[EQ] Health systems and the challenge of communicable diseases - Experiences from Europe and Latin America

Health systems and the challenge of communicable diseases.
Experiences from Europe and Latin America

Published by Open University Press
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series 2008

Editors: Richard Coker is Reader in Communicable Diseases Policy Research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Rifat Atun is Professor of International Health Management at Imperial College London
Martin McKee is Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Research Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Available online [297p.] at: http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E91946.pdf

“…..Health systems everywhere face constant change as they seek to respond to evolving patterns of disease. This is especially true with communicable diseases where humanity is engaged in a constant evolutionary struggle with microorganisms that are able to adapt rapidly to a changing world.

This fascinating book looks at two regions where the pace of change is especially rapid, Europe and Latin America – places where health systems are themselves undergoing rapid organizational transition.

The book begins with an historical overview of the way in which humans and microorganisms have always competed, before examining the current status of this evolutionary struggle. It assesses the extent to which human societies and their governments are prepared for the challenges ahead and reviews the experiences of countries in Europe and Latin America in developing effective responses.

Health systems and the challenge of communicable diseases will be of interest to policy-makers in high- and middle-income countries, and to students of the creation and implementation of health policy….”

Content:

1. Contemporary emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases: challenges to control

    Richard Coker, Rifat Atun, Martin McKee

 

2. The changing face of transitional societies

    Martin McKee, Jane Falkingham

 

3. Effective governmental responses to communicable disease challenges in transitional societies

    Kelley Lee, John Wyn Owen

 

4. A continuing evolutionary struggle: microbes and man 61

    Anthony McMichael

 

5.  Communicable disease in Europe

    Shazia Karmali, Andrew Amato-Gauci, Andrea Ammon, Martin McKee

 

6. Communicable disease in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Oscar Echeverri, Patricio Marquez, Enis Baris

 

7. Health systems and systems thinking

    Rifat Atun, Nata Menabde

 

8. International and European responses to the threat of communicable disease

    Ralph Reintjes

 

9. HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis control in post-Soviet Union countries

   Nina Schwalbe, Jeffrey Lazarus, Olusoji Adeyi

 

10. Enabling health systems in tuberculosis control: challenges and opportunities for the former Soviet Union countries

     Andrei Mosneaga, Elena Yurasova, Richard Zaleskis, Wieslaw Jakubowiak

 

11. Health systems and communicable disease control: emerging evidence and lessons from central and eastern Europe

      Rifat Atun, Richard Coker

 

12. Health system reforms and communicable disease in Latin America and the Caribbean

      Patricio Marquez, Oscar Echeverri, Enis Baris

 

13. Brazil’s response to AIDS and tuberculosis: lessons from a transitional economy

      Eduardo Gómez

 

14. Health financing and communicable disease control: conceptual issues and implications

      Rifat Atun, Claudio Politti, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Joseph Kutzin

 

15. Health systems and communicable diseases: predicting and responding to future challenges

      Richard Coker, Ana Mensua, Rifat Atun, Martin McKee

 

 

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