Health System in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opprtunities

Anwar Islam (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 6202306475 / ISBN 13: 9786202306478

Verlag: Scholars' Press, 2018

Health System in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opprtunities | Anwar Islam (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 56 S. | Englisch | 2018 | Scholars' Press | EAN 9786202306478 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 112657159

Inhaltsangabe:

It is a book on the Health System in Bangladesh - its characteristics and recent changes. The Financing o the Health System is discussed and its resource scarcity outlined. It also examines the Mental Health System in South Asia identifying its resource scarcity and neglect. All the countries in South Asia including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan have been covered. It also examines the recent upsurge in Non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh as it goes through a demographic as well as epidemiological transition. Population Growth, Urbanization and Ageing of the Population in Bangladesh has been critically assessed and its implications discussed. The drawbacks of the Health Care System in effectively addressing issues related to the ageing of the population in Bangladesh received particular emphasis. In short, it is a critical assessment of the Health System in Bangladesh in the context of the recent demographic and epidemiological transition that the country is undergoing. Other South Asia countries also received attention.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: With a PhD in Sociology from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Dr. Islam has more than twenty five years of professional experience in both developed and developing countries focusing broadly on health system, health economics and health care financing, program monitoring and evaluation and international development.

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Titel: Health System in Bangladesh: Challenges and ...
Verlag: Scholars' Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu