Author: Logan D. A. Williams
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811316252
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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This book describes community ophthalmology professionals in South Asia who demonstrate social entrepreneurship in global health to help the rural poor. Their innovations contested economic and scientific norms, and spread from India and Nepal outwards to other countries in Africa and Asia, as well as the United States, Australia, and Finland. This feminist postcolonial global ethnography illustrates how these innovations have resulted in dual socio-technical systems to solve the problem of avoidable blindness. Policymakers and activists might use this example of how to avoid Schumacher's critique of low labor, large scale and implement Gandhi's philosophy of good for all.
Author: Sanduk Ruit
Publisher: American Public Health Association
ISBN: 9780875530673
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Unoperated cataract is the cause of millions of cases of visual impairment and blindness in poor populations throughout both the developing and the developed world. This wonderfully written volume shares the experiences of a team of surgeons who have demonstrated how the surgical procedures can be simplified and made more efficient, accessible, and far less expensive. It is a step-by-step manual to solving the problem where adequate surgeons can be trained to follow suit. Subject matter ranges from ways to increase demand among those who need surgery to the organization of surgical services, responsibilities among different personnel, efficient layout of clinical facilities, and how to sustain services at the least cost to those who need it most. The basic lessons in this volume will remain pertinent for decades to come and provide a blueprint worthy of mass replication.
Author: Nancy Leys Stepan
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 186189967X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 311
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The dream of a world completely free of disease may seem utopian, but eradication—used in its modern sense to mean the reduction of the number of cases of a disease to zero by deliberate public health interventions—has been pursued repeatedly. Campaigns against yellow fever, malaria, and smallpox have been among the largest, most costly programs ever undertaken in international public health. But only one so far has been successful—that against smallpox. And yet in 2007 Bill and Melinda Gates surprised the world with the announcement that they were committing their foundation to eradicating malaria. Polio eradication is another of their priorities. Are such costly programs really justifiable? The first comprehensive account of the major disease-eradication campaigns from the early twentieth century right up to the present, Eradication places these ambitious goals in their broad historical and contemporary contexts. From the life and times of the American arch-eradicationist Dr. Fred Lowe Soper (1893-1977), who was at the center of many of the campaigns and controversies surrounding eradication in his lifetime, to debates between proponents of primary health care approaches to ill health versus the eradicationists, Nancy Leys Stepan’s narrative suggests that today these differing public health approaches may be complementary rather than in conflict. Enlightening for general readers and specialists alike, Eradication is an illuminating look at some of the most urgent problems of health and disease around the world.
Author: PMJF Lion D Thulasingam, District Governor
Publisher: Signpost Celfon.In Technology
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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This Book is a digital edition of Print Edition of Lions District 324A6 Directory for the year 2014-15. It is released by District Governor MJF Lion D Thulasingam. The Directory is on 7000+ members of the District and is printed in 900 pages using 3kg of paper (for each book). Usage of this Digital Edition enables lion to refer the same directory from their Tablets, Mobile Phones, IPads etc, thus enabling portability of information. In addition, reduced number of copies can be printed, thus saving paper and the Earth. The Print Edition is Edited by MJF Lion A T Ravichandran, Directory Committee Chairman and his Team. This Digital Book is Edited by Lion Dr Er J Shivakumaar.
Author: Mr. Rohit Manglik
Publisher: EduGorilla Community Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 936906253X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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EduGorilla Publication is a trusted name in the education sector, committed to empowering learners with high-quality study materials and resources. Specializing in competitive exams and academic support, EduGorilla provides comprehensive and well-structured content tailored to meet the needs of students across various streams and levels.
Author: Eldryd Parry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521806169
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1466
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For students of medicine and those who practice in the front-line of medicine in Africa, this fully revised edition combines classical internal medicine with a rich understanding of the major influences on health and disease in Africa. It puts disease into the context of family and culture and is not afraid to address the effects of inequality on health and the problems of limited resources for health care. There is a much expanded section on non-communicable diseases as well as comprehensive accounts of HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other major infections in the continent. Forward-looking and evidence-based, this new edition reflects the emergence of new diseases and health risks in the region. Complied by the foremost international authorities, this is the one essential text for the medical student, medical officer, or postgraduate student wanting the most complete and up-to-date reference book on medicine in Africa.
