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Don't Let Them Die: HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and the Healthcare Crisis in Africa
ISBN: 9781905068241 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Africa's healthcare crises is well documented, even if not always accurately. What is undeniable is that millions of Africans are dying - from HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis, malaria and other illnesses - some of them easily preventable. Dr Akukwe examines the healthcare policies on Africa's major diseases - HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, showing how the healthcare crisis is bound up with, and worsens the general crisis of poverty in the continent. He also discusses how a different form of policy intervention can make all the difference. ________________________ Dr Chinua Akukwe is an adjunct...
Africa's healthcare crises is well documented, even if not always accurately. What is undeniable is that millions of Africans are dying - from HIV/AID...
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107,60 zł |
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Warm Climates and Western Medicine: The Emergence of Tropical Medicine, 1500-1900
ISBN: 9789051839111 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These essays provide valuable insights into the early history of tropical medicine and from the standpoint of several European powers.
These essays provide valuable insights into the early history of tropical medicine and from the standpoint of several European powers.
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204,45 zł |
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Dengue
ISBN: 9781848162280 / Angielski / Twarda / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique volume presents an up-to-date review of one of the world's major health problems — diseases caused by the four dengue viruses. It begins with an insightful story of the origin of dengue disease outbreaks, including the emergence of severe and fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever. The nature, structure and biology of the four dengue viruses are described, and a major portion of the book is focused on the epidemiology of dengue as a mosquito-borne disease. This is complemented by critiques of existing mosquito control programs by three groups of outstanding authorities. The...
This unique volume presents an up-to-date review of one of the world's major health problems — diseases caused by the four dengue viruses. It b...
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848,74 zł |
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Vector Biology, Ecology and Control
ISBN: 9789048124572 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mir S. Mulla joined the faculty of the Entomology Department at the University of California, Riverside in 1956, only two years after the Riverside campus was established as an independent campus within the University of California system. Prior to his appointment, Mir received his B.S. from Cornell University and then moved to the University of California, Berkeley to pursue his graduate studies. His Ph.D. from Berkeley, awarded in 1955, completed his formal American education which was the purpose of his immigration from his native Kandahar in Afghanistan. In his over 50 years at Riverside,...
Mir S. Mulla joined the faculty of the Entomology Department at the University of California, Riverside in 1956, only two years after the Riverside ca...
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605,23 zł |
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Traditional Medicine and Health Care Coverage. a Reader for Health Administrators and Practitioners
ISBN: 9789241541633 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A wide-ranging account of traditional medical practices is intended to provide health administrators and practitioners with background information that may help them improve health care coverage, especially in developing countries, through a judicious blending of orthodox and unorthodox health resources.
A wide-ranging account of traditional medical practices is intended to provide health administrators and practitioners with background information tha...
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179,92 zł |
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International Law Concerning Child Civilians in Armed Conflict
ISBN: 9780198264866 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each year, many thousands of child civilians are killed, injured, or otherwise physically and psychologically harmed as a result of armed conflicts. There is a considerable body of international law which aims to minimize the harm inflicted on these children, and yet it is little known, or observed. This text focuses exclusively on child civilians. It addresses three main questions: what are the precise rules incorporated in the pertinent body of law, and what are its implementation mechanisms?; how effective is it (with reference to recent conflicts involving Iraq) in helping to achieve some...
Each year, many thousands of child civilians are killed, injured, or otherwise physically and psychologically harmed as a result of armed conflicts. T...
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315,91 zł |
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Progress in Human African Trypanosomiasis, Sleeping Sickness
ISBN: 9782287596551 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Human African Trypaniosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is an old disease to be now considered as reemergent. HAT is endemic in 36 sub-Saharan African countries, in areas where tsetse flies are found. The public health importance of HAT is underestimated, but the disease causes severe social disruption in many rural areas. Along the past fifteen years, numerous studies were made, and now, the mechanisms involved in the disease pathogenesis and in the characteristics of sleep-wake disruption become to be better understood. But, since 50 years, when current drugs were introduced, problems...
