Setting up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings
Shabir Moosa
Edited by Ted Lankester and Nathan J. Grills
This title fully covers the theory and practice of community based health care in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) era
Written in easy-to-read English with step-by-step instructions, it is accessible to health care workers worldwide
Copiously illustrated, this title is a source of both information and inspiration
Traditionally, aid and development has been done for communities, causing dependence and side-lining of local leadership. This book takes a completely different approach which places the community in the centre
The focus in this book is on collaboration between all relevant parties in both identifying and solving health priorities within a community
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence
New to this Edition:
The previous edition was written in the the Millennium Development Goals era. This edition is revised based on the current Sustainable Development Goals.
This edition is a more diverse and comprehensive source as the editors have added information on mental health, non communicable diseases, disability, addictions, home care and the use of ICT.
