Public Health - an action guide to improving health in developing countries (2nd edition)

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This guide is aimed at those who have responsibility for managing and improving public/community health services (eg, water, sanitation, nutrition, immunisation, etc) and preventive programmes (eg, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria, diarrhoeal diseases, etc), with particular focus on low-middle income countries. New chapters have been added on health policy, implementation, communicable and non-communicable disease, quality, and patient safety. Practical methods are given for assessing health needs and working with communities to develop hospital, health centre and community health services, particularly mother and child health. This books is useful for doctors, community nurses and other health professionals, as well as medical students.

Product Code: B/PUBH
Author(s): J Walley, J Wright, J Hubley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199238934
Year: 2010