Urban Health in Developing Countries: Progress and Prospects - Softcover

Tanner, Marcel

 
9781853832819: Urban Health in Developing Countries: Progress and Prospects

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The impact of urbanization on the health of citizens in developing countries has received increasing attention recently. This book addresses the problems in an integrated way, looking in detail at both the problems themselves and the action and research necessary to alleviate them. It includes contributions from leading practitioners and advisors to many of the main international agencies and presents the latest thinking of those institutions. It also presents recent information on research findings, the management and financing of urban health services and trends in urban health policy. Case studies examine major initiatives in cities as diverse as Santiago, Dar es Salaam, Dhaka, Kampala and Bombay.

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Trudy Harpham, Marcel Tanner

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ISBN 10:  1853832855 ISBN 13:  9781853832857
Publisher: Earthscan Ltd, 1995
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