About the Book
Embedded in the health for all by the year 2000 slogan was the notion of health as a human right. Yet, when we don’t guarantee health services to all, we are unwittingly answering the question, Who Should We Let Die?
Embedded in the health for all by the year 2000 slogan was the notion of health as a human right. Yet, when we don’t guarantee health services to all, we are unwittingly answering the question, Who Should We Let Die?
Koyejo Oyerinde, MD DrPH, is a pediatrician and health policy expert. His more than 30 years of experience include stints as a medical officer, pediatrician, health policy researcher, and teacher. While on faculty at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA, he provided technical assistance to more than 30 national ministries of health in the global south on maternal and child health service delivery.
For six years, Koye was a member of GAVI’s Independent Review Committee. He is the current Policy and Advocacy Chair on the Executive Committee of the Section on Global Health of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He lives in Minot, ND, USA.
Dr. Oyerinde’s unique experiences and deep knowledge of health service delivery in the developing world and the United States compelled him to write this book.