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| Bugs, Drugs & Smoke |
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| Stories from Public Health |
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| World Health Organization |
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ISBN-13
9789241564366
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ISBN-10
9241564369
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N° de commande
11500833
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Format
Broché
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Prix
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48.00
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Pays en développement
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28.00
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Anglais
2011
158
pages
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| Table des matières |
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Chapter 1
Smallpox: eradicating an ancient scourge
When WHO was founded
Inspired by Soviet success
Campaign gets a boost
Saved by a sewing needle?
Breakthrough in Nigeria India - the last bastion
Operation Smallpox Zero
The smallpox legacy
Chapter 2
Oral Rehydration Salts: a miracle cure
Raining sickness and fear
A desperate decision
WHO s global campaign
Continuing research
The real front line
Chapter 3
Mental health: unlocking the asylum doors
Like a visit to the dentist
WHO reaches out
Dissenters branded insane
A mental health snapshot
Little or no treatment
Bondevik s gamble
Chapter 4
The tobacco trap: fighting back
Taking on tobacco
Calm before the storm
Opening the floodgates
Boosting influence, ravaging health
Governments say no
A turning point
Chapter 5
AIDS: fear, stigma and hope
From mother to child
Looming pandemic
Fighting the stigma
A cocktail of drugs
WHO s grand plan
The picture changes
Healing power
Chapter 6
Tuberculosis: complacency kills
Medicine miracle was short-lived
Groundbreaking studies in India
New approach is needed
A sinister comeback
China and India gear up
Russians face new TB epidemic
Multidrug-resistant TB
You don t have to be rich
Chapter 7
Outbreak: the world s emergency room
Deadly hitch-hikers
Swifter reporting
Panic in Surat
Then came Ebola
Change in awareness
Ready to go
The SARS test
The ultimate price
Reading list
Index
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