The Elgar Companion to Health and the Sustainable Development Goals

Edited by Susannah H. Mayhew and Michael Hammer

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This Companion explores the tension between the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the realities of health and healthcare in a volatile and uncertain world wracked by climate change and conflict. Championing health as a pivotal public good, it presents solutions for improved access to health rooted in community empowerment and accountability of governance.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Sociology and Social Policy; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781803927237
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: health as a public good in an uncertain world , pp 1-22

Susannah H. Mayhew and Michael Hammer

Ch 2 A practitioner’s view on clean energy and female health outcomes in Africa with case studies from Nigeria , pp 24-36

Ifeoma Malo and Abel B.S. Gaiya

Ch 3 Travelling the ‘last mile’ first: learning from a spontaneous intervention on the COVID-19 pandemic and socio-economic determinants of its impact in India , pp 37-46

Pradeep Narayanan and Tarini J. Shipurkar

Ch 4 Transport access routes for motorcycles in Liberia , pp 47-58

Krijn Peters and Jack Jenkins

Ch 5 Community action in preventing epidemics: comparative lessons of Ebola virus disease, COVID-19 and smallpox in Sierra Leone , pp 59-74

Paul Richards and Esther Yei Mokuwa

Ch 6 Promoting and institutionalizing community health cadres in Ethiopia to enable progress towards the SDGs: a historical perspective , pp 76-101

Mirkuzie Woldie, Firew Bobo and Dina Balabanova

Ch 7 The evolution of the Afghan health system 2002 to 2022 and challenges ahead after the return of the Taliban to power , pp 102-118

Najibullah Safi, Ahmad Jan Naeem and Palwasha Anwari

Ch 8 Community and Indigenous concepts of and involvement with ‘health’ and how they contribute to achieving the SDGs , pp 119-139

Amanda Wingett, Eniola Olubukola Cadmus, Julieta Matos Freschi, Mariana M. Vale, Simeon I. Cadmus, Stewart Sutherland and Robyn G. Alders

Ch 9 Climate change and gender-based violence: international legal obligations and proactive strategies for protection , pp 141-159

Brendan Gogarty, Alexandra Robinson and Meghna Ranganathan

Ch 10 Navigating crisis: addressing the needs and vulnerabilities of women and girls in the aftermath of natural disasters , pp 160-190

Annalise Morelock, Donya Zarrinnegar, Manuela Colombini and Susannah H. Mayhew

Ch 11 Sexual and reproductive health and rights, climate, environment and co-existence in Madagascar , pp 191-206

Vik Mohan and Edith W. Ngunjiri

Ch 12 Cities and environmental change , pp 208-225

Erika Veidis, Ashley Jowell, Ola Alani and Michele Barry

Ch 13 Interconnections between health, environment, demographic, and livelihood factors: shaping food security in Rukiga, Uganda , pp 226-247

Tashfiha Nusrat Ruhi, Richard Muhumuza, Gift Namanya and Susannah H. Mayhew

Ch 14 Food loss in fish supply chains: consequences for achieving SDGs on public health and nutrition in Ghana and Tanzania , pp 248-272

Molly Ahern, Ansen Ward, Adeeba Ishaq and Susannah H. Mayhew

Ch 15 Cities, health, and equity , pp 274-297

Ashley Jowell, Erika Veidis, Ola Alani and Michele Barry

Ch 16 Opportunities and challenges of remote sensing and spatial analysis of health issues in slum settlements , pp 298-310

John Friesen

Ch 17 ‘One has to manage and it’s who you know’: social support and coping strategies among urban poor residents during COVID-19 , pp 311-330

Wafa Alam and Sabina Faiz Rashid

Ch 18 Taking the long view: a longitudinal perspective on accountability capabilities and capacity of IGOs to adapt to grand challenges , pp 332-360

Michael Hammer and Susannah H. Mayhew

Ch 19 Tracing linkages between pharmaceutical incentivisation, antibiotic prescribing and antimicrobial resistance in Pakistan , pp 361-372

Muhammad Naveed Noor, Sadia Shakoor and Rumina Hasan

Ch 20 Corporate accountability and the right to food and nutrition in the context of health and the Sustainable Development Goals , pp 373-385

Busiso Moyo, Safura Abdool Karim, Petronell Kruger and Helen Walls

Ch 21 Conclusion: shifting power, resources and mindsets - from crisis response to sustainable development , pp 386-388

Michael Hammer and Susannah H. Mayhew

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