Global Health in Practice: Investing Amidst Pandemics, Denial of Evidence, and Neo-Dependency

by Olusoji Adeyi and Dean T Jamison

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the world's vulnerabilities to health and economic ruin from disease outbreaks. But the pandemic merely reveals fundamental weaknesses and contradictions in global health. What are the roots of discontents in global health? How do geo-politics, power dynamics, knowledge gaps, racism, and corruption affect global health? Is foreign aid for health due for a radical overhaul?This book is an incisive guide to the practice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811245959
• ISBN13: 9789811245954
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"