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This book is about U.S. policy makers who have wielded enormous
influence, largely behind the scenes, since the end of World War
II. The advent of the Cold War brought new problems of national
security for the United States. As a result, U.S. presidents no
longer sat down with their secretaries of state to determine the
nation's foreign policy. Instead, postwar chief executives reached
out to individuals in the intelligence and military organizations
and, increasingly, to advisers in the White House. The Policy
Makers examines seven such advisers_from public servants in the
state department to CIA directors and U.S. senators_and the
policies each adviser influenced. By focusing on individuals whose
policy making role was often unknown to the public, Anna Kasten
Nelson and her contributors shed light on the myriad ways in which
the postwar foreign policy of the United States has been shaped,
sometimes in ways very damaging to the nation's security.
Practical Epidemiology: Using Epidemiology to Support Primary
Health Care builds on the successful Manual of Epidemiology for
District Health Management, that was published by the WHO Geneva in
1989. This title focuses on the importance of using epidemiological
concepts and skills by health workers in Lower and Middle Income
Countries (LMICs), in particular to investigate, plan and deliver
primary health care services and to strengthen district level
public health programmes. It also includes illustrations and
examples relevant to a hypothetical district population of 200,000
people. The book outlines the importance of the UN's Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) and the World Health Organisation's
principles for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and then focuses on
the role of district health systems in supporting national primary
health care and the use of epidemiological and demographic
information in the planning of local and national health services
and programmes. Chapters include the collection of health
information, outbreaks due to communicable diseases, use of
investigations and health surveys, data analysis and statistics,
and importance of communicating health findings and policies. Using
a systems approach together with epidemiological methods it
demonstrates how district health planning and primary health care
can be strengthened and how progress can be monitored and
evaluated, including for improvements in access, quality and
coverage of health services and public health programmes. Ethical
principles and tackling inequalities are considered throughout the
book. A full chapter on the A B C of epidemiological definitions
and terms is also included. This book will be particularly relevant
for undergraduate and postgraduate university training courses for
health professionals and for in-service short and revision courses
for a wide range of health workers.
This is the second volume of Catherine Perles's study of the
chipped/flaked stone tools found at Franchthi Cave, the first of
its kind in Greek archaeology, if not in the whole of southeastern
European prehistory. In French."
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