Executive summary “As we embark on this great collective journey, we pledge that no one
will be left behind. Recognizing that the dignity of the human person is fundamental, we wish …

Ill-health contributes to impoverishment, a process brought into sharper focus by the impact
of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) …

Over the next 20 years, most low-income countries will, for the first time, become more urban
than rural. Understanding demographic trends in the cities of the developing world is critical …

Improving the nutritional status of infants and young children in developing countries
depends to a significant extent on adoption of optimal nutrition‐related practices within the …

The authors examine the strategies rural households in Burkina Faso used to cope with the
costs of illness in order to avert negative effects for household production and assets. They …

The authors demonstrate the usefulness of social ecology theory for improving the treatment
and prevention of poor health. The social ecology of health, unlike the topics of previous …

In this lesson-packed book, Mark Nichter, one of the world's leading medical
anthropologists, summarizes what more than a quarter-century of health social science …

In many developing countries people are expected to contribute to the cost of health care
from their own pockets. As a result, people's ability to pay (ATP) for health care, or the …

Families strongly influence the health of communities and individuals across the life course,
but no validated measure of family health exists. The absence of such a measure has limited …

Achieving ambitious health goals—from the Every Woman Every Child strategy to the health
targets of the sustainable development goals to the renewed promise of Alma-Ata of 'health …