The Grandest Challenge
Taking Life-Saving Science from Lab to Village
$44.59
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2012
Summary
“The Grandest Challenge shows it’s possible to bridge the global health gap between rich and poor using innovation.” –The Gazette (Montreal)
The Grandest Challenge begins with a simple premise- that every person’s life is of equal value, regardless of where in the world he or she lives. It also begins with an alarming fact- that in this age of spectacular scientific advances, it is still those who live in the developed world–mainly the west–who overwhelmingly benefit from our enormous…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385667197 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0385667191 |
| Author: | Peter Singer, Abdallah Daar |
| Publisher: | Random House Canada |
| Imprint: | Doubleday Canada |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2012 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm x 21mm |
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Praise for The Grandest Challenge“The Grandest Challenge is not only enlightening, solution orientated and deeply personal but it also encourages the reader to challenge the existing norm and encourages us to ask ourselves pivotal questions.” —The Independent (UK)
About The Author
Peter Singer
ABDALLAH DAAR was born in Tanzania. He is a Professor of Public Health Sciences and of Surgery at the University of Toronto, and Director of Ethics and Commercialization at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health. He is the recipient of the UNESCO Avicenna Prize for Ethics of Science, and often advises governments and the UN, UNESCO, WHO and OECD on global health.
PETER SINGER is Director of the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health and Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He has advised the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the UN Secretary-General’s Office, the Government of Canada, and Pepsico Inc. He is also a sought-after commentator and public speaker.
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