One World: The Health and Survival of the Human Species in the 21st Century

Much remains to to be done to improve the health and well-being of humanity, not only by further advancement of medicine and science but even more so by promoting growing awareness of the problems and their possible solution among society at large and policy makers in particular and by overcoming apathy, prejudice and superstitition, which stand in the by of reaching this goal. The contributors in this book work in Aistralia, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, among other countries. By cooperating in this way, they may insipre others to take a world view of the health of humanity.