The Context
What the chapter is about
After a brief introduction about the book itself, this opening chapter describes the context of global health, It uses data to show the current state of global health and looks at trends in population from the ageing population in many higher income countries to the areas where growth will be highest in the next few years and the health challenges arising from these trends.
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The case studies from this chapter are from:
- South Korea
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