World Health 1997 - Abstracts

World Health 1997
TitleSubjectAuthors
A celebration of ageing. (United Nations-sponsored annual International Day of Older Persons; several events describes)HealthAlexandre Kalache
Africa: in search of solutions. (health care; nurses who are also traditional healers)HealthKaren L. Ebey-Tessendorf, Peter W. Cunningham
AIDS affects us all. (includes related article on sexually transmitted diseases)HealthSuzanne Cherney, Michel Thuriaux
A new strategy to empower people in Africa.Health 
An Internet forum for the management of disasters? (natural disasters)HealthPatricia Bittner, Claude de Ville de Goyet
A struggle for recognition. (midwives in Canada)HealthBrian Burtch, Carol Hird
Balancing fairness and financial benefits in health care reform. (Western Europe)HealthMikko A. Vienonen
Banking for health. (People's Bank of Nigeria)HealthMaria Sokenu, Catherine Mulholland
Breaking down the barriers to health information.HealthNeil Pakenham-Walsh, Carol Priestley
Cholera: a challenge for the 21st century.HealthMaria Neira
Closer to people's hearts. (health promotion by NGOs - non-governmental organizations)HealthAlok Mukhopadhyay
Costa Rica reforms 'model' health care system.HealthAlvaro Salas, Guido Miranda
Costs should not exclude the poor from health care.HealthWilliam Newbrander
Cultural practices in Ghana. (medical practices related to pregnancy and childbirth)HealthStella Nyinah
Emerging foodborne diseases. (includes related article on prevention of food contamination)HealthMorris E. Potter, Yasmin Motarjemi, Fritz K. Kaferstein
Emerging infectious diseases. (includes related articles on International Health Regulations and activities of World Health Organization)HealthDavid Heymann
Emerging zoonoses. (infectious diseases of animals that can be transmitted to humans)HealthKlaus Stohr, Francois-Xavier Meslin, P. Formenty
Ethics and midwifery practice.HealthJoyce E. Thompson, Henry O. Thompson
Getting it together. ('The World Health Report 1997' on chronic noncommunicable diseases)HealthMuthu Subramanian
Health and poverty in Bangladesh.HealthBinayak Sen, Shambhu Acharya
Health and the media: uneasy partners?HealthPhilippe Stroot
Health care: who should pay for what? (developing countries)HealthGermano Mwabu
Health insurance in the Republic of Korea.HealthYoung-Jin Om
Health politics, health economics. (economic aspects of midwifery)HealthMargaret Peters
Health-promoting hospitals. (World Health Organization promotes the hospital as the center for education, training, and standards)HealthJuergen Pelikan, Hubert Lobnig, Karl Krajic
Health promotion and the state. (German health promotion three years after the Ottawa Charter conference)HealthAlfons Schroer, Ute Westerhoff
Health promotion - a sound investment. (promoting health for workers in a healthy environment: includes tips on good health promotion)HealthKarl Kuhn
Healthy borders 21. (21st century concerns must embrace the health of people living in border areas)HealthWadie W. Kamel
HIV and infant feeding: an interim statement. (breastfeeding policy of Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, including World Health Organization)Health 
Hospital autonomy. (Middle East)HealthHedi Achouri, Abdelhay Mechbal, Belgacem Sabri
Inverting the pyramid. (health care reform in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan)HealthMichael Borowitz, Sheila O'Dougherty
Lowering drug costs, improving care in Azerbaijan. (United Nations Children's Fund's Primary Health Care Revitalization Project)HealthR. Laurenti, N. Agazade, A. Seidova
Media advocacy for public health.HealthSimon Chapman
Midwives as researchers. (midwifery research)HealthUlla Waldenstrom
Midwives for refugees.HealthMaureen Minden
Most deaths of newborn infants can be avoided.Health 
Mutual benefit, mutual respect. (college and town partnerships for health promotion)HealthCharles Deutsch
New causes for new diseases. (includes related article on safe drinking water, adapted from World Health Report 1996)HealthJohn M. Last
News from the regions. (health promotion for school children in Tanzania)HealthDavid Nyamwaya, John Muteti
New technological approaches. (selecting medical technology in developing countries) (includes related article on selecting radiography equipment)HealthRichard Hong, Mae Thamer, Seymour Perry
Passport for health. (physical activity program for the public in Sao Paulo, Brazil)HealthVictor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo
Peace through health in Bosnia and Herzegovina.HealthGregory Hess
Preventing hospital infections.HealthLouise Tenn, Anne Wyness, Irene Goldstone
Promoting health where the people are.HealthIlona Kickbusch, Desmond O'Bryne
Rapid disease surveillance. (Zimbabwe)HealthShiva Murugasampillay
Resistant strains of microorganisms. (includes related information on World Health Organization's disease surveillance system)HealthJacques F. Acar
Resurgence of communicable diseases in Europe.HealthSieghart Dittmann
Soul City. (soap opera that promotes health)HealthSue Armstrong
Sport sponsorship. (health promotion)HealthAddy Carroll
Stop AIDS. (STOP AIDS program of Switzerland)HealthMarkus Allemann
Surplus medical supplies. (Recovered Medical Equipment for the Developing World program)HealthWilliam H. Rosenblatt
Taxing harm for health. (Victoria, Australia uses part of tobacco products tax for health promotion which is administered by Victoria Health Promotion Foundation - VicHealth)HealthRhonda Galbally
The Bamako Initiative. (sub-Saharan Africa health initiative)HealthKasa Asila Pangu
The cost of AIDS. (prevention and education)HealthDonald S. Shepard
The demedicalization of childbirth.HealthPetra ten Hoope-Bender
The influence of AIDS Today radio. (public awareness program)HealthJames Deane
The Ottawa Charter and after. (from the first International Conference on Health Promotion, Nov. 1986)HealthJohn Catford
The perils of adolescent pregnancy.HealthK.G. Mapanga
Training of midwives.HealthIvelise Segovia Loprestti
Tuberculosis need not kill. (includes related article on Southeast Asian infectious diseases, adapted from World Health Report 1996)HealthJitendra Tuli
Use the media! (spreading health promotional news)HealthJane Fonda
Using electronic links for monitoring diseases.Health 
WHO advises ... make sure your food is safe to eat. (World Health Organization, food preparation)Health 
WHO advises ... protect yourself from the sun. (World Health Organization suggests how to avoid skin cancers and related problems)Health 
WHO response to epidemics. (World Health Organization's response to outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Zaire)HealthGuenael Rodier
Young people's lifestyles. (adolescent health behavior)HealthDiane Levin
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