Full Description
Drawing on the latest research in health geography and a wide range of case studies from across the world, this comprehensive and authoritative study offers students an unrivalled analysis of the geographical connections of global health and the challenges they present for governance and treatment. Topics considered include health inequalities across countries, the governance of health by nation-states and international organizations, the incidence and spread of infectious disease, the links between air and water quality and health outcomes, and the health impacts of climate change. The book considers how these different issues play out in a range of geographical settings across the world, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income countries, which are disproportionally affected. The book demonstrates the indispensable role of geographical processes operating across borders in understanding health worldwide and is an excellent resource for courses on health geography, global health, public health and development studies.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Unequal health I: determinants and regional examples
3. Unequal health II: key themes
4. Governing global health
5. People on the move: the dispossessed and their health and wellbeing
6. Materials on the move: out of the ground, and across the globe
7. Airs, waters and places
8. Infections on the move
9. Climate change and global health
10. Conclusions: Global health and cross-cutting themes
