Underbelly
Childhood Diarrhea and the Hidden Local Realities of Global Health
$99.05
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
11 June 2024
Summary
An unsettling exploration of the hidden power dynamics of global health, seen through the lens of childhood diarrhea and its treatment within the Guatemalan context.
Deaths from childhood diarrhea seem preposterous in high-income countries. Yet, for children under five years old in the rest of the world, diarrhea is the third highest cause of mortality. Despite a glut of prevention and treatment programming spanning more than forty years, this least glamorous of global health ills rem…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262547765 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262547767 |
| Author: | Rachel Hall-Clifford, Arthur Kleinman |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 11 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Rachel Hall-Clifford
Rachel Hall-Clifford is Assistant Professor of Human Health and Sociology at the Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health, and In-Country Director of the NAPA-OT Field School in Guatemala.
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