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    Weights on the rise: where and for whom

    Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University, 2007
    Is the increase in body mass index (BMIs) observed in the population a phenomenon that is affecting the entire distribution of the population, or is it those who are near or already overweight or obese who are witnessing a gain in their BMIs? Recent estimates indicate that over one billion adults are overweight. This growing public health challenge is not confined to developed countries.
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    Taking doctors where the ultra poor are: assessment of the panel doctor scheme of CFPR/TUP program

    Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2007
    To facilitate access of ultra poor households to qualified allopathic care, especially for moderate-to severe and chronic morbidities, the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP) programme appointed a panel of doctors in its Area Offices.
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    CARE USA

    CARE USA is part of CARE International, a humanitarian organisation that is dedicated to fighting global poverty.
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    Structures, regimes and wellbeing

    ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries . University of Bath, 2007
    This paper explains the approach taken by the Wellbeing in Developing Countries (WeD) ESRC research group to explore the ways in which wider societal structures manifest themselves in the social and cultural construction of wellbeing.
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    Housing, health and happiness

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007
    What is the causal impact of housing improvement programmes on health and welfare? This paper investigates the impact of a large-scale effort by the Mexican government to replace dirt floors with cement floors on child health and adult happiness. The paper identifies several positive results, including: 
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    Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD)

    ICAD's mission is to lessen the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS in resource-poor communities and countries by providing leadership and actively contributing to the Canadian and international respons
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    Microfinance for water supply services

    Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough, 2006
    Microfinance provides the poor with an opportunity to access or finance water supply and sanitation activities.
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    Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS)

    SAfAIDS is a regional HIV/AIDS resource (RHR) established in 1994 and based in Zimbabwe.
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    Poverty and Health, PovertyNet, World Bank

    The purpose of the Poverty and Health page on PoveryNet World Bank is to introduce work in poverty, health, nutrition and poulation recently undertaken or currently under way at the World Bank, in the
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    Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley

    University faculty specialising in research and education in Latin American studies

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