Short Textbook of Public Health Medicine for the Tropics, 4Ed

First published in 1973, this textbook was designed to provide medical students and other trainees with an introduction to the principles of public health with special reference to the situation in developing countries of the tropics. The book stresses basic principles illustrated by selected examples. Infectious diseases feature strongly and diseases are grouped epidemiologically, based on the mode of transmission and the public health approaches for their control. The authors also highlight the global epidemiology of Type II diabetes and the effects of smoking as examples of the growing incidence of chronic disease in developing countries.

Adetokunbo Lucas, Herbert Gilles

Health in the developing world Information for health Epidemiology Infections through the gastro-intestinal tract Infections through the skin and mucous membranes Infections through the respiratory tract Arthropod-borne infections Nutritional diseases Non-communicable diseases Policy, strategies and management of health services Family health Environmental health sanitation Health education International health collaboration.