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This chapter has three interconnected sections: “Global Environmental Quality and Concerns”; “Food, Water, Hygiene, and Health Care”; and “Health Care for All.” These otherwise obvious connections will nonetheless be highlighted as and when necessary in each section and then in the chapter summary.
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Ahmad, A. (2013). The Global Ecological/Environmental System. In: New Age Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137319494_5
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