Prevention and control of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) Infections
It presents country profiles of EHEC infections, and information on surveillance, outbreak investigation, prevention and control, and data needs and research priorities.
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16/03/2001
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Escherichia coli Infections/epidemiology, Escherichia coli Infections/prevention & control, 28441, Anais de congresso
Elderhostel: begin your adventures in lifelong learning today!
Apresenta os programas oferecidos pela instituição
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16/03/2001
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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
Performance measurement and performance management in OECD health systems
The paper reviews the performance frameworks and some of the performance indicators adopted recently by WHO, OECD, Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. In addition, a selective review has been undert...
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15/03/2001
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Performance, Measuring, Methods and Indicators
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
Lessons in research to action and policy - case studies from seven countries
It focuses particularly on the decision-making aspect. One of the aims was to try and identify capacity development needs to help countries in their efforts to make research an effective tool for heal...
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15/03/2001
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Decision Making, Policy Making, Health Development, Advocacy, Resultados de investigaciones en la toma de decisiones en Salud, Vaccine Research
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
WHO Fact Sheets: Electromagnetic fields and public health - mobile telephones and their base stations
It presents information on the use of mobile phones, exposure levels, health effects, electromagnetic fields (EMF) guidelines, WHO's actions, and recommendations for protection against radiofrequency ...
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14/03/2001
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Electromagnetic Fields/adverse effects, Radiation Exposure
IGG PUCRS: Instituto de Geriatria e Gerontologia - PUCRS
Apresenta o histórico da instituição, seus componentes, informações sobre os cursos oferecidos e as pesquisas em andamento.
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14/03/2001
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