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Plants (UPOV) and the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as the actions of NGOs active in the field of human rights …
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Return migration and health has received little attention in policy and research. This article will focus on the risk … factors and social determinants of health during all phases of migration that can impact the health of returnees. It will … highlight the diversity of returning migrants and illustrate through examples how return migration can influence the health of …
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An outline of what would be ideally needed for a comprehensive set of national accounts is given. National governments and international agencies ought ideally to go even beyond green national accounts. Unfortunately though, that ideal cannot be met, at least not in the near future....
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the cluster: lead actors, knowledge or technology domain, and the demand. Changes in each of these blocks over time are …
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and health indicators. Quantile regression analysis is used to identify the impact of determinants at different parts of …
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In this paper three diseases- malaria,diabetes and rotavirus- selected because of their contrast. The paper examines the severity of their presence in developing countries and suggests viable solutions.
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Poor quality essential medicines, both substandard and counterfeit, are serious but neglected public health problems … differences between public health and intellectual property approaches to the problem. It is argued that public health, and not … the World Health Organization (WHO) should be encouraged and supported to take a more prominent role in improving the …
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Pre-harvest lean seasons are widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, these seasonal famines force millions of people to succumb to poverty and hunger. An incentive of $8.50 is assigned to households in Bangladesh to out-migrate during the lean season, and...
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Sheds light on the realities of girls' health and wellbeing in developing countries, on the links between the health of … girls and the prospects for their families, and on the specific actions that will improve health prospects for millions …. This report describes the most prevalent and serious health problems adolescent girls face in developing countries, linking …
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Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …
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