Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine

![][1] Michael Eddleston, Stephen Pierini Oxford University Press, £19.95, pp 666 ISBN 0 19 262772 4Rating: ![Graphic][2] ![Graphic][3] Arriving at a district hospital in Zambia in 1991, I quickly became aware of the struggle for resources between social and environmental interventions, primary preventive care, and secondary medicine. Health reforms were under way: the “district” was the focus, and the hospital sector was receiving less attention. However, ordinary people want help when they need it, and a healthcare system that cannot … [1]: /embed/graphic-1.gif [2]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif [3]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif