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  International obligations through collective rights: moving from foreign health assistance to global health governance

  Health and Human Rights, 2010

  It is clear that many developing state governments cannot realise the health of their peoples without international cooperation. Therefore, the current paper proposes an international legal framework for collective human rights that offer a basis for developing sustainable structures of global health governance.
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  National and global responsibilities for health

  Scientific Electronic Library Online Brazil, 2010

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) perceives health to be “a shared responsibility”, but global health actors often act out of self-interest rather than adopting harmonised approaches.
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  Mapping violence against women laws in the world: an overview of state commitments

  Universidad de Alicante, 2010

  Violence against women (VAW) is a social problem that States must address legally to deal with this source of injustice, inequality, and physical and non-physical health problems. This editorial aims to describe the international situation as regards VAW legislation, focusing in particular on violence by intimate partners.
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  The burden of cancer in developing countries: a global health council report on the cancer advocacy and learning institute

  The Global Health Council, 2010

  In 2009, the Global Health Council established the Cancer Control Advocacy and Learning Initiative, a project to raise awareness about the burden of cancer in developing countries, and to develop policy and research agendas.
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  Closing the cancer divide: a blueprint to expand access in low and middle income countries

  Harvard University Library, 2011

  It is widely believed that the burden of cancer in the world can be dramatically reduced. This report aims to present the evidence that supports the case for expanded access to cancer care and control (CCC) in low and middle income countries (LMICs), and describe innovative models for achieving this goal. The document summarises information from 56 countries.
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  HIV/AIDS and the health-related Millennium Development Goals: the experience in Ethiopia

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2010

  Ethiopia’s AIDS response is distinguished by its ‘integrated health system strengthening approach’ to expanding health service-delivery. This study on Ethiopia’s experience in this relevance aims at improving understanding of the linkages between the AIDS response and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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  Equipping parents and health providers to address the psychological and social challenges of caring for children living with HIV in Africa: an AIDSTAR-One activity final report

  USA Agency for International Development, 2011

  “Equipping parents and health providers to address the psychological and social challenges of caring for children living with HIV” is a USAID activity. It is sought to better understand the psychological and social challenges faced by perinatally-infected children aged 0 to 12 years in Africa, their parents / caregivers, and their health providers.
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  Preparing for the future of HIV/AIDS in Africa: a shared responsibility

  Institute of Medicine, 2010

  HIV and AIDS is a catastrophe globally, but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa. In this context, an IOM (the Institute of Medicine) committee identified strategies for both African nations and the USA to build African capacity to prevent, treat, and care for HIV/AIDS.
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  Successes and challenges of HIV treatment programs in Haiti: aftermath of the earthquake

  PubMed Central, 2010

  This paper reports on the successes and challenges facing Partners In Health and the Haitian Study Group on Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO), two non governmental organisations that work together with the Ministry of Health to provide and/or supervise treatment for nearly three-quarters of patients on HIV treatment in the country of Haiti.
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  A road traffic injury surveillance system using combined data sources in Peru

  Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2011

  This paper describes a national hospital-based non fatal road traffic injury surveillance system that was established at sentinel units across Peru in 2007 under the leadership of the Ministry of Health. Key aspects of the surveillance system are:

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