HLTH 407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thomas Robert Malthus, Eastern Bloc, Malthusian Catastrophe
13 May 2019
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Global health - hlth 407 - exam i notes. Powerpoint #1 - basic terminology & examining world views. Refers to so called developed, capitalist, industrial countries, roughly, a bloc of countries aligned with the united states after world war ii, with more or less common political and economic interests: north america, western europe, japan and australia. Refers to the former communist-socialist, industrial states, (formerly the eastern bloc, the territory and sphere of influence of the union of soviet socialists. Republic) today: russia, eastern europe (e. g. , poland) and some of the turk. All the other countries, today often used to roughly describe the developing countries of africa, asia and latin america. The term third world includes as well capitalist (e. g. , venezuela) and communist (e. g. , north korea) countries, as very rich (e. g. , saudi arabia) and very poor (e. g. , mali) countries. First came into use in 1974 with the publication of shuswap chief george. Manuel"s: the fourth world : an indian reality.
