Commonwealth Health Partnerships 2015 - Softcover

Robertson, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908609176 ISBN 13: 9781908609175

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2016

Synopsis

Launched at the annual Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting (CHMM), the publication provides a guide to current issues in global health for ministers, senior officials and other stakeholders. Reflecting the theme of CHMM 2015, Commonwealth Health Partnerships 2015 looks at universal health coverage, with a particular focus on health and development challenges in an ageing world.

Content includes:

* Expert opinion from ministries of health, World Health Organization and transnational partnerships
* Academic commentary from The Lancet, schools of medicine, public health and governments
* Health systems and resourcing: responding to multi-morbidity, continuity of care
* Dementia – social care, risk factors
* The Ebola crisis, AIDS and other communicable diseases; antimicrobial resistance
* Rights-based approaches to health care coverage, disabilities, palliative care
* Youth and child health, a life-course approach to healthy ageing

The publication also includes extensive health profiles of the 53 Commonwealth member countries, incorporating the latest data on health systems and population health outcomes.

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Robertson has worked with the Commonwealth Secretariat and other development organizations for 15 years. He studied at the University of Oxford and has also worked in education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908609176
• ISBN 13: 9781908609175
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328