Total of resources: 27603

Trade, growth, and poverty

" A key issue today is the effect of globalization on inequality and poverty. They first identify a group of developing countries that are participating more in globalization. Since China, India, an...
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Resource added in: 07/05/2001
Available languages: English
Poverty, Economic Development, Globalization, Advocacy, Equity, Living Conditions

WHO Fact Sheets: Wastes from health - care activities

It presents information on health impacts, risks associated with waste disposal, reasons for failure of waste management, steps towards improvement, and WHO's response.
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Resource added in: 04/05/2001
Available languages: English
Medical Waste, Medical Waste Disposal, Waste Management

Documents of the World Health Assembly

It presents documents from the World Health Assembly (WHA) related to health promotion, administration and management, disease prevention and control, finances, resolutions and decisions, technical co...
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Resource added in: 03/05/2001
Available languages: English
Health Promotion, Organization and Administration, Communicable Disease Control, Financial Management, Resolutions, Environmental Health

The Adelaide Recommendations

It presents the text of the recommendations presented at the 2nd International Conference on health public policy. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required.
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Resource added in: 03/05/2001
Available languages: English
Health Promotion, Conference Proceedings

The Jakarta Declaration on Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century

It presents the text of the Declaration presented in the Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion. Also available in various other languages. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required...
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Resource added in: 03/05/2001
Available languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Health Promotion, Conference Proceedings

Human capital, longevity, and economic growth: A quantitative assessment of full income measures

A full income measure of human development may take into account such non-monetary aspects of development but nevertheless measures the value of those in monetary terms. Drawing on recent methodology ...
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Resource added in: 02/05/2001
Available languages: English
Human Development, Equity, Living Conditions

Information technologies, health, and "Globalization": Anyone excluded?

Modern information technologies and worldwide communication through the Internet promise both universal accesses to information and the globalization of the medico-social network's modes of communicat...
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Resource added in: 02/05/2001
Available languages: English
Delivery of Health Care, Technology, Internet, Advocacy

Cuidar a los que cuidan: página para cuidadores familiares de personas mayores dependientes y profesionales que atienden a cuidadores

Página destinada aos cuidadores de pessoas maiores dependentes, membros das famílias e profissionais de saúde. Traz informações sobre os cuidadores, o cuidado e seus efeitos.
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Resource added in: 02/05/2001
Available languages: Spanish
Caregivers, Aged, Family, Empathy, Homes for the Aged, Relaxation, Psychology, Applied, Geriatric Psychiatry, Reference Books, Health of the Elderly, caçãoicação, Guia [tipo de publicação]

Dirección Adjunta: programas de tercera edad

Apresenta o histórico da instituição, suas novas propostas e objetivos, atividades desenvolvidas e cursos oferecidos.
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Resource added in: 02/05/2001
Available languages: Spanish
Aged, Geriatrics, Education, Health Services, Psychology, Geriatric Psychiatry

Report of the WHO Depleted Uranium Mission to Kosovo

It presents a background of the Mission, and information on the situation found in Kosovo, depleted uranium and titanium characteristics, Mission aproach, assessment of health information system and h...
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Resource added in: 02/05/2001
Available languages: English
Uranium/radiation effects, Titanium/radiation effects, Radiation Exposure, Radiation Exposure Pathways, Toxicology, madosrmadosrmados