Gender and health
- Coverage of malaria protection in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis and analysis of national survey data
- A. M. van Eijk / The Lancet, 2011
- Malaria infection during pregnancy can lead to very poor outcomes for the mother and child. In 2007, there were about 32 million pregnancies in malaria-endemic areas in sub-Saharan Africa. WHO's recom...
- Prevention and management of chronic disease: a litmus test for health-systems strengthening in low-income and middle-income countries
- B. Samb;N. Desai;S. Nishtar / The Lancet, 2010
- The burden of disease attributable to chronic disorders is higher in low-income and middle-income countries (LAMICs) than it is in high-income countries. This paper argues that national health syst...
- Men who have sex with men and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa : The Lancet
- A D Smith / The Lancet, 2009
- The results from recent studies indicate the widespread existence of MSM groups across Africa, and high rates of HIV infection, HIV risk behaviour, and evidence of behavioural links between MSM and he...
- Will increased funding for neglected tropical diseases really make poverty history?
- T. Allen;M. Parker / The Lancet, 2012
- In January 2012, The UK’s Department for International Development announced a fivefold increase in its support for programmes to control neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). However, there is...
- Malaria in pregnancy in the Asia-Pacific region
- M.J. Rijken;R.M. Gready;M.E. Boel / The Lancet, 2012
- This paper summarises both published and unpublished data on malaria in pregnancy in 20 Asian-pacific countries, highlighting the treatment and prevention side. ...
- Health-financing reforms in southeast Asia: challenges in achieving universal coverage
- V. Tangcharoensathien;W. Patcharanarumol;P. Ir / The Lancet, 2011
- Health-financing reforms in seven south-east-Asian countries are reviewed in this study. Those countries have sought to reduce dependence on out-of-pocket payments, increase pooled health finance, ...
- Prostitution, public health, and human-rights law
- B. Loffe;B. Gaze;C. Fairley / The Lancet, 2000
- Sex workers are entitled to enjoy universal human rights. However, the complexity of their legal status, compounded by international human rights laws, places sex workers in a situation where health p...
- Intimate partner violence, relationship power inequity, and incidence of HIV infection in young women in South Africa: a cohort study
- R.K. Jewkes;K. Dunkle;M. Nduna / The Lancet, 2010
- Research linking gender inequity and gender-based violence to HIV is limited. This paper assess whether intimate partner violence (IPV) and relationship power inequity increase risk of incident HIV...
- Humanitarian response inadequate in Horn of Africa crisis
- S. Loewenberg / The Lancet, 2011
- This report describes the crisis from Kenya’s refugee camps and Wajir in the north, as millions of people in the Horn of Africa are affected by the devastating drought and famine. The famine in ...
- Use of mass media campaigns to change health behaviour
- Melanie A. Wakefield;Barbara Loken;Robert C. Hornik / The Lancet, 2010
- This review paper, published in the Lancet, discusses the outcomes of mass media campaigns in the context of various health-risk behaviours (such as use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs, heart dis...
