PDF-(BOOK)-Health Without Borders: Epidemics in the Era of Globalization

This book discusses globalization and its impact on human health The population of the world grew from 1 billion in 1800 to 7 billion in 2012 and over the past 50 years the mean temperature has risen faster than ever before Both factors continue to rise as well as health inequalities The first personal computers were produced in the early 1970s but now there are almost 5 billion mobile phones in the world Our environment is changing rapidly with tremendous consequences for our health These changes produce complex and constantly varying interactions between the biosphere economy climate and human health forcing us to approach future global health trends from a new perspective Preventive actions to improve health especially in lowincome and rapidly developing countries are essential if our future is going to be a sustainable oneAfter a period of undeniable improvement in the health of the worlds population this improvement is likely to slow down and we will experience at least locally crises of the same magnitude as have been observed in financial markets since 2009 There is instability in health systems which will worsen if preventive and buffering mechanisms do not take on a central role We cannot exclude the possibility that the allied forces of poverty social inequalities climate change industrial food and lack of governance will lead to a deterioration in the health of large sectors of the population In lowincome countries while many of the traditional causes of death first and foremost infectious diseases are still highly prevalent other threats typical of affluent societies obesity diabetes cancer cardiovascular diseases are increasing Africa is not only affected by malaria TB and HIV but also by skyrocketing rates of cancer The overall impact of global changes that affect climate food and the environment may even leave their mark on our DNA in the form of epigenetic changesThe book argues that the current situation requires effective and coordinated multinational interventions guided by the principle of health as a common good rather than personalized medicine and that we cannot avoid taking a common good perspective when dealing with health The crux of the problem is that an entirely profitdriven system is increasingly showing its distortions in all fields Even worse a competitiondriven economy cannot by its very nature address global challenges that require full international cooperation A communal global leadership is called forFrom morality to molecules environment to equity climate change to cancer and politics to pathology this is a wonderful tour of global health consistently presented in a clear readable format Really an important contributionProfessor Sir Michael MarmotDirector Institute of Health EquityUniversity College LondonAuthor of The Health Gap. 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No recorded previous outbreak (though there is evidence of previous exposure).. Outbreak across borders requires coordination across governments.. Intensity of Spread. By Dr WENCESLAO MEDRANO H Mnister oj Health and Weljare History-The public health service of the Dominican Republic might well be called the oldest in America since Hispaniola was the first European s Those who celebrate the virtues of globalization uncritically see it as a marvelous contribution of Western civilization to the world.. Great developments like the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution in Europe led to massive increase in living standards in the West and now the great achievements of the West are spreading to the rest of the world.. Monica Fung, MD, MPH . Iris Otani, MD. Michele Pham, MD. Jennifer Babik, MD, PhD. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. April 2021;126(4):321-337. Zoonotic Coronavirus Epidemics. Key Messages. 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