Urban health in developing countries : progress and prospects
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Urban health in developing countries : progress and prospects
Earthscan, 1995
- : pbk
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  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
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  Tokushima
  Kagawa
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  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9781853832819
Description
The impact of urbanization on the health of citizens in developing countries has received increasing attention recently. This book addresses the problems in an integrated way, looking in detail at both the problems themselves and the action and research necessary to alleviate them. It includes contributions from leading practitioners and advisors to many of the main international agencies and presents the latest thinking of those institutions. It also presents recent information on research findings, the management and financing of urban health services and trends in urban health policy. Case studies examine major initiatives in cities as diverse as Santiago, Dar es Salaam, Dhaka, Kampala and Bombay.
Table of Contents
- Urbanization and health in developing countries - a review of trends
- linkages for urban health - the community and agencies
- features and determinants of urban health
- organizing and managing urban health services
- research on urban health
- financing urban health services
- WHO support for urban health development
- urban health and the World Bank
- UNICEF's activities in urban health
- USAID's experience in urban health
- GTZ'a experience
- NGO's - between municipalities and communities
- view from the slums of Asia
- action and research - progress and prospects.
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ISBN 9781853832857
Description
The impact of urbanization on the health of citizens in developing countries has received increasing attention recently. This book addresses the problems in an integrated way, looking in detail at both the problems themselves and the action and research necessary to alleviate them. It includes contributions from leading practitioners and advisors to many of the main international agencies and presents the latest thinking of those institutions. It also presents recent information on research findings, the management and financing of urban health services and trends in urban health policy. Case studies examine major initiatives in cities as diverse as Santiago, Dar es Salaam, Dhaka, Kampala and Bombay.
Table of Contents
- Urbanization and health in developing countries - a review of trends
- linkages for urban health - the community and agencies
- features and determinants of urban health
- organizing and managing urban health services
- research on urban health
- financing urban health services
- WHO support for urban health development
- urban health and the World Bank
- UNICEF's activities in urban health
- USAID's experience in urban health
- GTZ'a experience
- NGO's - between municipalities and communities
- view from the slums of Asia
- action and research - progress and prospects.
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