{"product_id":"9781783605538","title":"Protecting the Health of the Poor Social Movements in the South","description":"\u003ch3\u003eInternational Studies in Poverty Research\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eProtecting the Health of the Poor\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSocial Movements in the South\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbraar Karan | Comparative Research Programme on Poverty | Geeta Sodhi | Juliana Martínez Franzoni | Thomas Pogge\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Development \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eNowhere is the injustice of the global distribution of income and wealth more palpable than in health. While the world's affluent spend fortunes on the most trifling treatments, poor people's lives are ruined and often cut short prematurely by challenges that could easily be overcome at low cost: childbirth, diarrhoea, malnutrition, malaria, HIV\/AIDS, measles, pneumonia. Millions are avoidably dying from such causes each year and billions of lives avoidably blighted by these diseases of poverty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on in-depth empirical research spanning Asia, Latin America, and Africa, this path-breaking collection offers fresh perspectives from critically engaged scholars. \u003ci\u003eProtecting the Health of the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e presents a call and a vision for unified efforts across geographies, levels and sectors to make the right to health truly universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbraar Karan is an MD candidate in the Global Health Pathway at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he serves as the student body president. His writings have been featured in a number of well-known publication venues, including \u003ci\u003eMedscape\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAcademic Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePLoS Global Health\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlobal Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKevin MD\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eGlobal Health Hub\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeeta Sodhi, DNB (Paeds), is a qualified paediatrician who veered into public health and the development sector more than two decades ago as a social entrepreneur. Her research has been published in various edited volumes, and she has been an invited speaker at several international conferences and academic institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 December 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZed Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781783605538\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e312\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369276866700,"sku":"9781783605538","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_06813e76-39b3-4b55-a529-8f83b533f5b4.jpg?v=1783878579","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781783605538","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}