Development Studies Catalogue

Health and Development Further Reading

1. 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
2. Social Protection in Developing Countries

   Reforming Systems

   Edited by Katja Bender, Markus Kaltenborn, Christian Pfleiderer

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   Providing universal access to social protection and health systems for all members of society, including the poor and vulnerable, is increasingly considered crucial to international development debates. This is the first book to explore from an interdisciplinary and global perspective the reforms...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Influenza and Public Health

   Learning from Past Pandemics

   Edited by Tamara Giles-Vernick, Susan Craddock, Jennifer Gunn

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   Major influenza pandemics pose a constant threat. As evidenced by recent H5N1 avian flu and novel H1N1, influenza outbreaks can come in close succession, yet differ in their transmission and impact. With accelerated levels of commercial and population mobility, new forms of flu virus can also...

   Published August 24th 2010 by Routledge