Protecting the Health of the Poor: Social Movements in the South (International Studies in Poverty Research) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783605529 ISBN 13: 9781783605521

Publisher: Zed Books, 2015

Synopsis

We live in a world where despite the colossal amount spent globally on healthcare programs, massive inequalities in health—both within and between countries—still exist. In this path-breaking new collection, Geeta Sodhi and Abraar Karan have gathered essays that draw on in-depth empirical research spanning across Asia, Latin America, and Africa, bringing together first-hand experience from a range of international health experts.
 
Protecting the Health of the Poor provides an outstanding overview of the legal, political, and social factors obstructing the inherent human right for health in poor-performance countries of the global south. This remarkable book offers fresh perspectives from critically engaged scholars who offer a compelling case for re-evaluating how we approach healthcare in developing countries at a global, national, and local level. Together, the contributors make a fierce, logical argument for the necessity of organizations and governments worldwide collaborating on a comprehensive agenda to fight against poverty and to protect the health of the poor.

About this title

About the Author:

Abraar Karan is a MD candidate at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and has been an external consultant at the CDC in Mozambique, and has also worked abroad in India, Latin America, and Africa. Geeta Sodhi is a member of Project Advisory Group at Global Health Strategies and director at the Swaasthya Trust.

Review:

“These are just a few of the cases to draw out the links among poverty, development and health. Protecting the Health of the Poor argues that these three aspects are inextricably linked – and that addressing inequalities in this relationship is a matter of moral urgency.”
  (Environment & Urbanization)

About this edition

• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1783605529
• ISBN 13: 9781783605521
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Karan Abraar, Sodhi Geeta