Highly topical as it addresses epidemics like SARS but also the link between drugs, tobacco control, diet and nutrition. Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of the World Health Organisation. It takes a balanced approach to its subject addressing both the positive claims and criticisms of the WHO. The book offers the most comprehensive and up to date analysis of WHO available. The World Health Organization (WHO), as the United Nations specializedagency for health, has been at the centre of international health cooperationfor over sixty years. With origins dating from the nineteenth century, WHO’s mandate is the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health. The huge challenge of fulfilling this objective has not only required high-level technical skills, but has led the organization to engage with a broad range of political and economic interests. WHO has enjoyed many high-profile successes such as the global eradication of smallpox and SARS, and ongoing campaigns against polio and other diseases. On other issues, such as essential drugs, tobacco control and diet and nutrition, efforts to tackle the broader determinants of health has brought the organization into contact with issues such asglobalization, poverty, social justice and human rights. Kelley Lee analyzes the WHO’s role in international cooperation, examining its changing structures, key programmes and individuals. Of particular focus are the challenges WHO has faced in recent years given the emergence of other global health initiatives and how WHO has sought to remain effective as the ‘world’s health conscience’ within an increasingly complex global context. INDICE: Introductioná 1. Creation of the World Health Organization 2. Structure and functions 3. Global campaigns against disease 4. Tackling the broad determinants of health 5. From international to global health
- ISBN: 978-0-415-37017-2
- Editorial: Taylor and Francis
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés