... The Hammam through Time and Space , Julie   Peteet ( Syracuse University Press , 2024 ) hammam baths Turkey Jordan Islam women health heritage The hammam ( hamam in Turkish) is a specific building type that steams with the bathing bodies and heated water within. This steam has clouded...

... 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Ukraine drugs HIV/AIDS public health civil war We speak of the deserving poor as peo-ple who, through no fault of their own, have fallen on hard times and merit as- sistance to help them climb...

... Anirudh Krishna India social mobility inequality education employment jobs caste system health care women's rights Narendra Modi 123 How to extend equality of opportunity across a vast and growing population is one of the most important problems facing India to- day. The ideal...

... globalization nongovernmental organizations microfinance health care employment natural disasters 130 Few big countries . . . have had their fortunes so profoundly shaped by a weak position in the global system. Made in Bangladesh: Homegrown Development in a Global Economy NAOMI HOSSAIN In less...

...Barbara Prainsack This new way of thinking about health and disease has tangible implications for when and how health-care interventions are set in motion—and for how people are expected to manage their lives. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University...

...Aaron Reeves [S]hort-term policy changes can have long-term effects on the health and well-being of the population. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Aaron Reeves Great Recession financial crisis public health life...

... Sanyu Mojola HIV AIDS Africa South Africa antiretroviral therapy foreign aid Uganda Zimbabwe sex marriage homosexuality public health 170 Many African countries are still a long way from being able to sustain their own prevention and treatment efforts, and continued momentum...

... by the military dictatorship. During Pinochet s rule, Chile became a poster child for neoliber- alism, radically reforming the economy and the welfare state, privatizing pensions and partially privatizing education and health care. Following the democratic transition, the center-left parties JENNIFER PRIBBLE...

...Ruth J. Prince The power to set agendas, priorities, and approaches lies largely in the hands of external donors, removing African governments from policy making in areas concerning the health-care needs of their citizens. © 2016 Current History. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents...

... of the University of California Mary Moran Africa Liberia Ebola epidemic Ellen Johnson Sirleaf African politics health care corruption 177 With each promise of more foreign aid by multilateral donors, the general public assumed that the nation s elites would grow richer while ordinary people...

...Nicholas Eberstadt Our species has freed itself from formerly binding demographic patterns and limits. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Nicholas Eberstadt global population growth demographic decline health education...

...Roberto Zagha Inequality in India could be much more efficiently reduced through reforms that shrink the costly system of transfers, increase the role of markets in resource allocation, expand infrastructure investments, and improve the delivery of education and health care. © 2013 Current...

... poverty health care education economic growth India Kenya Uganda Peru prevention infrastructure social mobility 20 To make progress toward moving a majority of the world s population into better circumstances, we must adopt a more nuanced view of what constitutes poverty. The Mixed News...

...Jessica Piombo Supporting shady regimes for security reasons can overshadow the actions America takes across the continent to aid democracy, human rights, development, and public health. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Jessica...

.... Virtually full employment, progressive income taxation, partial public own- ership of key industries, universal health care, pensions, housing assistance, financial benefits for parents what Fabian could ask for more? After the Second World War, the United Kingdom ushered in similar aspects of social...

... to limited but still significant changes in pension, fiscal, and energy policies, near-universal health care coverage, macroeco- nomic stability despite a volatile international economic climate, and real advances in the fight against organized crime. Still, it would be hard to argue that his presi- dency...

...David E. Powell The depopulation of Russia seems destined to worsen in the coming years, with major implications for the military, the workforce, personal and societal health, and even national security. … If current trends continue, Russians may find themselves on the endangered species list. ©...