Atlas of Global Health

Winner of the BMA Board of Science Award for the Public Understanding of Science and the BMA Medical Book Award for Public Health.





This is a major new graphic profile of global health. The atlas maps the causes and incidences of the major diseases as well as the economic, social and environmental factors that impact on people's health worldwide. Bringing together the latest data and charting recent trends in health and disease, it also addresses how health needs are identified, health policy is developed and the delivery and quality of health services. 

The atlas covers a wide range of topics including:
Life Expectancy
Malnutrition and Obesity 
Water and Sanitation


The author of this book, Dr. Diarmuid O'Donovan, lectures on Health Promotion at NUI Galway and copies of 'The Atlas of Health' are available at shelf number 614.0233 ODO