Springer Evaluating International Public Health Issues: Critical Reflections on Diseases and Disasters, Policies and Practices

Product Description This book makes an original contribution in addressing contemporary critical discussions and reflections on international health policies, strategies, programmes, systems, diseases, disasters, and public health issues. It includes reflections on how levels of governance, development and technical assistance affect countries’ disaster readiness and health systems. In addressing inequalities between the rich and the poor, and unpacking how this affects public health services, policies, strategies and their collective implementation, the book aspires to improve standards of public health and quality of life for sustainable development globally. It provides a comprehensive overview of international health policies and aid structures, and pays particularly close attention to policies on HIV/AIDS in the workplace, discussing how HIV/AIDS has overshadowed non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension and stroke, which are on the rise. This book will be of great benefit to students and researchers, as well as policymakers in governmental and non-governmental organisations, who have an interest in achieving greater sustainability and improved health for populations in low-, middle- and high-income countries. It will be an indispensable book for students in Public Health programmes, and related courses. From the Back Cover This book makes an original contribution in addressing contemporary critical discussions and reflections on international health policies, strategies, programmes, systems, diseases, disasters, and public health issues. It includes reflections on how levels of governance, development and technical assistance affect countries’ disaster readiness and health systems. In addressing inequalities between the rich and the poor, and unpacking how this affects public health services, policies, strategies and their collective implementation, the book aspires to improve standards of public health and quality of life for sustainable development globally. It provides a comprehensive overview of international health policies and aid structures, and pays particularly close attention to policies on HIV/AIDS in the workplace, discussing how HIV/AIDS has overshadowed non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension and stroke, which are on the rise. This book will be of great benefit to students and researchers, as well as policymakers in governmental and non-governmental organisations, who have an interest in achieving greater sustainability and improved health for populations in low-, middle- and high-income countries. It will be an indispensable book for students in Public Health programmes, and related courses. About the Author Dr Mbuso Mabuza is a healthcare physician with more than ten years of experience leading demanding health and business portfolios at organisational and national levels in the public and private sectors in various sub-Saharan African countries . He is currently a prevention and integration senior officer and adviser at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health's Centre for Communication Programs (JHU-CCP), but is presently on secondment at the National Emergency Response Council on HIV and AIDS (NERCHA) in Eswatini. He obtained his Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Cape Town, a Master of Philosophy in HIV and AIDS Management from the University of Stellenbosch, a Master of Public Health from the University of Liverpool, and a PhD in Public Health from AIU.