9781646466832
Mike Ellis
Foster Academics
English
2025
Medical Science - Public Health
USD 157
Global public health focuses on improving health and achieving health equity for people worldwide. It addresses health issues that cross borders, like infectious diseases, pandemics and chronic conditions. Key goals include preventing disease, promoting healthy lifestyles and securing access to quality healthcare. Efforts involve international cooperation, research, policy-making and health education. Organisations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and various Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) play vital roles in coordinating global health initiatives. Challenges in global public health include tackling health disparities, combating emerging health threats and improving healthcare infrastructure in low-resource settings. Highlighting preventive measures, vaccination programs, clean water and sanitation, global public health seeks to create sustainable solutions that improve health outcomes and enhance the quality of life for populations around the world. The book aims to shed light on some of the unexplored aspects of global public health. The topics included in this book on ethical issues and challenges in global public health are of utmost significance and bound to provide incredible insights to readers. It is a complete source of knowledge on the present status of this important field.