Table of Contents:
  • The global context for public health
  • Global health status at the beginning of the twenty-first century
  • Public in the United Kingdom
  • Public health in Sweden: facts, vision and lessons
  • Public health in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
  • Public health in North America
  • Public health in Latin America
  • Public health in Africa
  • Public health in China: history and contemporary challenges
  • Public health in South Asia
  • Public health in Australia and New Zealand
  • Bioterrorism: the extreme politics of public health
  • Ethical issues in global public health
  • Putting the public into public health: towards a more people-centered approach
  • Strengthening public health for the new era.