Disease and Democracy is the first ... to the epidemic in the United States and several European nations is a springboard for a wide-ranging and sophisticated historical analysis of public health practices and policies. In addition to his

As in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond weaves an ... American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya and finally to the doomed ... Environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, and unwise

... reductions in the prevalence and incidence of the so-called neglected diseases such as lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, guinea worm, leprosy, and trachoma. Each of these neglected diseases is a poverty-promoting and often

... a fascinating account of smallpox and its role in human history. Starting with its origins 10,000 years ago in Africa or Asia, Hopkins follows the disease through the ancient and modern

... that are being spawned as environment and development issues move to the ... of international concerns. It covers ecological processes, tropical diseases, acronyms, and much more.Andy Crump is currently in

... Potency Database (CPDB) is a unique and widely used international resource of ... CPDB provides a standardized and easily accessible database with qualitative and quantitative analyses of both positive and negative experiments that have been

... as anthropologist Charles Briggs and Clara Mantini-Briggs, a Venezuelan ... report. Why, they ask in this moving and thought-provoking account, did so many ... the ways that scientists, officials, and politicians connected representations

On October 26th and 27th, 2006, The George Washington ... Immunology, & Tropical Medicine, and the UN Millennium Project hosted a ... conference on the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Entitled Rapid Impact:

... first shattering look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an ... from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the ... were more dangerous than radiation and that for the first time in history,

This volume presents and reviews a wide range of recent research on sexuality and sexual behaviours in India to better ... describing the HIV epidemic in India and the public and the non-governmental