World Health 1996 - Abstracts

World Health 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
A better world for all.(rights of the disabled)HealthBengt Lindqvist
Achievable goals.(human right to medical care versus economic constraints)HealthDaniel Callahan
A concept that bodes well for the Magheb. (Tunisia)(Healthy Cities)HealthSlaheddine Cheniti
Afghanistan: a nation beset by war. (World Health Organization assistance)HealthAshour Omar Gebreel
A health-promoting school starts with imagination.HealthJack Jones, Ilona Kickbusch
A healthy city is a better city.(Healthy Cities)HealthIlona Kickbusch, Greg Goldstein
A new way of seeing old age is needed.(public policy)HealthMargot Jefferys
A nine-year investment. (The Healthy Cities Project is successful in Europe)(Healthy Cities)HealthAgis D. Tsouros
A plea for the individual.(medical ethics)HealthClaude Sureau
Around the Baltic Sea. (five years of cooperating in multi-lateral health-related projects: the Baltic Cities, Environment and Health Multi-City Action Plan - MCAP)(Healthy Cities)HealthMari Hakkla
A school in Papua New Guinea. (health promotion plans)HealthBuri Veneo, Pauline Doonar
A Shanghai school shows the way. (in health promotion; includes related article)HealthCai Hong-Ying
Babies need their mothers beside them! (mothers sleeping with their infants)HealthJames J. McKenna
Bioethics and medical practice.(health care policy)HealthJulio Montt Mamberg, Roberto Mancini Rueda
Bioethics in an Asian context.HealthRen-Zong Qiu
Building on local health culture. (community health workers)HealthMaile Mariam Kahssay
Cali: the right priorities. (Cali, Colombia)(Healthy Cities)HealthRodrigo Guerrero
Cambodia heals its wounds.(international efforts to rebuild health sector in Cambodia)HealthJean-Paul Menu
Caring for people with AIDS in rural Africa.HealthThebisa Hamukoma Chaava
Chernobyl and public perception.(includes related information on the five dimensions of psychosocial effect)HealthKeith F. Baverstock
Children and armed conflict.(includes related excerpts from international treaties)HealthCarol Djeddah
Children versus mosquitos. (in Barbados)HealthVerity Beckles
Cities at risk.(urban disaster relief)(includes related information on International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction campaign)HealthNatalie Domeisen, Sara Swartz
Classroom health in Belize.HealthRoman Magana
Coalition against guinea-worm. (dracunculiasis)HealthDonald R. Hopkins, Trenton K. Ruebush
Control efforts in India. (leprosy) (includes related article on early detection)HealthN.S. Dharamshaktu, Artur Custodio M. de Souza
Controlling epidemic diseases.HealthDavid L. Heymann
Culture and depression.HealthS. Douki, K. Tabbane
Culture and health. (UNESCO and the World Health Organization)(Editorial)HealthHiroshi Nakajima, Frederico Mayor
Culture and preventative care at school: Geneva. (Switzerland)HealthPhilippe Granget
Culture, health and the media.HealthMaria Maldonado, Mark Belsey
Eastern Mediterranean: an action-oriented curriculum. (for school health)HealthMohammed Khateeb
Education International: an alliance with WHO. (World Health Organization)HealthFred Van Leewen
Eliminating leprosy - a winnable war.HealthS.K. Noordeen
Ethical aspects of early diagnosis of genetic diseases.HealthKare Berg
Facts about leprosy.HealthJohn Bland
Food beliefs and taboos. (includes related article on breast milk)HealthMohammed Abdussalam, Fritz Kaferstein, James Akre
Giving the public their say. (twin municipalities Kuching, Malaysia)(Healthy Cities)HealthJamilah Hashim, Andrew Kiyu, Stalin Hardin
Glasgow: working together to make a healthier city.(Healthy Cities)HealthDavid Black
Greater awareness - better health. (in Fiji)HealthJyotika Singh
Guinea-worm eradication programme.Health 
Health can be "contagious"! (case study from Argentina)HealthSergio G. Meresman
Health emergencies in large populations.HealthPierre Perrin
Health in housing. (HIH)(Healthy Cities)HealthHarold L. Cohen
Health-promoting schools in the Americas.HealthMaria Teresa Cerqueira
Helping schoolchildren to help themselves. (in Bangkok, Thailand)HealthChantas Penthisarn
History of a disease. (leprosy)(includes related article on superstition and prejudice associated with the disease)HealthMichel F. Lechat, S.D. Gokhale