Author: Sihota
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 8131267024
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 653
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Parsons' Diseases of the Eye has served as a trusted textbook of Ophthalmology for undergraduate students for well over 100 years. It also meets the needs of postgraduate students and practising clinicians as a useful guide to basic concepts and a comprehensive compendium of knowledge for ophthalmic care.First published in 1907, the book soon became a fundamental text for students on account of its clear descriptive style and thorough coverage of the practical aspects of ocular disorders. Over the years, the book has maintained its clinical relevance through periodic revisions with suitable updates and hence retained its prime position at the top of its field.The 19th edition of the book was a landmark adaptation to the context of the Indian subcontinent with a specially curated region specific content upgradation. Subsequent editions including 24th current edition have served to build on this platform: continuously evolving to match the changes in the academic curriculum, remaining contemporary with global best practices and aligning with modern teaching - learning philosophies.NEW TO THIS EDITION• Content thoroughly revised and updated• Addition of new clinical pictures and digital ancillaries• Information presentation re-aligned for better understanding• Key to competency codes added• Guidelines for approach to investigations providedSALIENT FEATURES• Compliant with new competency based curriculum• Learning objectives clearly defined at the beginning of each chapter• Case studies including clinically relevant radiological images provided to illustrate practical aspects• Content updated with new photographs and latest knowledge in all fields• Complimentary access to:o E booko Procedural videoso Chapter-wise MCQs with answers
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Author: David Oliver Relin
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679603565
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 449
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From the co-author of Three Cups of Tea comes the inspiring story of two very different doctors—one from the United States, the other from Nepal—united in a common mission: to rid the world of preventable blindness. In this transporting book, David Oliver Relin shines a light on the work of Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit, gifted ophthalmologists who have dedicated their lives to restoring sight to some of the world’s most isolated, impoverished people through the Himalayan Cataract Project, an organization they founded in 1995. Tabin was the high-achieving bad boy of Harvard Medical School, an accomplished mountain climber and adrenaline junkie as brilliant as he was unconventional. Ruit grew up in a remote Nepalese village, where he became intimately acquainted with the human costs of inadequate access to health care. Together they found their life’s calling: tending to the afflicted people of the Himalayas, a vast mountainous region with an alarmingly high incidence of cataract blindness. Second Suns takes us from improvised plywood operating tables in villages without electricity or plumbing to state-of-the-art surgical centers at major American universities where these two driven men are restoring sight—and hope—to patients from around the world. With their revolutionary, inexpensive style of surgery, Tabin and Ruit have been able to cure tens of thousands—all for about twenty dollars per operation. David Oliver Relin brings the doctors’ work to vivid life through poignant portraits of patients helped by the surgery, from old men who cannot walk treacherous mountain trails unaided to cataract-stricken children who have not seen their mothers’ faces for years. With the dexterity of a master storyteller, Relin shows the profound emotional and practical impact that these operations have had on patients’ lives. Second Suns is the moving, unforgettable story of how two men with a shared dream are changing the world, one pair of eyes at a time. Praise for Second Suns “As miracles go, it’s hard to beat making the blind see. Yet that’s exactly what the eye surgeon Dr. Geoffrey Tabin can do. He services poor people in the developing world who have developed cataracts—a clouding of the lens of the eye that is the world’s leading cause of blindness. . . . Second Suns is a hopeful work, a profile of two doctors who have dedicated their lives to bringing light to those in darkness.”—Time “A compelling and inspiring book . . . Second Suns portrays heroic health care delivered under harrowing conditions: Ruit and his teams carry their equipment on multi-day treks up steep mountain trails, sometimes hiking at night with flashlights or head lamps, to reach settlements where they typically spend several days operating on hundreds of villagers in makeshift surgical theaters.”—The Washington Post “Second Suns should be required reading for anybody with an interest in humanitarian philanthropy—or, for that matter, a desire to feel a little better about the world.”—Outside “A detailed, heartfelt account of the work of [two] dedicated pioneers.”—Kirkus Reviews From the Hardcover edition.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1900
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Vols. for 1963- include as pt. 2 of the Jan. issue: Medical subject headings.
