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Making of a Tropical Disease(2011) PACKARD, RANDALL M. (DIRECTOR, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY)Authoritative, fascinating, and eye-opening, this short history of malaria concludes with policy recommendations for improving control strategies and saving lives.Vezava: Mehka34,45 € -
Configuring Contagion(2022)Expanding our understanding of contagion further than typical notions of infection and pandemics, this book widens the field to include biosocial epidemics. The chapters propose varied and detailed answers to questions about the epidemic and contagious poVezava: Trda170,54 € -
Our Malady(2020) SNYDER, TIMOTHYA virus is not human, but the reaction to it is a measure of humanity. As he clung to life he found himself reflecting on the fragility of health, not recognized in America as a human right, but without which all rights and freedoms have no meaning.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Witness to Covid: 2020(2021) STEBBING, JUSTINAn approachable, scientific look at the development of Covid-19 over the course of 2020. This book takes a unique look at a truly unique year.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
Spanish Flu Epidemic and its Influence on History(2020) BREITNAUER, JAIMEWe look at how Spanish flu changed the focus of scientific thought from eugenics to the creation of public health.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Lucky Lupin(2017) MORTIMER, CHARLIEFrom the eponymous best-selling author of Dear Lupin, a hilarious and heartbreaking account of the man behind the letters.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Resistance(2021) MCDERMID, VALA gritty, dark tale of infectious disease gone wrong - the timely graphic novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Val McDermid.Vezava: Trda26,62 € -
All the Young Men(2021) BURKS, RUTH COKERErin Brockovich meets Dallas Buyers Club, All The Young Men is a gripping and triumphant tale of human compassion, telling the true story of a young single mother who finds herself driven to the forefront of the AIDS crisis, and who risks everything to giVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Next Pandemic(2020) KHAN, DR ALI S.,PATRICK, WILLIAMA former director at the CDC takes us behind quarantine lines and inside the fight to contain Ebola, SARS, anthrax, and the most important threat facing humankind: the next deadly pandemic.Vezava: Mehka20,31 € -
Germs and Governance(2021)This book addresses global concerns about microbial resistance. Combining historical case studies and first-hand practitioner accounts, it offers insights beyond current literature. Contributions from leading scholars, practitioners and policy makers explVezava: Trda136,80 € -
Contagion(2020) GUNDERMAN, RICHARDDr Richard Gunderman shows how disease has shaped the evolution of our species and, if we don't take the proper steps, may yet threaten our very existence on this planet.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Health Dimensions of COVID-19 in India and Beyond(2022)This open access book addresses the multiple health dimensions posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in India and other countries including nine in Asia, five in Sub-Saharan Africa, and New Zealand.Vezava: Mehka58,20 € -
Viral Frictions(2022) PFEIFFER, ELIZABETH J.Takes the reader along a trail of intersecting narratives to uncover how and why it is that HIV-related stigma persists in the age of treatment. Pfeiffer convincingly argues that stigma is a socially constructed process co-produced at the nexus of local,Vezava: Mehka64,15 € -
Forget Burial(2020) FINK, MARTYBridges early HIV care-giving activisms with contemporary disability movements. In refusing to bury the legacies of long-term survivors and of those we have lost, this book brings early HIV kinships together with ongoing movements for queer and trans bodyVezava: Mehka57,03 €
