Global status report on non-communicable diseases 2010 World Health Organization April 2011 Abstract This report sets out the statistics, evidence and experiences needed to launch a more forceful response to the growing threat posed by non-communicable diseases (NCD)....
Ageing faster with AIDS in Africa Authors: J Mills, Edward; Rammohan, Anu; Awofeso,Niyi The Lancet, Volume 377, Issue 9772, Pages 1131 – 1133, 2 April 2011 Abstract This paper, published by The Lancet, contends that as the AIDS epidemic matures, evidence is...
128 kids died after vaccine in 2010, govt can’t say why Arun RamArun Ram, TNN | May 29, 2011, 11.53pm IST CHENNAI: More children in India are dying every year soon after being vaccinated, and the government has no clue why. Union health ministry statistics...
Replacing Food Pyramid with a Healthy Plate Source: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/743889?sssdmh=dm1.692731&src=nldne A colorful four-part plate, with a side dish of dairy, has replaced the 19-year-old food pyramid as the icon of the new U.S. Dietary...
The report of a recently concluded research project: “Mapping the regulatory architecture for health care provision in mixed health systems”, including case studies from two Indian states, is attached. SUMMARY LMIC Mixed Health Systems: mixed health care...
A review of health system infection control measures in developing countries: what can be learned to reduce maternal mortality Julia Hussein, Dileep V Mavalankar, Sheetal Sharma and Lucia D’Ambruoso Abstract A functional health system is a necessary part of efforts to...
