Health & Development Books

New and Published Books

1. Economics and HIV

   The Sickness of Economics

   By Deborah Johnston

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Health Economics

   This book explains how, and why, economics has been applied to a terrible pandemic, using a range of examples mostly drawn from the region most affected, sub-Saharan Africa. Part I shows that microeconomic approaches have found fertile ground in a public health approach that ‘blames’ individual...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Maternal Mortality, Human Rights and Accountability

   Edited by Paul Hunt, Tony Gray

   The scale of maternal mortality and morbidity today is staggering. This book focuses on a vital part of a human rights response to maternal mortality, viz. accountability. Accountability encompasses monitoring, review and redress at the local, national and international levels. The book's context...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. Reclaiming Food Security

   By Michael S. Carolan

   Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

   In this challenging work, the author argues that the goal of any food system should not simply be to provide the cheapest calories possible. A secure food system is one that affords people and nations – in both the present and future – the capabilities to prosper and lead long, happy, and healthy...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
4. Diversifying Food and Diets

   Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Health

   Edited by Jessica Fanzo, Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli, Federico Mattei

   Series: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity

   Currently 925 million people are undernourished and 195 million children under five years of age are stunted. At the same time, over 1 billion people are overweight and obese in both the developed and developing world. Diseases previously associated with affluence, such as cancer, diabetes and...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
5. The Politics of Family Planning in the Third World

   Edited by T. E. Smith

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1973, this book is an attempt to examine the political determinants (as opposed to the more usual emphasis upon consequences) of contemporary population policy formation and action in developing countries, with particular reference to policy relating to family limitation....

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
6. Womens' Roles and Population Trends in the Third World

   Edited by Richard Anker, Marya Buvinic, Nadia H. Youssef

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1982, this collection was the result of an ambitious and wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary research programme conducted by the International Labour Office (ILO) on the relationship between women’s roles and demographic change, with a view to influencing contemporary government and...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Population, Health and Nutrition in the Sahel

   Issues in the Welfare of Selected West African Communities

   Edited by Allan G. Hill

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   This collection of studies, first published in 1985, describes some contemporary problems of selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of the West African Sahel. Several important features of the Sahel are illustrated: the significance of seasonal factors in causing periodic stress amongst...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
8. Neoliberal Governance and International Medical Travel in Malaysia

   By Meghann Ormond

   Series: Routledge Pacific Rim Geographies

   International medical travel (IMT), people crossing national borders in the pursuit of healthcare, has become a growing phenomenon. With many of the countries currently being promoted as IMT destinations located in the ‘developing’ world, IMT poses a significant challenge to popular assumptions...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
9. Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America

   Edited by Asit Biswas, Benedito P.F. Braga, Cecilia Tortajada, Marco Palermo

   It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly. Promoted extensively by donors and international institutions over the past 15 years, integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. Child Protection in Development

    Edited by Michael Bourdillon, William Myers

    Series: Development in Practice Books

    Every day millions of children in developing countries face adversities of many kinds, yet there is a shortage of sound evidence concerning their plight and an urgent need to identify the most appropriate and effective policy responses from among the multiple approaches that exist. This collection...

    Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge