Stunted lives, stagnant economies : poverty, disease, and underdevelopment

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Label

Stunted lives, stagnant economies : poverty, disease, and underdevelopment

Title remainder

poverty, disease, and underdevelopment

Statement of responsibility

Eileen Stillwaggon

Creator

• Stillwaggon, Eileen, 1949-

Subject

• Developing Countries -- economics
• Developing countries
• Electronic books
• HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | General
• HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues
• Health Surveys -- Latin America
• Latin America
• MEDICAL -- Diseases
• MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery
• MEDICAL -- Health Policy
• MEDICAL -- Public Health
• Delivery of Health Care -- economics -- Latin America
• Poor -- Health and hygiene
• Poor -- Health and hygiene -- Developing countries
• Poor -- Health and hygiene -- Latin America
• Poor -- Medical care | Economic aspects
• Poor -- Medical care | Economic aspects -- Developing countries
• Poor -- Medical care | Economic aspects -- Latin America
• Poor -- Social conditions
• Poverty -- Latin America
• Public Health -- economics -- Latin America
• Social Problems -- Latin America
• Poor -- Developing countries -- Social conditions

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"Stunted Lives, Stagnant Economies describes in vivid detail the living conditions of the poor in developing countries and the diseases and injuries that result from this environment of need. Most of the diseases that affect the poor - cholera, summer diarrhea, tuberculosis, lice, worms, leprosy - result from the poverty of their environment. Poverty also determines the availability and effectiveness of the medical response. Using Argentina as a case study, Eileen Stillwaggon argues that making good health available to everyone is not a scientific problem but an economic one." "The debt crisis of the 1980s and the subsequent structural adjustment policies adopted by most developing countries exacerbated the problems faced by the poor. What kind of future can a nation build when the health of the majority of the population - its workforce - is at risk or compromised because social services have been reduced? Without adequate health care and social services, people cannot live up to their potential, and the spiral of poverty continues. But there are ways to fight this cycle of poverty. With a clear vision of the future, Stillwaggon offers practical, low-cost solutions to promote human development and economic growth."--Jacket

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

362.1/09172/4

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

LC call number

RA418.5.P6

LC item number

S74 1998eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

NLM call number

• 1998 D-139
• WA 395

NLM item number

S857s 1998