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Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways (Mit Press) - Softcover
Synopsis
Why the news about the global decline of infectious diseases is not all good.
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About the Author
Thomas J. Bollyky is the Director of the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University.
Review
Noncommunicable diseases are an urgent global crisis that has been largely overlooked, with deadly consequences. By calling attention to it―and prescribing solutions―Bollyky's book can help to save many lives.
―Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, World Health Organization Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases, and three-term mayor of New York CityA remarkable piece of work, superbly researched, beautifully written, and sobering. It should be required reading not only for policymakers and philanthropists, but anyone seeking to understand the great progress that has been made in global health and the significant challenges that remain.
―Sania Nishtar, Founder and President of Heartfile and former Federal Minister for PakistanThis stimulating new book is a must-read for those who care about our collective future. A well-recognized leader in global health, Tom Bollyky is a powerful advocate at a critical time, but does not shy away from some unsettling truths. Interweaving history, science, economic/development policy and international affairs, he reveals the promise and peril of how health advances are reshaping our world, and he soundly argues that a safer, healthier world demands that we address this paradox of unintended consequences. We should take heed!
―Margaret A. Hamburg, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Medicine and Former Commissioner of the Food and Drug AdministrationPlagues and the Paradox of Progress is a readable history of the rise and fall―and worrisome threat―of infectious diseases, as well as the new health threat to developing countries: chronic illnesses. Bollyky provides deep insight into how health challenges will impact the development of lower income countries. This is an excellent addition to the scholarship on global health.
―Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Prescription for the Future"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherThe MIT Press
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 0262537966
- ISBN 13 9780262537964
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages276
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