South Asia
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- Climate change, water security and food security in South Asia
- ( T. Shah (ed);U. Lele (ed) / Global Water Partnership , 2011)
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A key challenge for the South Asian region is achieving food and water security. This publication makes reference to a workshop held in Sri Lanka and examined how the region can best address the th...
- Health-financing reforms in seven south-east -Asian countries
- ( V. Tangcharoensathien;W. Patcharanarumol;P. Ir / The Lancet , 2011)
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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, ...
- Update on MSM and HIV in Asia and the Pacific
- ( Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health , 2011)
- In this media release, APCOM explains that despite HIV reaching its 30th birthday in 2011, significant global and regional policy progress will be undone by budget cuts and the global level. This in t...
- What are different epidemiological determinants of road traffic accidents in western Nepal?
- ( Mishra B;Sinha ND;Sukhla SK / Indian Journal of Community Medicine , 2010)
- This paper, published by the Indian Journal of Community Medicine, posits that road traffic accident (RTA) is one of the top five causes of morbidity and mortality in South-East Asian countries. The a...
- Using ICTs for healthcare in Sri Lanka
- ( S. Rathnayake (ed) / Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka , 2010)
- ICT tools are crucial to providing urgently needed information and knowledge to healthcare professionals and the general public regardless of their geographical location. Most health care professional...
- Ensuring right to health care in Bangladesh
- ( O. Chowdhury;S. Osmani / Bangladesh Online Research Network , 2010)
- This research paper evaluates Bangladesh’s performance towards achieving the right to health and highlights its success, failure and challenges towards ensuring the rights based approach to heal...
- Shortage and maldistribution of health personnel in southeast Asia
- ( Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra;Magnus Lindelow;Timothy Johnston / The Lancet , 2011)
- In this paper, published in the Lancet, the authors address the issues of shortage and maldistribution of health personnel in southeast Asia in the context of the international trade in health service...
- The healthcare tailored to gender-based violence (GBV) victims in seven Asian/Pacific countries
- ( S. Ibrahim;S. Daluwatte;D. Bernado / United Nations Population Fund , 2010)
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This report brings together seven case studies on gender-based violence (GBV) in seven Asian/Pacific countries, and reviews the specific healthcare delivered to its victims there.
... - Sexual health and HIV: New reports highlight how research can make an impact
- ( Health Research Policy and Systems , 2011)
- As part of the Sexual Health and HIV Evidence into Policy (SHHEP) project researchers and communications experts came together to share and analyse the strategies they used to influence policy. This p...
- Climate change and health in India
- ( Kathleen F. Bush;George Luber / Environmental Health Perspectives , 2011)
- Building on the information presented at the 2009 Joint Indo–U.S. Workshop on Climate Change and Health in Goa, India, this paper reviews relevant literature and data, to address gaps in knowled...
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