Introducing Global Health (PDF)

Introducing Global Health: Practice, Policy, and
Solutions is a contemporary overview of the major issues in
global public health. The book explores how population health might
be maximized with the right blend of health system, education,
antipoverty, infectious disease, urban development, governance, and
incentive-based policies. It covers topics critical for
understanding the state of the world today, including wars for
natural resources, the missing women phenomenon, and whether global
aid really works. The book's case studies focus on developing
economies, mixed economies, and new emerging superpowers. Thematic
chapters are interwoven with running motifs, such as the health
risks and benefits associated with different totalitarian,
capitalist, and market socialist economies. Moving beyond
statistics, the book represents a major innovation in the teaching
of global health by presenting technical concepts including the
incidence and prevalence of disease within the context of more
accessible topics such as global poverty. This helps students
contextualize otherwise challenging but critical concepts, such as
the burden of infectious disease.

By encouraging reflection, focusing on what works, and using
activities and exercises, Introducing Global Health both
teaches fundamentals of global public health and cultivates a
policy perspective that is appealing and compelling for today's
students.