Human African Trypaniosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is an old disease to be now considered as reemergent. HAT is endemic in 36 sub-Saharan Afric...
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201,72 zł |
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Wildlife and Emerging Zoonotic Diseases: The Biology, Circumstances and Consequences of Cross-Species Transmission
ISBN: 9783642089961 / Angielski / Miękka / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume offers an overview of the processes of zoonotic viral emergence, the intricacies of host/virus interactions, and the role of biological transitions and modifying factors. The themes introduced here are amplified and explored in detail by the contributing authors, who explore the mechanisms and unique circumstances by which evolution, biology, history, and current context have contrived to drive the emergence of different zoonotic agents by a series of related events. This volume offers an overview of the processes of zoonotic viral emergence, the intricacies of host/virus interactions, and the role of biological... |
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806,99 zł |
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Tropical Medicine: A Clinical Text, 8th Edition, Revised and Expanded
ISBN: 9780823240609 / Angielski / Twarda / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of tropical medicine is as dramatic as the story of mankind--with its own myths and legends, with tales of epidemics destroying whole civilizations; and, still today, with silent stealth, these diseases claim more lives than all the current wars combined. Having had the privilege of working throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as in the great medical centers of Europe and the United States, the author presents the essential details for understanding pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, therapy, and prevention of the major tropical diseases. The text, now in its...
The history of tropical medicine is as dramatic as the story of mankind--with its own myths and legends, with tales of epidemics destroying whole civi...
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424,37 zł |
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Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice (Expert Consult - Online and Print)
ISBN: 9780702039355 / Angielski / Twarda / 1156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice, by Drs. Richard L. Guerrant, David H. Walker, and Peter F. Weller, delivers the expert, encyclopedic guidance you need to overcome the toughest clinical challenges in diagnosing and treating diseases caused by infectious agents from tropical regions. Sweeping updates to this 3rd edition include vaccines, SARS, hepatitis A-E, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, tick-borne encephalitis and Omsk hemorrhagic fever, human papilloma virus, and mucormycosis. New full-color images throughout allow you to more accurately view the... Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice, by Drs. Richard L. Guerrant, David H. Walker, and Peter F. Weller, delivers the e... |
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1209,68 zł |
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Historical Overview of Chromatography & Related Techniques in Analysis of Antimalarial Drug Primaquine
ISBN: 9781617619441 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every year over one million children die from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa alone, and about 500 million new cases are registered world-wide annually. Now, malaria is not longer limited to poor areas of world, but has returned to southern European countries. This book examines the problems related to malaria and anti-malarial drugs.
Every year over one million children die from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa alone, and about 500 million new cases are registered world-wide annually....
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565,77 zł |
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Neuroimaging Tropical Disease, an Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics: Volume 21-4
ISBN: 9781455723713 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Diseases once believed to be confined to the tropics, such as parasitic, mycobacterial, fungal, bacterial, and viral infections are still a major cause of mortality and moribidity in the tropics, yet can affect the developed world in an era of increased global travel and migration. Neuroimaging technique developments over the last several decades have helped clinicians better understand and diagnose these conditions. Experts from tropical countries share their experiences regarding tropical disorders, some of which are rare in the western world, but possible to appear in patients and not... Diseases once believed to be confined to the tropics, such as parasitic, mycobacterial, fungal, bacterial, and viral infections are still a major c... |
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356,03 zł |
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Die Parasiten Der Tiere: Erkrankungen Erkennen, Bekämpfen Und Vorbeugen
ISBN: 9783827422682 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 561 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Menschen leben mit und von Tieren und sind in vielfaltiger Weise auf sie angewiesen. Tiere haben nicht nur als Nahrungslieferanten ungeheure Bedeutung, sondern auch als Weggefahrten von Familien oder einsamen Personen. Die Gesundheit der Tiere wird allerdings von Parasiten bedroht, deren Anzahl gerade in Zeiten der Globalisierung mit Transporten von Waren, Pflanzen, Tieren von einem Ende der Welt ans andere standig zunimmt. Viele Parasiten der Haus-, Nutz- und Heimtiere konnen auch den Menschen befallen und als sog. Zoonosen z.T. lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen hervorrufen. Daher ist... Menschen leben mit und von Tieren und sind in vielfaltiger Weise auf sie angewiesen. Tiere haben nicht nur als Nahrungslieferanten ungeheure Bedeut... |
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263,94 zł |
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Japanese Encephalitis and West Nile Viruses
ISBN: 9783642639661 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Japanese encephalitis and West Nile viruses are members of the Japanese encephalitis serological group of the genus Flavivirus and therefore closely related genetically and antigenically. They share a number of properties, including the use of birds as their major wildlife maintenance host and Culicine mosquitoes for transmission, and they are both associated with severe human disease, as well as fatal infections in horses.
