Academic Press Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development: Volume 1: Health for All - Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare Management

Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development: Volume One: Health for All - Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare Management examines health care management, particularly in developing countries, along with the key aspects of universal health required to address current global health issues. This new volume begins with an overview of the concept and definition of “Health for All. The book covers how international organizations like the WHO support national health authorities in managing their core healthcare systems, support healthcare workforces, utilize technologies like health information systems, ensure health coverage and funding, and provide primary healthcare education. This volume is a useful resource to graduate students in public health and health care policy, public health professionals, health and social work researchers, and health policy makers interested in global health and primary healthcare services, particularly in developing countries. Review A global health reference that holistically examines healthcare, healthcare management and technologies in developing nations From the Back Cover The first volume of <i>Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development</i> examines health care management particularly in developing countries, and the key aspects of universal health required to address current global health issues. Volume 1: Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare Management begins with an overview of the concept and definition of “Health for All. This goal by the WHO aimed to make essential healthcare accessible and to recognize the holistic impact of environmental, social, and economic factors on health and disease prevention. This book covers how international organizations like WHO supports national health authorities in managing their core healthcare system, supporting the healthcare workforce, utilizing technologies like health information systems, ensuring health coverage and funding, and providing primary healthcare education. This volume is a useful resource to graduate students in public health and health care policy, public health professionals, health and social work researchers, and health policy makers interested in global health and primary healthcare services particularly in developing countries. About the Author Dr. Basanta Kumara Behera was a professor of biotechnology at three distinguished Indian universities, where he had been regularly associated with teaching and research at post graduate level courses on medical biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, microbial process development, drug designing, bio-energy management and biomass processing technology since 1978. In 2009 he joined a MNS company as advisor for specialty chemicals production and drug design through microbial process technology. Prof. Behera is associated with national and international companies as a technical advisor to produce biopharmaceuticals under cGMP norms. Dr. Behera has authored books with various publisher worldwide Dr. Ram Prasad is Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research interest includes plant-microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and microbial nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than hundred publications to his credit, including research papers & book chapters and five patents issued or pending, and edited or authored several books. Dr. Prasad has eleven years of teaching experience and he has been awarded the Young Scientist Award (2007) and Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal (2009) by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship (2010) by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; Outstanding Scientist Award (2015) in the field of Microbiology by Venus International Foundation; and the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators (USA,