Rural poverty in developing countries: Implications for public policy
To understand poverty creation in rural areas and its effects on different groups, we need to look at the assets that the poor own or to which they have access, and their links to the economy. The eco...
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Poverty, Developing Countries, Economic Conditions, Advocacy
Trade, growth, and poverty
" A key issue today is the effect of globalization on inequality and poverty. They first identify a group of developing countries that are participating more in globalization. Since China, India, an...
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Poverty, Economic Development, Globalization, Advocacy, Equity, Living Conditions
WHO Fact Sheets: Wastes from health - care activities
It presents information on health impacts, risks associated with waste disposal, reasons for failure of waste management, steps towards improvement, and WHO's response.
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Medical Waste, Medical Waste Disposal, Waste Management
Documents of the World Health Assembly
It presents documents from the World Health Assembly (WHA) related to health promotion, administration and management, disease prevention and control, finances, resolutions and decisions, technical co...
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Health Promotion, Organization and Administration, Communicable Disease Control, Financial Management, Resolutions, Environmental Health
The Adelaide Recommendations
It presents the text of the recommendations presented at the 2nd International Conference on health public policy. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required.
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Health Promotion, Congress
The Jakarta Declaration on Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century
It presents the text of the Declaration presented in the Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion. Also available in various other languages. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required...
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German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Health Promotion, Congress
Human capital, longevity, and economic growth: A quantitative assessment of full income measures
A full income measure of human development may take into account such non-monetary aspects of development but nevertheless measures the value of those in monetary terms. Drawing on recent methodology ...
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Human Development, Equity, Living Conditions
Information technologies, health, and "Globalization": Anyone excluded?
Modern information technologies and worldwide communication through the Internet promise both universal accesses to information and the globalization of the medico-social network's modes of communicat...
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Delivery of Health Care, Technology, Internet, Advocacy
Cuidar a los que cuidan: página para cuidadores familiares de personas mayores dependientes y profesionales que atienden a cuidadores
Página destinada aos cuidadores de pessoas maiores dependentes, membros das famílias e profissionais de saúde. Traz informações sobre os cuidadores, o cuidado e seus efeitos.
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Caregivers, Aged, Family, Empathy, Homes for the Aged, Relaxation, Psychology, Applied, Geriatric Psychiatry, Reference Books, Health of the Elderly, caçãoicação, Guia [tipo de publicação]
Dirección Adjunta: programas de tercera edad
Apresenta o histórico da instituição, suas novas propostas e objetivos, atividades desenvolvidas e cursos oferecidos.
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Aged, Geriatrics, Education, Health Services, Psychology, Geriatric Psychiatry
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