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    Climate change and health in Israel: adaptation policies for extreme weather events

    Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2013
    There is strong evidence indicating that the frequency and duration of several types of extreme weather events are increasing in the Mediterranean Basin, including Israel.
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    Journal of Aging Research

    Peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies related to all aspects of ageing.
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    Is the bride too beautiful? Safe motherhood in rural Rwanda

    Africa Power and Politics (APP) / Developmental Regimes in Africa (DRA), 2012
    Despite recent improvements in some countries, progress towards reducing maternal mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa overall lags considerably behind that of other developing country regions.
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    Intercultural Health Policies in Latin America

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Historically, indigenous peoples’ access to health services in Latin America has been limited due to a variety of social, economic and cultural factors. The misunderstanding of indigenous peoples’ world view and their definition of health makes it more difficult to design and implement public policies that reflect their real needs.
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    Programming for nutrition outcomes

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2013
    Chronic undernutrition affects nearly 200 million children in low and middle income countries, with vitamin and mineral deficiencies affecting many more, and there is strong evidence that undernutrition is associated with up to 35% of all child deaths globally.
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    Provision and use of maternal health services among urban poor women in Kenya: what do we know and what can we do?

    PubMed Central, 2008
    In sub-Saharan Africa, the unprecedented population growth that started in the second half of the twentieth century has evolved into unparalleled urbanisation and an increasing proportion of urban dwellers living in slums and shanty towns, making it imperative to pay greater attention to the health problems of the urban poor. In particular, urgent efforts need to focus on maternal health.
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    Hidden cities: unmasking and overcoming health inequities in urban settings

    World Health Organization, 2010
    This report exposes the extent to which urban poor suffer disproportionately from a wide range of diseases (malnutrition, diabetes, tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus infection) and health problems (homicide), which can be traced back to inequalities in their social and living conditions.
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    Health & Place

    The journal is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the study of all aspects of health and health care in which place or location matters.
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    Our cities, our health, our future: acting on social determinants for health equity in urban settings. Report to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health from the Knowledge Network on Urban Settings

    World Health Organization, 2008
    This report summarises the social determinants of health in urban settings and provides guidance and examples of interventions that have been effective in achieving health equity. It is divided into 7 sections. Section 1 provides an introduction, and Section 2 discusses urbanisation and the urban setting as health determinants.
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    Université de Montréal Public Health Research Institute (IRSPUM)

    The IRSPUM’s mission is to produce state-of-the-art knowledge and to increase synergy among researchers in different disciplines, to respond to the major current and future challenges in public

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