[.ca] Global Public Health: A new era (ISBN 0198515294)

GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH: A NEW ERA:
In GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH: A NEW ERA edited by Robert Beaglehole a panel of pundits in the area of public health theory and practice representing different backgrounds and variety of personal experience acquired in various parts of the world depicts a current status of public health in Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe with intention to provide broad perspective on the current condition of global public health. Based on this review major global health threats, challenges and opportunities for the new era are identified and discussed. The book provides a much-needed focus on the major health problems faced by developing and developed regions and countries. It places public health in the broad context of economic development, and its socioeconomic and environmental milieu. This approach gives a broad international perspective and helps in understanding major public health implications of globalization. The book is a valuable and useful position in the professional library of public health workers and policy makers at national level. It is also an important source of both information and inspiration for international civil servants working within the health sector as well as those involved in other global, multi- and bilateral developmental areas that have a bearing on health and well being of individuals and populations. The undeniable strength of the publication is that it firmly puts public health in the context of global developmental agenda and identifies broad areas of accountability for national governments and international agencies and organizations. The need for investing in public health in general and in public health workforce development in particular is strongly advocated.