Table Of Content
About the authors Foreword List of tables and figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Contemporary emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases: challenges to control Richard Coker, Rifat Atun, Martin McKee 2 The changing face of transitional societies Martin McKee, Jane Falkingham 3 Effective governmental responses to communicable disease challenges in transitional societies Kelley Lee, John Wyn Owen 4 A continuing evolutionary struggle: microbes and man Anthony McMichael 5 Communicable disease in Europe Shazia Karmali, Andrew Amato-Gauci, Andrea Ammon, Martin McKee 6 Communicable disease in Latin America and the Caribbean Oscar Echeverri, Patricio Marquez, Enis Baris 7 Health systems and systems thinking Rifat Atun, Nata Menabde 8 International and European responses to the threat of communicable disease Ralph Rentjes 9 HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis control in post-Soviet Union countries Nina Schwalbe, Jeffrey Lazarus, Olusoji Adeyi 10 Enabling health systems in tuberculosis control: challenges and opportunities for the former Soviet Union countries Andrei Mosneaga, Elena Yurasova, Richard Zaleskis, Wieslaw Jakubowiak 11 Health systems and communicable disease control: emerging evidence and lessons from central and eastern Europe Rifat Atun, Richard Coker 12 Health system reforms and communicable disease in Latin America and the Caribbean Patricio Marquez, Oscar Echeverri, Enis Baris 13 Brazil's response to AIDS and tuberculosis: lessons from a transitional economy Eduardo Gómez 14 Health financing and communicable disease control: conceptual issues and implications Rifat Atun, Claudio Politti, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Joseph Kutzin 15 Health systems and communicable diseases: predicting and responding to future challenges Richard Coker, Ana Mensua, Rifat Atun, Martin McKee List of abbreviations
Synopsis
"This is an excellent book, well-writtenand well-documented. The editors havesucceeded to bring together a largenumber of knowledgeable authors tocover comprehensively the vast area ... public health actors dealingwith infectious diseases bothat central and local level, whether inresearch, teaching or practice as well asprofessionals working in diagnostic andtherapeutic health services, notably inmicrobiology and infectious diseasescould greatly benefit from reading thebook. Politicians and lay administratorswith responsibility in the field would bewell advised to do the same." European Journal of Public Health Health systems everywhere face constant change as they seek to respond to evolving patterns of disease. This is especially true with communicable diseases where humanity is engaged in a constant evolutionary struggle with micro-organisms that are able to adapt rapidly to a changing world. This problem can be, for example, exemplified recently by the growth of antibiotic resistant infection. This fascinating book confronts this challenge, looking at two regions where the pace of change is especially rapid, Europe and Latin America - places where health systems, many themselves undergoing rapid organisational transition, must find ways of adapting to an ever changing context. The book begins with an historical overview, recalling how humans and micro-organisms have always competed, at times with profound historical consequences, before examining the current status of this evolutionary struggle. It assesses the extent to which human societies and their governments are prepared for the challenges ahead and reviews the experiences of countries in Europe and Latin America in developing effective responses. Health Systems and the Challenge of Communicable Diseases will be of interest to those engaged in the development of health policy in high and middle income countries, and to those who are studying the creation and implementation of health policy., This fascinating book looks at two regions where rapid economic changes means that many health systems must undergo organisational transition and find ways of adapting to an ever changing context., Health systems everywhere face constant change as they seek to respond to evolving patterns of disease. This is especially true with communicable diseases where humanity is engaged in a constant evolutionary struggle with micro-organisms that are able to adapt rapidly to a changing world. This book confronts this challenge.
