public health

Provides an overview of global health issues, as well as the health problems that arise from economic and social situations in particular parts of the world, and explores the work of the World Health Organization.

An examination of the importance of hygiene, problems associated with maintaining proper hygiene, and means of its effective practice.

Examines issues of health and disease in the Middle Ages, discussing the medical knowledge inherited from the ancient world, medicine and treatments, famine and death, leprosy and plague, the Black Death, the development of medical schools and hospitals, and other topics.

Presents 251 alphabetized, cross-referenced overview essays on topics in public health including environmental, occupational, and epidemic diseases; ethical debates; the financial and sociological impact of particular diseases; and other related health issues. Each entry includes a selected bibliography.

Mimi, a young girl living in an African village, witnesses the benefits of basic health care in her community.

This book traces the possible consequences of a global super-plague, with ideas and evidence based on similar scenarios from fact and fiction.

Explores how scientists are studying serious threats to public health, such as avian flu, SARS, ebola, and AIDS, in the hopes of stopping the spread of deadly diseases.

Presents a collection of short speeches in which the author implores the next generation to address such issues as poverty, inequality, climate change, and epidemic disease while demonstrating how these goals can be achieved.