A young child receives oral polio vaccine dose
In 2016, there were only four cases of wild poliovirus in sub-Saharan Africa, all detected in Nigeria, the last polio-endemic country in Africa. In an effort to reach and protect children not reached by routine immunization services, oral polio immunization campaigns are being conducted in several African countries, with support from technical staff from CDC’s Global Immunization Division.
Cameroon: A child in the arms of her mother receiving her dose of the oral polio vaccine.
Photo credit: Louie Rosencrans/CDC
OER Online Textbook: Public Health & Global Societies
Table of Contents
Introduction: A note from the authors
Module 1: Foundations of Global Health
Section 1.1: What is Global Health?
Section 1.2: Defining and Measuring the Burden of Disease, Part I
Section 1.3: Defining and Measuring the Burden of Disease, Part II
Section 1.4: Defining the Determinants of Health
Section 1.5: Colonialism & the History of Global Health
Section 1.7: Ethics, Human Rights & Global Health
Module 2: Health Systems and the Global Burden of Disease
Section 2.8: Exploring & Understanding Health Systems, Part I
Section 2.9: Exploring & Understanding Health Systems, Part II
Section 2.10: Communicable Diseases
Section 2.11: Neglected Tropical Diseases, Etc
Section 2.12: Non-communicable Diseases & Aging
Section 2.13: Mental Health, Injuries & Disability
Module 3: Social Determinants of Health
Section 3.14: Understanding the Role of Culture in Health
Section 3.15: Gender as a Determinant of Health: Women’s Health
Section 3.16: Racism as a Determinant of Health + Film Screening
Section 3.17: Social Determinants of Oral Health
Section 3.18: Understanding Nutrition & Health in a Global Context
Module 4: Ecological Determinants of Health
Section 4.19: Environmental Health & WASH
Module 5: Forward Thinking: Interventions to Improve Global Health
