Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development: Volume One: Health for All - Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare Management examines health care management, particularly in developing countries, along with the key aspects of universal health required to address current global health issues. This new volume begins with an overview of the concept and definition of "Health for All. The book covers how international organizations like the WHO support national health authorities in managing their core healthcare systems, support healthcare workforces, utilize technologies like health information systems, ensure health coverage and funding, and provide primary healthcare education.
This volume is a useful resource to graduate students in public health and health care policy, public health professionals, health and social work researchers, and health policy makers interested in global health and primary healthcare services, particularly in developing countries.
- Covers health issues caused by contagious and non-communicable diseases
- Examines types of funding for control and prevention, along with healthcare treatments for these diseases
- Presents the goal and principles of primary healthcare (PHC) that includes millennium development goals (MDGS), sustainable development for good health (SDGS), and political and economic determinants of healthcare
- Discusses rural healthcare and a framework for rural health management technologies
