Pharmacy on a bicycle : innovative solutions to global health and poverty /
Bing, Eric G.
Pharmacy on a bicycle : innovative solutions to global health and poverty / Eric G. Bing and Marc J. Epstein. - First edition. - San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2013] - 1 online resource (xii, 223 pages). - A BK currents book . - BK currents book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : why pharmacy on a bicycle -- Part I. The prescription -- ch. 1. Saving millions -- ch. 2. Ideas in action : innovation and entrepreneurship -- ch. 3. A shift in perspective : task shifting to save more -- ch. 4. Tipping the scales : scaling up to save lives -- Part II. IMPACTS in motion -- ch. 5. The warmth of a mother's touch : maternal and child health -- ch. 6. A drop of vinegar : solutions for infectious diseases -- ch. 7. The elephants in the room : noncommunicable diseases -- Part III. Moving forward -- ch. 8. Getting there from here : priorities, plans, and progress -- ch. 9. Busting barriers : heeding the call.
"Traditional pathways to delivering health care to the global poor are failing. Five million children die each year before their fifth birthday due to lack of basic health education, services, or low-cost treatments. Bing and Epstein show how focusing micro-innovations at the level of care is the way to end these grim health statistics"--
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Pharmaceutical policy--Developing countries.
Drugs--Developing countries.
Medical care--Developing countries.
World health.
Medical care.
Diffusion of innovations.
Entrepreneurship.
Drug and Narcotic Control
Delivery of Health Care
Developing Countries
Diffusion of Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Global Health
Santé mondiale.
Prestation de soins.
Innovations--Diffusion.
Entrepreneuriat.
entrepreneurs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Poverty & Homelessness.
MEDICAL--Allied Health Services--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Developing & Emerging Countries.
Drugs.
Medical care.
Pharmaceutical policy.
World health.
Developing countries.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RA401.D44 / B53 2013eb
362.17/82091724
Pharmacy on a bicycle : innovative solutions to global health and poverty / Eric G. Bing and Marc J. Epstein. - First edition. - San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2013] - 1 online resource (xii, 223 pages). - A BK currents book . - BK currents book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : why pharmacy on a bicycle -- Part I. The prescription -- ch. 1. Saving millions -- ch. 2. Ideas in action : innovation and entrepreneurship -- ch. 3. A shift in perspective : task shifting to save more -- ch. 4. Tipping the scales : scaling up to save lives -- Part II. IMPACTS in motion -- ch. 5. The warmth of a mother's touch : maternal and child health -- ch. 6. A drop of vinegar : solutions for infectious diseases -- ch. 7. The elephants in the room : noncommunicable diseases -- Part III. Moving forward -- ch. 8. Getting there from here : priorities, plans, and progress -- ch. 9. Busting barriers : heeding the call.
"Traditional pathways to delivering health care to the global poor are failing. Five million children die each year before their fifth birthday due to lack of basic health education, services, or low-cost treatments. Bing and Epstein show how focusing micro-innovations at the level of care is the way to end these grim health statistics"--
9781609947903 (electronic bk.) 1609947908 (electronic bk.) 9781609947910 (electronic bk.) 1609947916 (electronic bk.)
CL0500000224 Safari Books Online A5E87841-743C-44B9-BCFD-C943D0B77C0A OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Pharmaceutical policy--Developing countries.
Drugs--Developing countries.
Medical care--Developing countries.
World health.
Medical care.
Diffusion of innovations.
Entrepreneurship.
Drug and Narcotic Control
Delivery of Health Care
Developing Countries
Diffusion of Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Global Health
Santé mondiale.
Prestation de soins.
Innovations--Diffusion.
Entrepreneuriat.
entrepreneurs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Poverty & Homelessness.
MEDICAL--Allied Health Services--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Developing & Emerging Countries.
Drugs.
Medical care.
Pharmaceutical policy.
World health.
Developing countries.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RA401.D44 / B53 2013eb
362.17/82091724