A Healthcare Students Introduction to Global Health

Preface and introduction.- What is global health?.- Changing demographics and disease burden in LRC.- The global burden of disease.- The impact of non-communicable disease in low- and middle-income countries.- Urbanization and implications for health.- Conflict and health.- Humanitarian aid.- Refugee and asylum seeker health.- Planetary health is more important than individual health?.- The climate crisis is a health crisis.- Environment and health.- The shortage of healthcare workers in LRC.- Aid: a blessing or a curse?.- Malaria.- Neglected Tropical disease.- Maternal health in LRC.- Reproductive sexual health.- The importance of gender equality.- Child health in LRC.- Nutrition in LRC.- Mental Health in Low Resource Countries (LRC) x2.- Trauma, road traffic accidents and burns in LRC.- Cancer in LRC.- Palliative care in LRC.- Disability in LRC.- Disability and health in LMIC with a focus on visual impairment.- The role of post placental contraception in improving maternal health in Uganda?.