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    Resources for mental health: scarcity, inequity and inefficiency

    The Lancet, 2007
    This is the second in a series of papers about global mental health. The paper discusses the availability of resources for mental health in low and middle income countries. Resources for mental health include: policy and infrastructure within countries, mental health services, community resources, human resources and funding.
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    Mental health systems in countries: where are we now?

    The Lancet, 2007
    This is the fourth in a series of papers on global mental health. The paper attempts to review the current status of mental health systems in countries using data compiled by international organisations and from published country profiles.
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    Human resources for health: a gender analysis

    Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network, 2007
    This paper discusses gender issues manifested within health occupations and across them. It examines gender dynamics in medicine, nursing, community health workers and home carers and explores from a gender perspective issues concerning delegation, migration and violence, which cut across these categories of health workers.
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    Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network

    The Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network focuses on mechanisms, processes and actions that can be taken to reduce gender-based inequities in health by examining the following five areas:
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    Health-e

    Health-e is a news agency that produces news and in-depth analysis for the print and electronic media.
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    World Health Statistics 2007

    World Health Organization, 2007
    World health statistics 2007, published by the World Health Organization (WHO), presents the most recent health statistics for WHO’s 193 Member States. The core set of indicators was selected on the basis of their relevance to global health, the availability and quality of the data, and the accuracy and comparability of estimates.
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    Action for Global Health

    Action for Global Health has been formed by 15 non-governmental organisations and charities and is coordinated by ActionAid international. The overarching Goal of Action for Global Health is i
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    Models for funding and coordinating community-level responses to HIV/AIDS

    Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2007
    This research report from the South African Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) examines how community organisations responding to HIV can be effectively supported. The report uses case studies to illustrate seven different models for supporting community organisations through a combination of funding, capacity building and networking.
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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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    National policy, strategy and plan of action for non-communicable diseases surveillance and prevention

    Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2006
    This report, by the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Planning lays out the national strategy, policies and plan of action to address the surveillance, prevention and control of broad range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These include cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, mental illness, injuries and blindness.

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