of Chinese women, particularly the second-child fertility? How would the two-child policy impact Chinas future population trends, particularly labour supply and population aging? What are the consequences for obstetrics and gynaecological services, paediatrics and childcare services; and for school capacity and demand for teachers over compulsory education?The book will be an essential read for students and scholars of Chinese studies, population and demography studies, and those interested in contemporary China.

La pandemia de la COVID-19 será recordada en la historia de la humanidad como uno de los hitos más significativos del siglo XXI. Los controvertidos orígenes del SARS-CoV-2, su alta capacidad de contagio, su irrupcion mundial, el desconocimiento inicial de su patogenicidad, sus altos indices de mortalidad, la carencia de tratamientos eficaces, o el colapso de los sistemas de salud, incluso en los paises mas avanzados, han sido cuestiones, que llevaron a la comunidad sanitaria internacional con la OMS a la cabeza, a recomendar una serie de medidas sanitarias drasticas, y a los gobiernos de los respectivos paises a decretar el confinamiento estricto de la poblacion, una situacion impensable en la actual era tecnologica. En la presente obra, se reflejan algunos de los hitos de la biotecnologia, la biomedicina o la bioinformatica, los cuales han sido la clave para abordar los innumerables retos planteados por la pandemia y muy especialmente los relativos al desarrollo de tratamientos eficaces y vacunas. The COVID-19 pandemic will be remembered in the history of mankind as one of the most significant milestones of the 21st century. The controversial origins of SARS-CoV-2, its high capacity for contagion, its worldwide outbreak, the initial lack of knowledge of its pathogenicity, its high mortality rates, the lack of effective treatments, and the collapse of health systems, even in the most advanced countries, were issues that led the international health community, led by the WHO, to recommend a series of drastic health measures, and the governments of the respective countries to decree the strict confinement of the population, an unthinkable situation in the current technological era. This book reflects some of the milestones in biotechnology, biomedicine and bioinformatics, which have been the key to tackling the countless challenges posed by the pandemic, especially those related to the development of effective treatments and vaccines.

Written by environmental health experts with experience in policy and public health the third edition of this book comprises two volumes This second volume discusses emerging health hazards and mitigation including environment related infectious diseases COVIDpandemic social justice and drugs and public health

This autobiography from Sir Denis Pereira Gray offers an insight into the life and career of an influential GP from what led him to study medicine learning his craft in the 1960s through years of clinical practice and research to senior leadership roles within and outside the Royal College of General Practitioners