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    Forecasting the global burden of Alzheimer's disease

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2007
    How will the global burden of Alzheimer’s disease develop? What is the potential impact of interventions that delay disease onset or progression? This paper examines these questions using a stochastic multi-state model in conjunction with U.N. worldwide population forecasts and data from epidemiological studies on risks of Alzheimer’s disease.Key findings are that:
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    An evaluation of infant immunization in Africa: is a transformation in progress?

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2007
    This paper, in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, assesses the progress towards meeting the goals of the African Regional strategic Plan of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation between 2001 and 2005.
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    YouthLens No. 21: Integrating reproductive health and HIV services for youth

    YouthNet, Family Health International, 2007
    Often health services for young people address contraception or prevention of HIV/STIs, but not both. Would an integrated approach to sexual health services reduce unwanted pregnancies and HIV/STIs among young people? This briefing paper reports on the findings of a series of studies that examined this question.
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    Comparative evaluation of indicators for gender equity and health

    International Journal of Public Health, 2007
    This paper, published in the International Journal of Public Health, reports on a comparative evaluation of 1095 indicators selected from routine and special reporting by international organisations, to monitor key issues relating to gender, equity and health. Indicators were evaluated for their technical quality and gender sensitivity.
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    International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO)

    The International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) promotes international cooperation for protection and promotion of health related human rights.
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    International Council of Nurses (ICN)

    The International Council of Nurses is a federation of national nurses’ associations (NNAs), representing nurses in more than 128 countries.
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    Human Resources for Health

    An open access, online journal publishing papers on all aspects of planning, producing and managing human resources for health.It conveys the quantitative and qualitative products of research and a
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    Human Resources for Health Development Journal, Thailand (HRDJ)

    Journal focusing on personnel aspects of health sector management issues [especially in Asia with a bias towards Thailand]. Full text of articles are available online.
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    Global health partnerships: the UK contribution to health in developing countries

    Department of Health, UK, 2007
    This report, published by the United Kingdom’s (UK) Department of Health, examines how the UK’s experience and expertise in health can be used to best effect to support developing countries. It sets out examples of individual and National Health Service (NHS) partnerships working to improve health and share learning, and reviews the need to strengthen health systems in developing countries.
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    Stigmatisation and access to health care in Latin America: challenges and perspectives

    Pan American Health Organization, 2005
    This study examines the importance of stigma associated with mental illness as a barrier to accessing health services and identifies ways to reduce exclusion from health care as a result of stigma. The paper explores how stigma might prevent people with mental disorders from using health services.

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