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IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-HEALTH 2010

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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (new date): 29 March 2010 --IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-HEALTH 2010 Freiburg, Germany, 29 – 31 July 2010(http://www.ehealth-conf.org/)part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2010)Freiburg, Germany 26 – 31 July 2010(http://www.mccsis.org)* Conference background and goalsThe use of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in Healthcare Services is the main mechanism to improve efficiency and more...

Added by Natalia Nunes on March 11, 2010

Nordic health care systems. Recent reforms and current policy challenges

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The Nordic model of health care systems is assumed to contain consistent features across all five Nordic countries, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland: tax-based funding, publicly owned and operated hospitals, universal access based on residency, and comprehensive coverage. The reality is considerably more complex, with great variation at the structural level in the way that institutions are designed and at the policy level in the way strategies are conceived and implemented. This new more...

Added by Zunia on March 11, 2010

Tobacco control in Turkey

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Smoking is a serious health problem in Turkey, causing one tenth of all disability-adjusted life years lost. This report outlines the current state of tobacco-smoking in Turkey, including health and social aspects, epidemiological data and economic, legal and political issues. Until recently one of the major tobacco-producing countries of the world, Turkey has made substantial progress in tobacco control in a short time. It ratified the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control in 2004, and more...

Added by Zunia on March 11, 2010

Health in the European Union. Trends and analysis

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This book discusses and analyses the relationship between living conditions, socioeconomic factors and health, with the objective of framing a debate and policy action to create a healthier and fairer society across Europe. This study will serve to stimulate focused discussion by offering an essential overview of key issues affecting European nations and the health and well-being of their peoples.

Added by Zunia on March 11, 2010

Responding to the challenge of financial sustainability in Estonia’s health system

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Estonia explores how to move from values to action by implementing the Tallinn Charter: Health Systems for Health and Wealth. There are many options for change, but only some will help the health system to achieve its objectives. This report brings together the views and values of stakeholders, recent data on health financing and new revenue and expenditure projections from now to 2030.

Added by Zunia on March 10, 2010

Health and environment in Europe: progress assessment

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This report describes the progress made by WHO European Member States in improving their health and environment situations over the last 20 years. The assessment focuses on the aspects of health related to clean water and air, chemical safety, noise and safety at work, and environments supporting safe mobility and physical activity. These issues arise from the four regional priority goals of the Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE), agreed at the Fourth Ministerial more...

Added by Zunia on March 10, 2010

Fifth Ministerial Conference on environment and health 2010

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The health impacts of environmental risk factors - inadequate water and sanitation, unsafe home and recreational environments, lack of spatial planning for physical activity, indoor and outdoor air pollution, and hazardous chemicals - are amplified by recent developments such as financial constraints, broader socioeconomic and gender inequalities and more frequent extreme climate events. They pose new challenges for health systems to reduce deaths and diseases through effective environmental more...

Added by Zunia on March 10, 2010

Health Promotion, Schools and Community: The Labyrinth of Implementation

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This publication focuses on how to successfully promote health through schools in Latin American countries and the typical stages involved in transforming practices and policies. It highlights the ways in which schools are contributing to educational policy, to the fight against poverty, and to addressing the social determinants of health.

Added by Zunia on March 10, 2010

Global Fund 2010 : Elimination of HIV transmission from mother to child by 2015 within reach

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Virtual elimination of mother to child HIV transmission by 2015 is now within reach if current rates of progress by Global Fund-supported programmes and other efforts are maintained. Malaria may be eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries where it is endemic. Tuberculosis prevalence in many countries is declining and the international target of halving TB prevalence could be met by 2015. These are projections from the Global Fund’s 2010 Results Report, released more...

Added by Zunia on March 09, 2010

Air Pollution: Action in a Changing Climate

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defra.gov.uk -

This publication highlights the additional health benefits that can be achieved through closer integration of air quality and climate change policies in future.

Added by Zunia on March 09, 2010

Health Care and Health Outcomes of Migrants: Evidence from Portugal

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This paper studies the performance of immigrants relative to natives, in terms of their health status, use of health care services, lifestyles, and coverage of health expenditures.

Added by Zunia on March 08, 2010

Delays in drug approvals keep ARV combinations out of patients' hands in South Africa

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Delays in registering antiretroviral (ARV) medication may keep cheaper, more patient-friendly drugs out of reach as South Africa prepares to launch the world's largest tender for medicines. "If these [fixed combinations] aren't registered, we won't be able to take advantage of them as we increase the number of patients on treatment, and as we increase the number of sites providing ARVs, and as we increase the use of nurses to provide treatment," said Andy Gray,a pharmacist at the Centre for the more...

Added by Laura Lopez Gonzalez, PlusNews on March 05, 2010

Trading Away Access to Medicines: How the European Union’s trade agenda has taken a wrong turn

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Access to medicines poses a critical challenge in developing countries: prices are high, and new or adapted medicines and vaccines to address diseases of the developing world are lacking. This presents a major barrier to achieving the right to health in developing countries. More than five million people in low and middle income countries still lack access to anti-retroviral medicines to treat HIV and AIDS, and non-communicable diseases have unleashed a new epidemic of suffering across the more...

Added by Zunia on March 04, 2010

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Programming : Practical Information and Training Materials

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This Manual provides step-by-step guidance on how to apply a culturally sensitive, gender-responsive, human rights-based approach to programming in each of UNFPA’s three core areas of work: population and development, reproductive health, and gender. It also covers how to apply such an approach in the context of a humanitarian emergency. This Manual was designed primarily for use by UNFPA Country Staff, but will also be useful for UNFPA implementing partners and others working in the fields of more...

Added by Zunia on March 04, 2010

Food Safety and Global Health: An International Law Perspective

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This paper suggests that improvements and progresses could be achieved in three major areas of intervention: a) the human rights framework, where the profile of the emerged right to safe food should be raised by way of express recognition in international human rights law, backed up by authoritative interpretation by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and strengthening of accountability and remedial measures; b) the regulatory framework, where trade and health issues more...

Added by Zunia on March 03, 2010

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