Issues relating to health have been given priority during the present and the past centuries. The programmes initiated towards better health,in developing countries, were not succcessful in improving the quality of life of the people. By presenting this book to the academic world and policy makers, the editors have enriched the existing limited literature on health Issues.The work has 36 chapters, classified under six parts. The issues covered under them are Eradication of Sexually Transmitted and other Communicable
Diseases, Stablization of Population, Family Planning, Child Survival and his health, Teenage Fertility, Gender Inequality, Value of Son Preference and Neglect of Daughters, Induced Abortion, Age of Marriage,
Reproductive Health and Empowerment of Women. The contribution of Ayurveda for reproductive health has been discussed as it has negligible side effects and rejuvenative abilities. Methodological perspectives of the issues enumerated are focused on Asian and Middle East countries among which Bangladesh, Indonesia, India and China are exhaustively covered. Other countries discussed include USA and Nigeria.
Most of the contributors are the senior academics and belong to China, India, Indonesia, Africa, Australia, Canada, France and USA. Hence, the book presents a cross-cultural and international perspective on a
number of disciplines like Health, Population Studies, Home Science, Anthropology, Social Work, Sociology, Communication and Extension Studies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kiran Prasad
Kiran Prasad is Associate professor in communication studies, College of Applied Science at salalah, Ministry of Higher Education, Oman and professor in Communication and Journalism at Sri Padmavati Mahila University, Tirupati, India. She was Commonwealth Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for International Communication Research, University of Leeds, UK and Canadian Studies Research Fellow at the School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. She is also the youngest ever recipient of the ‘ State Best Teacher Award’ for university teacher from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India. Aprolific writer and well known communication philosopher, She is author/editor of over seventeen books and conceptualized many theories in communication studies. Her recent books include Communcation for Development: Reinventing theory and Action(2009, in Vols.); Information and Communication technology: Recasting Development (2004); Women, Globalization and Mass Media: International Facets of Emancipation (2006); and HIV and AIDS: Vulnerrability of Women in Asia and Africa (2008). She has to her credit over 100 paper in journals of national and international repute and has researched extensively in India and abroad on the interrelations between communication and development studies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M. Kabir
Dr. M. Kabir is Professor of Statistics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Yu Jing Yuan
Dr. Yu Jing Yuan is Director, Beijing Institute of Information and Control, China. He is the author of several books on China and is an eminent academician in China.
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