The No-Nonsense Guide to World Health

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A clear yet wide-ranging introduction to the state of health worldwide, exploring the ways in which health provision is often determined by ethnicity, class, and gender. Starting with a brief history of medical progress, this guide delves into current politics of health in the contexts of big business and private health provision, media, gender, and the environment.

Shereen Usdin is a medical doctor and a public health specialist. She is co-founder of the internationally acclaimed Soul City for Health and Development Communication in South Africa and works in the areas of development communication, HIV/AIDS, violence against women, and human rights.

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'This No-Nonsense Guide to World Health is premised on the belief that without social justice, a life of health and dignity for all the world'speople cannot be fully realized.Desmond Tutu

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Shereen Usdin is a medical doctor and a public health specialist. She is cofounder of the internationally acclaimed Soul City for Health and Development Communication in South Africa and works in the areas of development communication, HIV/AIDS, violence against women and human rights.