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Developing countries need evidence-based approaches to health policy, with equity as a key focus.: ( Regional Office for the Western Pacific, World Health Organisation , 2009); This book, published by the Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization, notes that health equity and the barriers to achieving it in developing countries have been a major s...
IMCI in Tanzania needs greater visibility and better resources to be a success: ( H. Prosper;J. Macha;J. Borghi / Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems , 2009); This CREHS research report analyses the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) policy in Tanzania. Two districts in North-Western Tanzania, Bunda and Tarime, in Mara region, were picked ...
Does population ageing inevitably lead to significantly higher health care expenditure?: ( B. Rechel;Y. Doyle;E. Grundy / World Health Organization , 2009); All countries in Europe face ageing populations. This review examines the impact of ageing populations on health systems, demonstrating that it will give rise to a number of challenges. However, the p...
Gender and vision loss: ( P. Courtright;S. Lewallen / Community Eye Health Journal , 2009); Increasingly it is evident that women are affected by blindness and visual impairment to a much greater degree than men. In 1980 a systematic review of global population-based blindness surveys carrie...
Improving eye health for women and families in India: ( G. Kothari / Community Eye Health Journal , 2009); In the slums and rural areas of India, visual impairment, blindness, and childhood blindness are usually more prevalent. This article in Community Eye Health Journal argues that in order to improve...