What's Killing Us: A Practical Guide to Understanding Our Biggest Global Health Problems

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What's Killing Us: A Practical Guide to Understanding Our Biggest Global Health Problems

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In the past decade, we’ve changed the way we collectively view the health of the 7 billion people who occupy this planet. Health issues were once seen as an isolated national or regional problem; now they are a global concern. In 'What's Killing Us: A Practical Guide to Understanding Our Biggest Global Health Problems,' 2011 TED Senior Fellow and healthcare expert Alanna Shaikh lays out the most important challenges and issues in global wellness - from tuberculosis to HIV/AIDS, flu, maternal mortality, and the diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics - while untangling the web of jargon that so often permeate those discussions. Shaikh, who runs the international development focused-blog Blood and Milk, also provides clear ideas about how these worldwide problems can be managed.

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Publisher TED Books
Published January 1, 2012
ISBN 13556430
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Alanna Shaikh writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. Alanna Shaikh lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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