Pharmacy on a bicycle innovative solutions to global health and poverty
Every four minutes, over 50 children under the age of five die. In the same four minutes, 2 mothers lose their lives in childbirth. Every year, malaria kills nearly 1.2 million people, despite the fact that it can be prevented with a mosquito net and treated for less than 1.50.Sadly, this list goes...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
c2013.
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Edición: | 1st edition |
Colección: | BK Currents
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627674606719 |
Sumario: | Every four minutes, over 50 children under the age of five die. In the same four minutes, 2 mothers lose their lives in childbirth. Every year, malaria kills nearly 1.2 million people, despite the fact that it can be prevented with a mosquito net and treated for less than 1.50.Sadly, this list goes on and on. Millions are dying from diseases that we can easily and inexpensively prevent, diagnose, and treat. Why? Because even though we know exactly what people need, we just can't get it to them. They are dying not because we can't solve a medical problem but because we can't solve a logistics |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781609947897 9781299443341 9781609947903 |