Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific : Histories of Responses to Non-Communicable and Communicable Diseases

ISBN-13: 9780415575430 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 368 str.

Milton J. Lewis; Kerrie L. MacPherson

Opis

Chronic diseases-cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes-are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking increase in the percentage of sickness in developing countries still grappling with the acute problems of infectious diseases. The "double disease burden" - the onset of significant mortality from chronic, non-communicable diseases while mortality from communicable diseases remains high - is a problem of developing countries. Developed countries had the historical "luxury" of dealing with chronic diseases after the weight of communicable diseases had largely lifted. However, in both developed and developing countries old and new communicable diseases such as tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS enhance morbidity and mortality, and some infectious diseases may lead to chronic disease; for example, the papilloma virus and cervical cancer. Exposure to environmental pollutants particularly prenatal or in infancy is clearly recognized as a major driver of later chronic ill-health. Double health burdens in Asia and the Pacific and the problems that this poses for health care regimes, resource allocation, strategies for prevention and control and the need for integrated approaches to both non-communicable and infectious diseases will challenge the future viability of the region. The primary aim of this book is to offer a historical picture of the development of a leading global health problem and policy responses to it in the context of a demographically, economically and politically very significant region of the world with a view to better understanding of the double disease burden and the development of more effective health policy to deal with it.

Recenzje

"Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific is an extremely intelligent, well-versed book. This book would be practical to people seeking to understand the what, how, and why in modern health trends. What the authors have provided is a wonderful and detailed insight into the modern perils of health care in a region of the world so complex and diverse it warrants all debates and discussions... I would highly recommend this volume to anyone looking to increase their knowledge and understanding of Asia and Pacific health matters, as well as those analyzing modern health trends and their influences." - Kristin Childers-Buschle, University of Edinburgh; Somatosphere, February 2013.

Spis treści

1. Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asian and Pacific Countries : Some Introductory Observations 2. Two Health Transitions in Australia : The Western and the Indigenous 3. Health Transitions : Hong Kong and China and the Double Disease Burden 4. Health Transition and the Rising Threat of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in India 5. The Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific: Japan and Its Diseases 6. Challenges of, and Responses to, the Double Disease Burden in Korea 7. Good Health at Low Cost: The Sri Lankan Experience 8. Double Disease Burden in Thailand: Economic Growth and Public Provisioning 9. Health Transition in Vietnam: Resolving Past Priorities and Meeting New Challenges 10. Singapore: Health Policy and Programming in Historical Perspective and Social, Political and Economic Context 11. Learning from the Past : Changing Policies concerning the Double Disease Burden in Malaysia 12. Dealing with Difficult Diseases : Renovating Primary Health Care to Deal with Chronic Conditions in Indonesia 13. Evolution, Revolution and Devolution : A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Emergence of the Double Disease Burden in the Philippines 14. The Double Disease Burden in Papua New Guinea 15. The Double Disease Burden in Pacific Island States (except New Guinea) 16. Asia and Pacific Health Transitions: Retrospect and Prospect