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008			171212s2018 maua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017059434
020			_a9780262038454 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035			_a(DNLM)101718150
040			_aDLC _cDLC _erda _dAU _beng
042			_apcc
049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aRA418 _b.B637 2018
100	1		_aBollyky, Thomas J., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPlagues and the paradox of progress ; _bwhy the world Is getting healthier in worrisome ways / _cThomas J. Bollyky.
260			_c©2018.
264		1	_aCambridge, MA : _bThe MIT Press, _c©2018.
300			_axvi, 259 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent _btxt
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia _bn
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aHow the world starts getting better. Death, disease, and the fall of prehistoric man. The path to better health in wealthier nations. A better world begins as a more unequal one -- Diseases of conquest and colony. The colonial and military roots of global health. The path to better health in poorer nations. Death and demography. The legacy of ebola. The difference that health aid makes -- Diseases of childhood. A child survival revolution. China's other great leap forward. Is healthier wealthier? The (potential) dividends of demography. Sunny in Nairobi, with a chance of storms. Cell phones, not factories. The perils of youth -- Diseases of settlement. Cholera and the white death. A simple solution. Poor world cities. The perils of growing naturally. Climate and the environment. The Tunis effect. Returning to Dhaka -- Diseases of place. The growth industry in Agadez, Niger. People, not just potatoes. Migration as the history of disease. The world is getting better in worrisome ways -- The exoneration of William H. Stewart. Confronting the complex of multiple causation. The role of aid in adapting to the decline of infectious diseases. The myth of the good epidemic.
650	1	2	_aGlobal Health _xtrends
650	2	2	_aCommunicable Diseases _xhistory
650	2	2	_aDisease Eradication
650	2	2	_aNoncommunicable Diseases
650	2	2	_aHealth Status Disparities _xtrends
650	2	2	_aSocioeconomic Factors
655		0	_2local _94 _aPrint books.
942			_2lcc _cBOOKS