Humanitarian assistance in Haiti.(World Health Organization assistance)HealthClaude de Ville de Goyet
Human rights and HIV/AIDS: UNAIDS at the UN Commission on Human Rights.(United Nations)HealthSusan Timberlake
Information and self-determination. (Japanese medical ethics)HealthKazumasa Hoshino
In London's East End. (a Health Promoting School)HealthKevin Corr
Innovation in fast-changing Europe.HealthVivian Barnekow Rasmussen, David Rivett, Erio Ziglio
Innovations in West and North Africa.(Healthy Cities)HealthEric R.J. Giroult
Intestinal worms. (prevention programs)HealthL. Savioli, K.E. Mott, Yu Sen Hai
Intragency cooperation.(disaster relief)HealthHarald Siem
Learning about HIV. (in schools; includes related articles)HealthMariella Baldo
Leprosy in Yemen.HealthYasin Al-Quabati
Measles in the cities.(Healthy Cities)HealthJohn Clements
Medicine for a small planet. (the role of alternative medicine in international medical care)HealthMarc S. Micozzi
Mental health matters.(Healthy Cities)HealthTrudy Harpham, Ilona Blue
Mental health promotion in schools.HealthRhona Birrell Weisen, John Orley
Mission almost accomplished. (eradication of guinea worm disease in India)(includes related article on monitoring progress)HealthGautam Biswas, K.K. Datta
New drugs from the rain forests.HealthNorman R. Farnsworth
New horizons in health. (in the Western Pacific Region; includes related article)HealthRosmarie Erben
No junk food in the school canteen. (in the Philippines)HealthRoy Donato D. Santos
Overcoming the stigma. (leprosy patients in Vietnam)HealthLe Kinh Due
Patients' rights.(World Health Organization policy)HealthH.J.J. Leenen
Prenatal diagnosis.(ethics)HealthJean-Francois Mattei
Preserving health standards during emergencies.(includes list of World Health Organization guidelines and manuals on emergency preparedness and related article on standards for emergency medical materials)HealthSamir Ben Yahmed, Robin Gray
Promoting community safety.HealthLeif Svanstrom, Moa Sundstrom
Psychotherapy and culture in Africa.HealthCarl Pelzer
Rapid health assessment.(emergency medical relief)HealthBradley A. Woodruff, Samir Ben Yahmed, Heywote Hailemeskal
Reducing urban violence. (California cities; Berkeley, Cathedral City, Chico, Coachella, Chino Hills, Pittsburg, Palm Springs, Vista, Oceanside)(Healthy Cities)HealthJoan Twiss
Reducing vulnerability.(vulnerability of communities to disaster)(includes related information)HealthSamir Ben Yahmed, Yuji Kawaguchi
Ritual and culture. (drug use around the world)HealthHelmut L. Sell
Sexuality and population education. (in schools)HealthO.J. Sikes
Success story in Thailand. (in treating and preventing leprosy)HealthCharoon Pirayavoraporn
Sudden infant death syndrome. (SIDS risk factors)HealthHazel Brooke
Technology aids eradication campaign. (guinea-worm disease)Health 
Teheran: success in a suburb.(Healthy Cities)HealthHassan Salmanmanesh
The Chittagong healthy city project. (Bangladesh)(Healthy Cities)HealthTrudy Harpham, Edmundo Werna
The global cholera task force.HealthMaria Neira
The greying of Japan.(health care policy)HealthHiro Wakasugi, Syozo Toyomasu
The legacy of leprosy research.HealthBarry R. Bloom
The meaning of life, suffering, and death.(terminal care)HealthHubert Doucet
The Quebec network. (its success has generated links with Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Senegal)(Healthy Cities)HealthAgnes Dupriez
Three cities of Jordan.(Healthy Cities)HealthEric R.J. Giroult
Toward a healthier Managua. (Nicaragua)(Healthy Cities)HealthAngel Sanchez, Francois Barten
Traditional medicine and WHO. (World Health Organization)HealthXiaorui Zhang
Training for emergencies.(emergency medical mission to Africa)HealthMohamed-Mahmoud Hacen
Venezuela: the community spirit.(Healthy Cities)HealthHernan Malaga
Voluntary action and the continuing task in leprosy.(includes related article about a leprosy patient in Bangladesh)HealthPaul Sommerfeld, R. Croft
Who are we to say? (practicing Western medicine in Africa)HealthEllen M. Einterz
WHO in emergencies - the challenge of partnership and complementarity.(World Health Organization)HealthFabrizio Bassani
WHO's Global School Health Initiative. (World Health Organization)HealthJack Jones, Desmond O'Byrne, Yu Sen-Hai, Heather Macdonald
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