Hepatitis B and breastfeeding
It presents information on hepatitis B virus infection, transmission of HBV, risk of transmission by breastfeeding, prevention of perinatal and horizontal HBV transmission, and recommendations on vacc...
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Breast Feeding, Hepatitis B/transmission, Hepatitis B/prevention & control, Hepatitis B virus, vacinas e imunização
The Public Versus The World Health Organization On Health System Performance
This paper compares the World Health Organization (WHO) rankings for seventeen industrialized countries with the perceptions of their citizens. The results show little relationship between WHO ranking...
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Health Systems, Health Services, Indicators of Health Services, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
PERSPECTIVE: People's Experience Versus People's Expectations
The authors compare results of a single survey question on satisfaction with "the way health care runs" in seventeen countries with the World Health Organization's (WHO's) systematic effort to measure...
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Indicators of Health Services, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
National Survey on Poverty in America
The National Survey about Poverty in America is part of an ongoing project of National Public Radio, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Repre...
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Data Collection, Poverty, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions
The management of childhood illness in developing countries: rationale for an integrated strategy
It presents the IMCI strategy, and information on the benefits of the IMCI strategy, the relationship of IMCI with other technical programmes, and IMCI and health system reform. Document in pdf format...
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Child Welfare, Health Promotion
Canada's Creeping Economic Apartheid
This report is a groundbreaking study, with new, never before published data, on the growing economic racial divide in today's Canada. Canada's Creeping Economic Apartheid" is the first comprehensive ...
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Economic Development, Advocacy, Equity, Living Conditions
Report of the Second Meeting of the Global Collaboration for Development of Pesticides for Public Health (GCDPP)
It presents summaries of the presentations related to the WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES), the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Project, the judicious use of insecticides in malaria vector control, an...
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Pesticide Utilization, Insecticides, Malaria/prevention & control, Environmental Health, Health Promotion, 24967, Host-Parasite Interactions, setoresetoresetores
Manual for indoor residual spraying: application of residual sprays for vector control
It presents guidelines on safety, protective clothing, preparations of the household and the equipments, mixing, handling and spray techniques, procedures after spraying, disposal of remaining insecti...
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Insecticides, Pesticide Utilization, Malaria/prevention & control, Environmental Health, 24967, Host-Parasite Interactions, setoresetoresetores, Manuais [tipo de publicação]
WHO Fact Sheets: Safety of pyrethroid - treated mosquito nets
It reviews the toxicity and hazards of insecticides and insecticide treated mosquito nets, and provides relevant recommendations on their safe use. Special consideration has been given to supply of in...
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Malaria/prevention & control, Communicable Disease Control, Insecticides, Pesticide Utilization, Toxicology, 24967, Pesticides, Pesticide Utilization, Veterinary Medicine, Guia [tipo de publicação], rasitarasitarasitarasitarasita
Safe and effective use of household insecticide products - guide for the production of educational and training materials
It presents information on insect-borne diseases, the role of household insecticide products, and safe and proper use of household insecticide products, and guidelines on the production of educational...
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Insecticides, Pesticide Utilization, Communicable Disease Control, Health Education, Reference Books, oensinoensinoensino, Guia [tipo de publicação]
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