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Describes in detail the living conditions of the poor in developing countries and the diseases and injuries that result from this environment of need. This text offers practical, low-cost solutions to promote human development and economic growth, using Argentina as a case study.

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This is a fascinating, lively, and well-written book. The author has a clear message which she states at the beginning, namely, that health is primarily an economic, not a medical problem, and she follows that to the end. -- Keith Griffin * University of California, Riverside *

Table of Contents
1. The Plague of Poverty
2. Argentine History and Society
3. Housing and Health
4. Chagas' Disease
5. Water, Waste, and Garbage
6. The Underdeveloped State
7. Divided Economy, Divided Medicine
8. Primary Health Care
9. Public Hospitals
10. Infant and Child Mortality
11. Stunted Development in Children and Adolescents
12. The Debilitated Work Force
13. Healthy Development

Stunted Lives Stagnant Economies Poverty Disease

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      Publisher: Rutgers University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1998
      ISBN13: 9780813524948, 978-0813524948
      ISBN10: 0813524946

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Describes in detail the living conditions of the poor in developing countries and the diseases and injuries that result from this environment of need. This text offers practical, low-cost solutions to promote human development and economic growth, using Argentina as a case study.

      Trade Review
      This is a fascinating, lively, and well-written book. The author has a clear message which she states at the beginning, namely, that health is primarily an economic, not a medical problem, and she follows that to the end. -- Keith Griffin * University of California, Riverside *

      Table of Contents
      1. The Plague of Poverty
      2. Argentine History and Society
      3. Housing and Health
      4. Chagas' Disease
      5. Water, Waste, and Garbage
      6. The Underdeveloped State
      7. Divided Economy, Divided Medicine
      8. Primary Health Care
      9. Public Hospitals
      10. Infant and Child Mortality
      11. Stunted Development in Children and Adolescents
      12. The Debilitated Work Force
      13. Healthy Development

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