Global Health : Geographical Connections / Anthony C. Gatrell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- 1 Introduction -- Geographies of health -- Political ecology and health -- Globalization -- Global health and global health geographies -- Decolonizing geography and global health -- Concluding remarks -- Further reading -- 2 Unequal health I: determinants and regional examples -- Sustainable Development Goals -- Income inequality and health -- Health inequalities in the Global South: the big picture -- Health inequalities: regional canvases -- Brazil

India -- China -- Mozambique -- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Concluding remarks -- Further reading -- 3 Unequal health II: key themes -- Geographies of inequalities in non-communicable diseases -- Geographies of gender inequality -- Geographies of Indigenous health inequalities -- Geographies of urban health inequalities -- Geographies of mental health inequalities -- Inequalities in wellbeing -- Geographies of inequalities in the provision of, and access to, health services -- Concluding remarks -- Further reading -- 4 Governing global health -- Governance -- A world of organizations

Public-private partnerships -- Non-governmental organizations -- Philanthropy or "philanthrocapitalism"? -- Social movements -- Global health security: what is it and who is it for? -- Concluding remarks -- Further reading -- 5 People on the move: the dispossessed and their health and wellbeing -- The scale of forced displacement -- The journey -- The health of those internally displaced -- The health of those living in refugee camps -- Refugee health in places of safety -- The health of migrant domestic workers -- Slave trades and sex trafficking

Natural hazards and the health of those displaced -- Concluding remarks -- Further reading -- 6 Materials on the move: out of the ground, and across the globe -- Mineral extraction and global health -- Waste assemblages -- Plastics on the move -- E-waste on the move -- Arms on the move -- Concluding remarks -- Further reading -- 7 Airs, waters and places -- The political economy of pollution -- Monitoring air quality across the globe -- Air pollution and health impacts -- Monitoring water security and quality -- Water quality and health effects -- Concluding remarks -- Further reading

8 Infections on the move -- Geographic data collection and analysis for infections "on the move" -- Geographies of neglected tropical diseases -- Political ecologies of mosquito-borne diseases -- Networked disease I: Ebola -- Networked disease II: influenza viruses and SARS -- The unequal geographies of Covid-19: pandemic or syndemic? -- Concluding remarks -- Further reading -- 9 Climate change and global health -- Heat-related mortality -- Climate change and infectious disease -- Climate change, food security and nutrition -- Climate change and impacts on the mental health of Indigenous peoples

Climate change and population displacement

A comprehensive and authoritative examination of the key issues relating to global health. Written by a leading health geographer with an international reputation, the book offers a critical and rigorous analysis of contemporary challenges facing world health.

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