The author postulate that individual health is negatively affected by relative deprivation within a reference group, defined as the ratio to group mean income of the total "weight" of incomes of group...
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It presents information on Pertussis epidemiology and surveillance, acellular pertussis vaccines, regulatory issues, factors influencing choice of pertussis vaccine, and recommendations. Document in p...
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It aproacches: the global strategy for infant and young child feeding; strengthening health systems; strategies to combat HIV/AIDS, including access to essential drugs; health effects of depleted uran...
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Growing inequality is analogous to global warming. Its effects are diffuse and long-term, and there is always something more pressing to deal with. The question is how much more unequal world income d...
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In polite policymaking circles, inequality is like the subject that dares not speak its name. In recent years, egalitarianism has lost much of whatever political appeal it ever had, in the rich indust...
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It discusses five parameters of such a fund: equity, impact, feasibility, sustainability and scope. For each, goals such as access, effectiveness, and independence are discussed, including an analysis...
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La Biblioteca Virtual en Salud en general es la expresión de un nuevo paradigma de disponibilidad, organización y acceso a la información. Donde el espacio es virtual, con acceso desde cualquier lu...
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It discusses the negative aspects of the implementation of user fees for immunization and vaccination. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required.
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This paper consists of a review of international organization policy on user feesfor immunization, a short annotated bibliography of relevant literature, and acompilation of examples of the implementa...
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It presents six critical control functions which must be exercised by countries producing vaccines for ensuring that products released for public distribution are evaluated properly and meet internati...
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