Pharmacy on a bicycle : innovative solutions for global health and poverty

✍ Scribed by Bing, Eric G.; Epstein, Marc J.

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 241
Edition: First edition.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

"Traditional pathways to delivering health care to the global poor are failing. Five million children die each year before their fifth birthday due to lack of basic health education, services, or low-cost treatments. Bing and Epstein show how focusing micro-innovations at the level of care is the way to end these grim health statistics"--

✦ Subjects

Pharmaceutical policy Developing countries Drugs Medical care World health SOCIAL SCIENCE Poverty Homelessness

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