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    Orientation on Harm Reduction - a training course (Participant manual)

    WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2007
    This training course has been produced for audiences unfamiliar with harm reduction for injecting drug users. Produced as a participant manual (see Furtherin Information on the right hand side for the Trainer manual) , it provides an introduction to important concepts in HIV prevention for injecting drug users.
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    Innovation for sustainable development: local case studies from Africa

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2008
    This report aims to shed light on the way innovative solutions have arisen to address local sustainable development challenges, examining the determinants of success and the scope for replication. The report focuses on the African experience, and contributes to the documentation for the 16th and 17th sessions of the Commission on Sustainable Development.
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    Patients without borders: the emergence of medical tourism

    Public Citizen, 2006
    This article published by the Public Citizen Health Research Group, is the first in a two part series that focuses on medical tourism – travelling with the express purpose of obtaining health services abroad.
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    Medical visas mark growth of Indian medical tourism

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2007
    This news article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, argues that whilst India’s medical tourism sector is a growing source of foreign exchange, the government is under pressure to find ways to make the sector benefit public health services. It documents India’s efforts to promote medical tourism since 2002.
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    Medical tourism: subsidising health care for developed countries

    Third World Network, 2007
    This article, produced by the Third World Network, looks at the impact of medical tourism in India. In this instance, medical tourism refers to the practice where people from rich nations travel to poorer countries to obtain medical care. The article focuses on the impact of medical tourism on local people’s access to health care.
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    Public health in crisis-affected populations: a practical guide for decision-maker

    Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2007
    Never before has it been clearer what interventions must be implemented to mitigate the adverse health consequences of wars and natural disasters, and what standards those interventions must strive to achieve. Political considerations often obstruct the delivery of appropriate relief.
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    World health statistics 2008

    World Health Organization, 2008
    This report presents the most recent health statistics for the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s 193 Member States. This fourth edition includes 10 highlights in health statistics in addition to an expanded set of over 70 key health indicators. It includes, for the first time, trend data.
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    Migration of health workers in Kenya: the impact on health service delivery

    EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2008
    Like most other African countries, Kenya is facing a human resource crisis in the public health sector. Many health professionals, such as doctors and nurses, are emigrating to developed countries to seek better employment prospects.
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    South-South consultation: connecting communities with their health systems

    African Medical and Research Foundation, 2007
    This report highlights the activities and recommendations from the South-South consultation – a three day workshop that was hosted by the African Medical and Research Foundation in September 2007.
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    Turnover of health professionals in the general hospitals in West Nile region

    Health Policy and Development Journal, 2008
    This paper, published in Health Policy and Development journal, compares the attrition rates of health professionals in three private not-for-profit and three government general hospitals in West Nile Region, Uganda, between 1999 and 2004. It also examines the destination to which the health professionals were lost, the reasons for their leaving and the source of new staff.

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