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The Primacy of Public Health Considerations in Defining Poor Quality Medicines
Newton, Paul N; Amin, Abdinasir A - eSocialSciences - 2012
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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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - eSocialSciences - 2011
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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Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2010
Registrar General, India - eSocialSciences - 2012
households and 7.3 million population. It has continued to be the main source of information on fertility and mortality …
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Gender Planning, Budgeting and Auditing
Vijayan, Aleyamma; J, Daya; S, Jayasree; S, Chandrika C; … - eSocialSciences - 2008
This manual is intended to help local governments to uphold the human rights of women, by involving them in identifying their needs and with their participation, to find possible solutions and move towards action. This manual details the processes of gender planning, budgeting and auditing in...
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Maternal Morbidity in Rural Andhra Pradesh
Padma, G Rama - eSocialSciences - 2008
Pregnency constitutes a high risk of morbidity and mortality due to associated psychological stress. Many women do not … to assess the extent of maternal morbidity and assess the factors responsible for it in rural Andhra Pradesh. An attempt …
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Reproductive Health Research Priorities in India: a Framework for Action
Agarwal, Dinesh - eSocialSciences - 2007
A research framework is proposed that needs to be pursued in order to achieve RCH goals in time bound manner. It is being argued that need for additional research inputs largely stems from the current gaps in programme performance [Paper presented at the Forum 9 conference].
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The Costs of Achieving the Millennium Development Goals through Adopting Organic Agriculture
Markandya, Anil; Setboonsarng, Sununtar; Hui, Qiao Yu; … - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper provides estimates of the costs of organic agriculture (OA) programs, and sets them in the context of the costs of attaining the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It analyzes the costs of OA programs in four case studies: Wanzai, PRC; Wuyuan, PRC; Kandy, Sri...
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Who Are the MDG Trailblazers? A New MDG Progress Index
Leo, Benjamin - eSocialSciences - 2010
, hunger, gender equality, education, child mortality, health, and water. Overall, we find evidence of dramatic achievements by …
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Popular Perceptions of Emerging Influences on Mortality and Longevity in Bangladesh and West Bengal
Amin, Sajida - eSocialSciences - 2008
questions on respondents’ perceptions of changing mortality. Child-mortality levels were perceived to have fallen drastically … in recent times, but for the middle-aged and the elderly, the past was seen as a better time in terms of health and … survival. The decline in adult health is attributed to environmental deterioration and lifestyle changes associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341665
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - eSocialSciences - 2009
Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. The implications for breastfeeding decisions are modelled and test has been done to predict model's predictions us- ing survey data from India.
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