The emergence of these two viruses, and their well-established propensity to colonise new areas, make it timely to re-examine their ecology, biology, molecular... Japanese encephalitis and West Nile viruses are members of the Japanese encephalitis serological group of the genus Flavivirus and therefore closely r...
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403,47 zł |
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A Colour Atlas of Medical Entomology
ISBN: 9789401046763 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A there it is! guide to insects of medical and public health concern, mainly in the tropics. Each chapter covers identification, life cycle and habits of the causative stage and its medical/public health significance.
A there it is! guide to insects of medical and public health concern, mainly in the tropics. Each chapter covers identification, life cycle and habits...
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201,72 zł |
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Malaria and Babesiosis: Research findings and control measures
ISBN: 9789400960442 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Springer Book Archives
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201,72 zł |
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The Role of Anesthesiology in Global Health: A Comprehensive Guide
ISBN: 9783319094229 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This brilliantly assembled expert compendium provides a much-needed guide for the practical application of anesthesiology in medical practice in the most bereft underdeveloped and violence-afflicted regions of the globe. -Seymour Topping, Professor Emeritus of International Journalism, Columbia University This is a comprehensive guide to the role of anesthesiologists in medical missions. In their capacity as perioperative physicians, anesthesiologists improve the safety and efficacy of surgical interventions for underserved patients in low- and middle-income countries around the world....
This brilliantly assembled expert compendium provides a much-needed guide for the practical application of anesthesiology in medical practice in the m...
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443,82 zł |
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Vector Biology, Ecology and Control
ISBN: 9789400791275 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mir S. Mulla joined the faculty of the Entomology Department at the University of California, Riverside in 1956, only two years after the Riverside campus was established as an independent campus within the University of California system. Prior to his appointment, Mir received his B.S. from Cornell University and then moved to the University of California, Berkeley to pursue his graduate studies. His Ph.D. from Berkeley, awarded in 1955, completed his formal American education which was the purpose of his immigration from his native Kandahar in Afghanistan. In his over 50 years at Riverside,...
Mir S. Mulla joined the faculty of the Entomology Department at the University of California, Riverside in 1956, only two years after the Riverside ca...
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605,23 zł |
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Encyclopedia of Parasitology
ISBN: 9783662439777 / Angielski / Twarda / 3084 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Knowledge in the field of parasitology must be kept at a high level and up to date in order to fight a parasitosis as quickly and effectively as possible. This work, one of Springer's renowned and authoritative Major Reference Works, contributes to these goals in several ways. First, it comprises a number of entries, consisting of both in-depth essays and definitions. Secondly, the content has been improved even more by adding additional tables and high-quality figures. Thirdly, the extensive linking between definitions and essays facilitates information within a minimum of time. The...
Knowledge in the field of parasitology must be kept at a high level and up to date in order to fight a parasitosis as quickly and effectively as possi...
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6456,20 zł |
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Reizen En Ziekte
ISBN: 9789031372225 / Holenderski / Miękka / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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374,01 zł |