Table of Contents

• Section 1
• Understanding Principles of Global Child Health
• 1. The Reality of Child Mortality
• 2. Culture, Economics, Politics, and War: The Foundation of Global Child Health
• 3. Medical Anthropology
• 4. Cultural Humility in Pediatric Practice
• 5. International Law and Health
• 6. Maltreatment and Advocacy
• 7. Environmental Hazards
• 8. Medical Work in Resource-Limited Countries
• 9. Natural Disasters
• Section 2
• Caring for Pediatric Travelers and Immigrants
• 10. Travel Clinics
• 11. Pretravel Care
• 12. Adolescent Travelers Without Parents
• 13. Immunization for Travelers
• 14. Traveler’s Diarrhea
• 15. Pediatric Travel Injuries: Risk, Prevention, and Management
• 16. Insect Bite Prevention
• 17. The Ill-Returned Traveler
• 18. International Adoption
• 19. Care of Immigrants
• Section 3
• Practicing Pediatrics in Resource-Limited Countries
• 20. Newborn Care
• 21. Promoting Early Child Development
• 22. Malnutrition
• 23. Common Infections
• 24. Gastrointestinal Infections
• 25. Respiratory Conditions
• 26. Dermatology
• 27. Bites and Stings
• 28. HIV and AIDS
• 29. Infection Control
• 30. Pediatric Cardiology
• 31. Neurologic Disorders in Children
• 32. Nephrology
• 33. Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
• 34. Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
• Index

About the Author

Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, is professor of pediatrics and the Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics at Wayne State University, and Designated Institutional Official Children’s Hospital of Michigan.