Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global health transitions -- Global health priorities -- Socioeconomic determinants of health -- Environmental determinants of health -- Health and humans rights -- Global health financing -- Global health implementation -- HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis -- Diarrheal, respiratory, and other common infections -- Malaria and neglected tropical diseases -- Reproductive health -- Nutrition -- Cancer -- Cardiovascular diseases -- Other noncommunicable diseases -- Mental health -- Injuries -- Promoting neonatal, infant, child, and adolescent health -- Promoting healthy adulthood and aging -- Global health careers.

A comprehensive look at today's most critical global health concerns and the actions that people around the world are taking to solve public health problems and to promote health and wellbeing. It has been significantly expanded to present the full spectrum of topics that are now included as part of the global health agenda, including global health dynamics, the links between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global health priorities, the socioeconomic and environmental determinants of health, the connections between health and human rights, and the funding and implementation of global public health initiatives.