The National health inequalities targets
The United Kingdom Government gave a commitment that, for the first time ever, local targets for reducing health inequalities would be reinforced by the creation of national health inequalities target...
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20/03/2001
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Mortality, Delivery of Health Care, Health Status Disparities, Health Equity
Rural Poverty Report 2001 - The Challenge of Ending Rural Poverty
In this Rural Poverty Report 2001, the International Fund for Agricultural Development argues that, to be successful, poverty-reduction policies must focus on rural areas. To overcome disadvantages st...
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19/03/2001
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Poverty, Delivery of Health Care, Ethnicity, Social Justice, Equity, Living Conditions
TiO: terceira idade on line
Apresenta informações para idosos, seus familiares e cuidadores nas áreas de saúde, direito, lazer, notícias, cursos on-line e instituições que prestam ajuda a terceira idade.
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19/03/2001
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Alzheimer Disease, Osteoporosis, Geriatrics, 52503, Psychology, Geriatric Psychiatry, Urinary Incontinence, Accidents, Home, Hypertension, Arteriosclerosis, Menopause, Prostatic Neoplasms, Femoral Fractures, Osteoarthritis, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Obesity, Vision Disorders, Hearing Disorders, Exercise, Social Security, Death, Wills, Social Work, Accidents, Home, Aged Rights, Envelhecimento (humano), Estrutura de acesso, Projeto de genoma humano
Emerging solutions: Quebec's Clair Commission Report and Health Care Reform
The Quebec health care system is seen by many as a distinctive example of the positive role of the state in social affairs and the success of an integrated design of health and social services. The Cl...
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19/03/2001
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Delivery of Health Care, Policy Making, Advocacy
Practice and policies on user fees for immunization in developing countries
Ensuring access to essential immunization services is the responsibility of the government. Basic health services, including immunization, are a human right.Essential immunization services should be p...
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16/03/2001
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Poverty, Public Health, Immunization, Public Policy, Advocacy, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
Equity gauge: An approach to monitoring equity in health and health care in developing countries
In August 2000 about 70 people from twenty countries came together in South Africa for a working meeting. Fourteen "Equity Gauge" projects made presentations, highlighting their main areas of focus, k...
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16/03/2001
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32465, Health Status Disparities, Advocacy, Advocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators
Exploring the effects of health care on mortality across OECD countries
This paper explores the effect of variations in the volume of health care and in certain characteristics of health systems on mortality across 21 OECD countries over the past 25 years, after controlli...
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15/03/2001
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Delivery of Health Care, Health Systems, Mortality, Health Care Rationing, Health Equity
Health systems and services research in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
The Network for Health Systems and Services Research (HSSR) in the Southern Cone of Latin America conducted a study to analyze the HSSR situation in the sub-region, to assess capacity building needs a...
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15/03/2001
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Health Systems, Research, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util, Resultados de investigaciones en la toma de decisiones en Salud
Methodology for assessment of environmental burden of disease - report on the ISEE session on environmental burden of disease
It presents a draft of the methodological elements for the assessment of the environmental burden of disease, recommendations, summaries of the presentations, the results of the working groups, and th...
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14/03/2001
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Environmental Exposure, Risk Assessment/methods, Epidemiology, Guia [tipo de publicação], arênciarênciarência, Anais de congresso
Equity in health in unequal societies: Towards health equity during rapid social change
This paper explores the implications for health policy of the segmentation of society into social groups with very different levels of income and wealth. It focuses particularly on societies undergoin...
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14/03/2001
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Health Policy, 50334, Social Groups, eshangeshanges, Equity, Living Conditions
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