Around the Globe for Women's Health

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Maternal Mortality: The Greatest Health Divide in the World

   • Carolina Bibbo, Taraneh Shirazian

   Pages 1-19

3. Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Conflict Setting

   • Nichole Young-Lin, Maya Garala, Erin Gertz

   Pages 21-32

4. Obstetric Fistula

   • Salma Rahimi, Tracy Capes, Charles Ascher-Walsh

   Pages 33-53

5. Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy

   • Veronica Ades

   Pages 55-67

6. The Unmet Need for Family Planning

   • Jessica M. Atrio, Kate A. Shaw, Paul D. Blumenthal

   Pages 69-91

7. Anesthesia in Action at a Global Health Site

   • Andrew M. Perez, Ram Roth, Elizabeth A. M. Frost

   Pages 93-104

8. At Your Cervix: Preventing Cervical Cancer Using a Single-Visit Approach

   • Deborah Landis Lewis, Miriam Cremer

   Pages 105-116

9. The Challenge of Global Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Treatment

   • Annekathryn Goodman

   Pages 117-126

10. Radiation Therapy: A Privilege, Not a Right Treatment of Cervical Cancer with Limited Radiotherapy in Low-Resource Settings

    • Jessica Bao An Ton, Linus Chuang

    Pages 127-134

11. Interested in Volunteering Abroad? Considerations When Choosing a Global Health Opportunity

    • Michael Brodman

    Pages 135-139

12. Back Matter

    Pages 141-144

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In the increasingly globalized twenty-first century, cross-cultural communication and knowledge of culturally informed health practices are critical skills for women’s health providers. Around the Globe for Women’s Health is a concise, culturally sensitive, and clinically relevant guide that aims to increase health equity through prevention and improved clinical care for women around the world. Case-based chapters highlight clinical issues (such as obstetric fistula, malaria, and postpartum hemorrhage) and barriers to care (the unmet need for family planning, or limited radiotherapy in low-resource countries, for example). Around the Globe for Women's Health is a must-have resource not just for physicians considering working in another country, but all providers seeking to provide better care for diverse populations of women within the United States.

• Global
• Gynecology
• Obstetrics
• Women
• Women's Health

From the reviews:

“This book covers common women’s health issues that obstetrics/gynecologists face in different areas around the world … . The intent is to highlight the challenges in women’s healthcare globally. This is certainly a worthwhile goal and the authors do a good job of achieving it. The book is intended for residents and physicians who plan to participate in global initiatives. … This is an interesting book on global women’s health issues for obstetricians and gynecologists.” (Anthony Shanks, Doody’s Book Reviews, November, 2013)

• Dept. of Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Director of Global Health, New York, USA

  Taraneh Shirazian

• Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dept. of Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences, New York, USA

  Erin Gertz

Dr. Taraneh Shirazian is the Director of Global Health in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY. She is also the cofounder and Medical Director of Saving Mothers (www.savingmothers.org), a nonprofit dedicated to reducing maternal morbidity and mortality and improving the lives of women through prevention, education, training of local providers, and clinical outreach.

Dr. Erin Gertz is the first Global Health Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She attended medical school at the University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine and completed her residency training in Ob/Gyn at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

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