EBOOK Global Public Health:a new era

Global Public Health: a new era is a comprehensive updated account of the        international state of public health, including an agenda for improving the practice        of the discipline across the world. It addresses three major issues:- the changing        global context for public health- the state of public health theory and practice in        developed and developing countries; and- strategies for strengthening the practice        of public healthSection one surveys the complex old and new challenges facing public        health practitioners, and then summarises the state of health globally using new        data based on measures of the Global Burden of Disease developed by the Word Health        Organization, and other groups, to better describe population health states and        trends.Section two presents the first detailed review of the global state of public        health. It analyses the public health situation in all regions of the world. Six        chapters cover Europe, Latin America, and Australia and New Zealand.. Three chapters        cover China, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The lessons from these chapters are        surprisingly similar: the challenges are great; the public health workforce and        infrastructure have long been neglected; and much needs to be done to reinvigorate        the practiceof public health.The third section covers several cross cutting themes,        including the developing field of international public health ethics and the central        and neglected role of the public in strengthening the practice of public health and        the opportunities for building the capacity of the public health workforce to        respond to the major global health needs.