RT Book, Section
A1 White, Franklin M.M.
A1 Nanan, Debra J.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141962348
T1 International and Global Health
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071441988
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141962348
RD 2024/04/19
AB International  Health  is  a  well-established  branch  of  public  health,  with  origins  in  the  health  situation  of  developing  nations  and  the  efforts  of  industrialized  countries  to  assist  them.  It  has  always  considered  issues  transcending  national  jurisdiction,  for  example,  quarantine  regulations.  However,  the  field  has  recently  extended  to  Global  Health,  emphasizing  global  cooperation  for  solutions.  While  problems  like  unsafe  drinking  water  affect  mainly  local  communities  within  countries,  others  have  worldwide  impact,  for  example,  air  pollution,  drug  trafficking,  and  tobacco  marketing.  Although  local  and  national  actions  are  essential,  these  also  require  additional  global  action,  for  example,  Framework  Convention  on  Tobacco  Control.1  Regardless  of  the  levels  of  solutions  (local,  national,  international,  global),  at  the  core  of  the  world's  health  problems  lie  enormous  inequities  in  economic  and  social  conditions,  and  the  right  to  health  remains  unfulfilled  for  most  of  the  world's  people.