Global health challenges for human security /

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Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Global Equity Initiative ; Asia Center, Harvard University : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2003.
Description:xxiii, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies in global equity
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5142702
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Other authors / contributors:Chen, Lincoln C.
Leaning, Jennifer.
Narasimhan, Vasant.
Harvard University. Global Equity Initiative
Harvard University. Asia Center.
ISBN:0674014537 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Sect. I. History, Ethics, and Policies
  • 1. A Human Security Agenda for Global Health / Lincoln Chen and Vasant Narasimhan
  • 2. Human Security and Conflict: A Comprehensive Approach / Jennifer Leaning, Sam Arie, Gilbert Holleufer and Claude Bruderlein
  • 3. Health and Security in Historical Perspective / Simon Szreter
  • 4. Bioethics, Human Security, and Global Health / Giovanni Berlinguer
  • 5. Health and Security for a Global Century / Jonas Gahr Store, Jonathan Welch and Lincoln Chen
  • Sect. II. Global Epidemics
  • 6. Health and Security: Globalization of Infectious Diseases / Mary E. Wilson
  • 7. Evolving Infectious Disease Threats to National and Global Security / David L. Heymann
  • 8. HIV/AIDS: The Security Issue of a Lifetime / Alex de Waal
  • 9. AIDS: A Threat to Human Security / Olive Shisana, Nompumelelo Zungu-Dirwayi and William Shisana
  • Sect. III. Violence and Risks
  • 10. Violence and Human Security: Policy Linkages / David R. Meddings, Douglas W. Bettcher and Roya Ghafele
  • 11. Gender, Health, and Security / Sonali Johnson and Claudia Garcia-Moreno
  • 12. Health Problems as Security Risks: Global Burden of Disease Assessments / Kenji Shibuya
  • Sect. IV. Poverty and Health Action
  • 13. Human Security and Primary Health Care in Asia: Realities and Challenges / Mely Caballero-Anthony
  • 14. Harnessing Social Capital for Health, Security, and Development in Bangladesh / Alayne M. Adams and Mushtaque Chowdhury
  • 15. Livelihood Security through Community-Based Health Insurance in India / Mirai Chatterjee and M. Kent Ranson.