and plant health, and how food safety hazards have affected people of the developing world. After raising and answering …Food Safety Issues in the Developing World examines three main issues: what food security is, how it relates to animal … these important questions this volume makes a case for public investment in improving food safety. The authors demonstrate …

Human exposure to lead represents a serious environmental health problem in many urban areas. Based on a review of … health and technical issues, th is report points out that the phase-out of lead from gasoline is a desirable policy measure …

This paper surveys health reform in the former Soviet countries of Central Asia. Reform efforts are evaluated in the … context of achieving the goals of improving people's health status, maintaining acces and equity, improving efficiency …

The health of Russian women has suffered during the economic crisis of recent years. Morbidity and mortality from … chronic and infectious diseases has increased. Women's reproductive health has been compromised by an increase in the … incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and by lack of access to up-to-date, high quality maternity and family planning …

Health care demand price elasticies are often estimated from samples conditioned to include only sike people. This …

Outlines Tunisia' innovative strategy of reducing the budgetary costs of food subsidies in a manner that is politically …