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“When a photograph is eventually taken of the Earth, standing alone against the black heavens, a new awakening will occur and our lives will be changed forever.” Fred Hoyle (1937). Photograph: Apollo 17 Mission to the Moon. Courtesy of NASA Archives.
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“When a photograph is eventually taken of the Earth, standing alone against the black heavens, a new awakening will occur and our lives will be changed forever.” Fred Hoyle (1937). Photograph: Apollo 17 Mission to the Moon. Courtesy of NASA Archives.
International Health Practice: Bringing It Home Maggie Diebel and Ian Greaves MCH Summer Institute University of Minnesota July 24, 2007
Trends in the Health of Nations
Group I:Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions Group II:Non-communicable diseases Group III:Injuries Murray & Lopez The Global Burden of Disease
Probability of death for men between ages 15 and 60 years, 2020 EME=Established Market Economies; FSE=Formerly Socialist Economies of Europe; IND=India; OAI=Other Asian Islands; SSA=Sub-Saharan Africa; LAC=Latin America and the Caribbean; MEC=Middle Eastern Crescent; CHN=China Kasturi Sen, Ruth Bonita. Global health status: two steps forward, one step back. Lancet 2000; 356: 577-8
Probability of death for women between ages 15 and 60 years, 2020 EME=Established Market Economies; FSE=Formerly Socialist Economies of Europe; IND=India; OAI=Other Asian Islands; SSA=Sub-Saharan Africa; LAC=Latin America and the Caribbean; MEC=Middle Eastern Crescent; CHN=China Kasturi Sen, Ruth Bonita. Global health status: two steps forward, one step back. Lancet 2000; 356: 577-8
What Roles Can Government Play?
A model for managing public health problems based on an environmental assessment of attitudes and opportunities