TY - BOOK
T1 - Health, economic development and household poverty
T2 - From understanding to action
AU - Bennett, Sara
AU - Gilson, Lucy
AU - Mills, Anne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2008 Selection and editorial matter, Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson and Anne Mills. All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/9/16
Y1 - 2007/9/16
N2 - Accessible and edited by authors based at a top institution, this book provides readers with an excellent summary in an easy-to-read style of this burgeoning field of research. In this volume Bennett, Gilson and Mills have gathered together essays written by academics and experts in the fields of health policy and economic development, each underscoring the need for political commitment to meet the needs of the poor and the development of strategies to build this commitment, covering: evidence regarding the links between health, economic development and household poverty evidence on the extent to which health care systems address the needs of the poor and the near poor innovative measures to make health care interventions widely available to the poor. Current and topical, this book is of great relevance to policy makers and practitioners in the field of international health and development and researchers engaged with global health and poverty as well as being ideal reading for students of international health and development.
AB - Accessible and edited by authors based at a top institution, this book provides readers with an excellent summary in an easy-to-read style of this burgeoning field of research. In this volume Bennett, Gilson and Mills have gathered together essays written by academics and experts in the fields of health policy and economic development, each underscoring the need for political commitment to meet the needs of the poor and the development of strategies to build this commitment, covering: evidence regarding the links between health, economic development and household poverty evidence on the extent to which health care systems address the needs of the poor and the near poor innovative measures to make health care interventions widely available to the poor. Current and topical, this book is of great relevance to policy makers and practitioners in the field of international health and development and researchers engaged with global health and poverty as well as being ideal reading for students of international health and development.
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U2 - 10.4324/9780203023570
DO - 10.4324/9780203023570
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84909027045
SN - 0203023579
SN - 9780203023570
BT - Health, economic development and household poverty
PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
ER -