Revised Textbook of Global Health

Panel member Anne-Emanuelle Birn is lead author of the 4th edition of the Textbook of Global Health published by the Oxford University Press, 2017.

Authors

Anne-Emanuelle Birn, Yogan Pillay, and Timothy H. Holtz

Abstract

  • A complete revision and reconceptualization of the popular Textbook of International Health, which has sold more than 25,000 copies across three editions.
  • Offers a broad introduction to global health integrated with critical analytic approaches that can be found in no other single source.
  • Synthesizes history, epidemiology, environmental studies, economics, and policy and financing to provide a comprehensive overview of the factors that influence health patterns within countries and across the globe.
  • The first and only global health textbook to employ a political economy of health analytic framework.
  • An accessible, authoritative, and affordable introduction to the topic suitable for advanced undergraduates, public health graduate students, medical students, practitioners, and those working in health diplomacy and development writ large.
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About the author

Anne-Emanuelle Birn is member of the Independent Panel on Global Governance for Health. She is Professor of Critical Development Studies at the University of Toronto, where she served as Canada Research Chair in International Health from 2003 to 2013.