Healthcare
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- Challenges and priorities for mental health research in developing countries
- ( G. MacArthur / The Academy of Medical Sciences , 2008)
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With mental disorders constituting a significant proportion of the global health burden, there is a pressing need for co-ordinated efforts in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to address thei...
Arguments for and against cost sharing in developing countries
- ( T. Poletti / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , 2003)
- There is considerable interest in the introduction of cost-sharing as an element of health care financing in emergency and post-emergency situations, but many questions remain. This paper from the Lon...
- Health data collection in emergencies
- ( L. Roberts / Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , 2007)
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The field of humanitarian relief is relatively promising. Methods for documenting basic health measures on the local level have been developed and general health priorities have been documented. Th...
- Training guide on community-based management of acute malnutrition in children
- ( H Deconinck;K. Cashin;J. Whelan / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008)
- A significant gap remains between need and capacity for management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children. This is despite clear advances in the development and implementation of international...
- Assessing quality of life under political conflict
- ( A. Mataria;R. Giacaman;A. Stefanini / Economic Research Forum, Egypt , 2008)
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The entrenched conflict in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) has altered social welfare and health care delivery systems in ways that pose challenges beyond those seen in other conflict or...
The impact of crises on health interventions
- ( F. Checchi;M. Gayer;R Freeman Grais / Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI , 2007)
- Never before has it been clearer what interventions must be implemented to mitigate the adverse health consequences of wars and natural disasters, and what standards those interventions must strive to...
- What are the reproductive health needs of conflict affected women?
- ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA , 2007)
- Reproductive health in emergency situation generally refers to safe motherhood, family planning, gender based violence (GBV), and STD and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. These services are often no...
- Iraq: health care in crisis
- ( International Committee of the Red Cross , 2008)
- This report, by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), details the findings and observations made by ICRC personnel during their contacts with staff in hospitals, health care centres and...
Developing a framework for organisations working on the reintegration of child soldiers
- ( V. Thomas / Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers , 2008)
- Y Care International’s experience working with at-risk and vulnerable children and young people in Colombia, including child soldiers, has made apparent the need to share lessons learned and goo...
- A review of factors that jeopardise healthcare equity in fragile states
- ( K. Ransom;T. Poletti;O. Bornemisza;E. Sondorp / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , 2007)
- This paper, by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, looks at the factors that threaten health equity and health care equity in conflict and post-conflict fragile states, and identifies ...
