Getting involved also means learning more about the issues, thinking critically about how to affect change, and simply taking an active interest in global health. Below are many sources for information that we believe can help deepen understanding of global health issues.
Books
GlobeMed recommends the following books:
Politics, Development, and Globalization
- Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health, Laurie Garrett
- The Invisible Cure: Africa, The West, and the Fight Against AIDS, Helen Epstein
- The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good, William Easterly
- The End of Poverty, Jeffrey Sachs
- Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph Stiglitz
- The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It, Paul Collier
- Confessions of an Economic Hitman, John Perkins
- Development as Freedom, Amartya Sen
- Banker to the Poor, Muhammad Yunus
- The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman
- How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Walter Rodney
- Condemned to Repeat?, Fiona Terry
Leadership, Management, and Organizing for Global Health
- Paradigm Found, Anne Firth Murray
- Global Health Leadership and Management, William H. Foege et. al
- Rules for Radicals, Saul D. Alinsky (or Reveille for Radicals)
- Writing to Change the World, Mary Pipher
- A Sacred Voice Is Calling: Personal Vocation And Social Conscience (Paperback), John Neafsey
Social Narrative, History, Anthropology
- Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paolo Freire
- Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues, Paul Farmer
- Discourse on Colonialism, Aime Cesaire
- Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond
- King Leopold's Ghost. A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, Adam Hochschild
- There Are No Children Here, Alex Kotlowitz
- We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, Philip Gourevitch
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time, Greg Mortenson
- Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela
Health and Human Rights
- Health and Human Rights, Jonathan Mann, Sofia Gruskin, Michael Grodin, and George Annas
- Perspectives on Health and Human Rights, Sofia Gruskin, ed.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, CK Prahalad
- How to Change the World, David Bornstein
Food, Water, Housing
- Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa, Stephen Devereux and Simon Maxwell, eds.
- Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource, Marq de Villiers
Websites
GlobeMed recommends the following websites:
- Laurie Garrett and Dr. Paul Farmer in Foreign Affairs discussing the "Challenge of Global Health"
- Inspired talks by world's greatest thinkers - Ted.com
- Global Health Education Consortium Training and Learning Modules
- Global Health Council
- University Coalitions for Global Health
- World Health Organization
- Global Health Reporting
- Gates Foundation - Global Health
- Career Opportunities in Global Health
- Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development
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