Chapter 9: Health
Chapter Learning Objectives
After reading the chapter, you ought to understand and be able to explain:
- The empirical record on health conditions and health expenditures in
developing countries, including patterns and trends in life expectancy and
the main causes of high mortality.
- The positive effects on development from improved health and the role of
health care expenditure as an investment in human capital.
- How environmental conditions such as poor water quality, poor air quality,
and inadequate waste disposal contribute to health problems in developing
countries.
- The bi-directional nature of improved health and economic growth.
- The impact and solutions in combatting HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
- The inadequacy of medical services in many developing countries and
the nature of reforms that can enhance the effectiveness of health care
systems.The general lessons from case studies on global health.
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