Global Health Policy, Local Realities: The Fallacy of the Level Playing FieldLinda M. Whiteford, Lenore Manderson Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000 - 333 pages International health planners often design programmes based on the assumption that recipient nations share the same level playing field with regard to conceptions of health, illness and at-risk populations. This volume analyzes why humanitarian projects fail to recognize ethnic identities. |
Contents
Health Globalization and the Fallacy | 1 |
The Business of Medicines and the Politics of Knowledge | 9 |
The Politics of Child Survival | 23 |
HIVAIDS Policy | 39 |
Local Identity Globalization and Health in Cuba | 57 |
Health Care from the Perspectives of Minahasa Villagers | 79 |
in Uganda | 127 |
Health and Identity Among | 151 |
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