Published December, 2009
By Pay Drechsel, Christopher A. Scott, Liqa Raschid-Sally, Mark Redwood, Akica Bahri and Akissa Bahri
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In most developing countries wastewater treatment systems are hardly functioning or have a very low coverage, resulting in large scale water pollution. This book approaches this serious problem from a practical and realistic perspective, addressing the issues of health risk assessment and reduction in developing country settings.

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Published November, 2009
By Geoffrey Lawrence, Tabatha Wallington and Kristen Lyons
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As the threats of food insecurity loom ever larger, the world faces the sad irony of food shortages in the global South alongside a purported 'obesity epidemic' in the global North. This book offers critical insights by international scholars, with chapters on global food security, supermarket power, new technologies, and sustainability.

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Published October, 2009
By British Medical Association
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This text shows why we need to develop an integrated approach to health and environmental impact assessment of development projects, and how this might be achieved. Case studies and examples are provided.

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Published October, 2009
By Pim Martens
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A study of the potentially devastating health impacts of global atmospheric changes. The author uses available knowledge to model future health impacts, including: vector-borne diseases; marine-borne diseases; cancers and cataracts from ozone depletion; and cardiovascular and respiratory disorders.

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Published October, 2009
By John Abraham and Julie Sheppard
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The Therapeutic Nightmare tells the story of the sleeping pill Halcion - a story which is far from over.

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Published October, 2009
By Jacqueline Vincent-Priya
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Most women giving birth in rural communities throughout the Third World cannot enjoy the 'benefits' of modern medical assistance. They are usually too expensive and too far away. This book is the result of journeys and conversations between the author, traditional midwives and mothers which took place over several years in Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Published October, 2009
By various and Earthscan Ltd
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Environmental threats and the challenge of sustainability have moved to the very centre of political, business and, increasingly, personal agendas. This book contains key texts by world renowned experts on global population and health as it links to development and environmental challenges.

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Published September, 2009
By Jenny Griffiths, Mala Rao, Fiona Adshead, Allison Thorpe and R.K. Pachauri
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Sets out what health practitioners can do to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, to make health services sustainable, and to design healthy, sustainable communities. This book describes the relationship between health and the environment. It gives facts and figures on greenhouse gas emissions.

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Published September, 2009
By Jenny Griffiths, Mala Rao, Fiona Adshead, Allison Thorpe and R.K. Pachauri
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Sets out what health practitioners can do to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, to make health services sustainable, and to design healthy, sustainable communities. This book describes the relationship between health and the environment. It gives facts and figures on greenhouse gas emissions.

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Published April, 2009
By Michelle Holdsworth, Francis Delpeuch, Bernard Maire and Emmanuel Monnier
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Obesity represents one of the major global health challenges of the 21st century. Its occurrence has now reached epidemic proportions, not only in industrialized nations, but increasingly in less developed countries too. This title cuts straight to the underlying nature and causes of this devastating trend.

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