Foundations of Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Reader

CONTENTS
1 WHAT IS GLOBAL HEALTH?
2 THE BROAD STREET PUMP
3 THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC OF 1918
4HOUSE ON FIRE: THE FIGHT TO ERADICATESMALLPOX
5 A PINCH, A FIST, A CUP OF WATER : ORALREHYDRATION THERAPY IN BANGLADESH
6 “SCIENCE WILL ALWAYS WIN IN THE END” : THEEPIDEMIOLOGIST WHO PROVED THAT SMOKINGCAUSES CANCER
7 DECLARATION OF ALMA-ATA
8 AIDS IN 2006—MOVING TOWARD ONE WORLD,ONE HOPE?
9 INSIDE THE OUTBREAKS
10 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SURVEILLANCE
11 USING EVIDENCE ABOUT “BEST BUYS” TO ADVANCEGLOBAL HEALTH
12 THE LONG DEFEAT
13 COUNTING IS COMPLICATED
14 HYGIENE, SANITATION, AND WATER: FORGOTTEN FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH
15 WATER, WORRY, AND MENTAL HEALTH
16 WHAT WENT WRONG IN FLINT
17 INDOOR AIR POLLUTION IN DEVELOPINGCOUNTRIES
18 TOBACCO INDUSTRY INTERFERENCE:A GLOBAL BRIEF
19 THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBALCLIMATE CHANGE
20 CLINICAL MEDICINE OR PUBLIC HEALTH?THE HISTORY OF MORTALITY DECLINE
21 THE NATURE OF CHILD MALNUTRITION AND ITSLONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS
22 STATEMENT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ONMISSIONS TO YEMEN, SOUTH SUDAN, AND KENYAAND AN UPDATE ON THE OSLO CONFERENCEON NIGERIA AND THE LAKE CHAD REGIONS
23 HUNGER IN THE AIDS ECONOMY OF CENTRALMOZAMBIQUE
24 A NUTRITION PARADOX—UNDERWEIGHT ANDOBESITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
25 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH:THE SOLID FACTS
26 DISEASE AND DYING WHILE BLACK: HOW RACISM,NOT RACE, GETS UNDER THE SKIN
27 WHY IS HIV PREVALENCE SO SEVERE IN SOUTHERNAFRICA?
28 UNDERSTANDING HIV/AIDS IN THE AFRICANCONTEXT
29 WHY CIRCUMCISION?
30 SAVING MOTHERS’ LIVES IN SRI LANKA
31 THE GLOBAL PREVALENCE OF INTIMATE PARTNERVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
32 WAR AND PUBLIC HEALTH: AN OVERVIEW
33 BEYOND HAPPY ENDINGS
34 STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AND CLINICAL MEDICINE
35 THE FOUR 19TH-CENTURY CULTURAL ROOTS OF INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL HEALTH: A MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING CURRENT POLICY DEBATES
36 COERCION AND CONSENT IN SMALLPOXERADICATION
37 LOOKING BACK IN TIME FROM EBOLA: THE HISTORYOF GLOBAL HEALTH
38 A HEART FOR THE WORK
39TURNING THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
40 WHY WE MUST PROVIDE BETTER SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN’S FEMALE FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS
41 ARE NGOs UNDERMINING HEALTH SYSTEMSIN MOZAMBIQUE?
42 THE VITAL CASE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INVESTMENTS
43 TREATING DEPRESSION WHERE THERE ARE NO MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
44 BEYOND SHAMANISM: THE RELEVANCE OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY
45 RIDING HIGH ON TARU FEVER: ENTERTAINMENT-EDUCATION BROADCASTS, GROUND MOBILIZATION AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN RURAL INDIA
46 MANAGING RUMORS AND MISINFORMATION IN WEST AFRICAandEBOLA: LIMITATIONS OF CORRECTING MISINFORMATION
47THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
48 STOP TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD: BIG IDEAS ARE DESTROYING INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
49 GLOBAL HEALTH: YOUR LIFE, YOUR LIFE DECISIONS, YOUR MORAL OBLIGATIONS
KEY TERMS