Essentials of Global Health

Essentials of Global Health offers medical students and doctors an insight into the Global Health world. Ahead of its time when first published, Essentials of Global Health anticipated a shift that has now become mainstream. The first edition was originally authored by medical students and junior doctors. It is now updated by leading experts in the field. With global health embedded in medical school curricula worldwide, this new edition offers a timely, accessible introduction to a field that is as wide-ranging as it is essential. This unique text covers the core concepts of global health- from epidemiology, disease burden, and global surgery to social determinants, health systems, and policy-breaking them into succinct, easy-to-understand chapters. This helps you build a clear framework for analysing health inequities, evaluating interventions, and translating evidence into compassionate care. Each chapter ends with references which elaborate further on the topic, making this title a great first introduction to Global Health. Features concise text, practical diagrams, and key points boxes that help you understand important issues and apply what you’ve learned Covers key topics such as must-know global health organisations; politics, economics, and education; law, ethics, and human rights; specific global health challenges such as neglected tropical diseases, ageing and dying, mental health, dental health, and violence and injury; planetary health issues such as natural disasters, urbanization, and pollution; and much more Includes new chapters on global surgery, artificial intelligence, pandemics, and planetary health Contains new content on climate change and biodiversity loss, as well as food, agriculture, and food systems transitions An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud