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Building of the global movement for health equity: from Santiago to Rio and beyond
Reports on developments subsequent to the publication of the Commission on social determinants of health, specifically emerging findings from WHO European Region. Free registation necessary for access to this article.
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| Author | Waage et al |
| Type | Website |
| Subject | Social justice, human rights and health Poverty and inequality |
| Tags | WHO Inequality social determinants of health marmot |
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Global causes of maternal death: a WHO systematic analysis
Interpretation of the results of this systematic analysis:
Between 2003 and 2009, haemorrhage, hypertensive disorders, and sepsis were responsible for more than half of maternal deaths worldwide. More than a quarter of deaths were attributable to indirect causes. These analyses should inform the prioritisation of health policies, programmes, and funding to reduce maternal deaths at regional and global levels. Further efforts are needed to improve the availability and quality of data related to maternal mortality.
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| Author | Dr Lale Say MD a Corresponding AuthorEmail Address, Doris Chou MD a, Alison Gemmill MPH a b, Özge Tunçalp MD a, Ann-Beth Moller MSc a, Jane Daniels PhD c, A Metin Gülmezoglu MD a, Marleen Temmerman MD a, Leontine Alkema PhD d |
| Type | Website |
| Subject | Maternal health |
| Tags | WHO |
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Global standards for the initial education of professional nurses and midwives
This document,produced by the WHO, outlines goals for global standards in nursing and midwifery, and reviews how the standards of initial nursing and midwifery education should be set to comply with these global standards.
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| Type | Document |
| Subject | Cultural competence Global citizenship Global health course design Global health teaching Education |
| Tags | WHO |
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Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: A Global Perspective...
Content of presentation:
- Introduction
- Facts and Figures
- Issues and Challenges
- Challenges in the Philippines
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| Type | Presentation |
| Subject | Child health Maternal health |
| Tags | WHO |
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Suicide mortality in India: a nationally representative survey
Examines quantative data suggesting that WHO suicide estimations underestimate prevalence in India. Suicide death rates in India are among the highest in the world. A large proportion of adult suicide deaths occur between the ages of 15 years and 29 years, especially in women. Public health interventions such as restrictions in access to pesticides might prevent many suicide deaths in India. This is not an analysis of the underlying socio-economic causes of suicide.
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| Author | V Patel et al |
| Type | Article |
| Subject | Non-communicable diseases |
| Tags | suicide india WHO LAMICs |
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The Millennium Development Goals: a cross-sectoral analysis and principles for goal setting after 2015
Reports on analysis by different sectoral experts on MDGs. Also provides a history to the MDGs, progress, tables on obsticles to delivery and on reinforcing links different areas of social progress. Free registration is necessary to access this article.
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| Author | Waage et al |
| Type | Article |
| Subject | Millennium Development Goals Poverty and inequality |
| Tags | south africa india gender education WHO UNICEF malawi zambia Poverty development equity thailand sustainability |
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The WHO Europe: Injuries and inequities: Guidance for addressing inequities in unintentional injuries
Abstract
This policy guidance aims to support national, regional and local policy-makers in Europe to prepare, implement and follow up policy actions and interventions to reduce inequities in unintentional injuries. Unintentional injuries, including road traffic injuries, falls, burns, drownings and poisonings still constitute a major public health problem, killing almost half a million people in the WHO European Region each year and causing many more cases of disability. The burden of unintentional injuries is unevenly distributed in the WHO European Region. Steep social gradients for death and morbidity exist across and within countries. Reducing health inequities is a key strategic objective of Health 2020 – the European policy framework for health and well-being endorsed by the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region in 2012. This guide seeks to assist European policy-makers in contributing to achieving the objectives of Health 2020 in a practical way. It draws on key evidence, including from the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s Review of social determinants and the health divide in the WHO European Region. It sets out options and practical methods to reduce the level and unequal distribution of unintentional injuries in Europe, through approaches that address the social determinants of unintended injuries and the related health, social and economic consequences.
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| Type | Document |
| Subject | Unintentional injuries |
| Tags | WHO |
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The WHO: Violence and Injury Prevention
This section of the WHO website provides information on advocacy events, reports, policies survices, data and more related to preventing violence and injury.
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| Type | Website |
| Subject | Unintentional injuries |
| Tags | WHO |
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The World Health Organisation (WHO): Millennium Development Goals
This section of the WHO website is all about the Millennium Development Goals. It provides general information, technical information, publications and links to other resources about the Millennium Development Goals.
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals are eight goals that all 191 UN Member States have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed in September 2000 commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. The MDGs are derived from this Declaration, and all have specific targets and indicators.
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| Type | Website |
| Subject | Millennium Development Goals |
| Tags | WHO |
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Unintentional injuries in the European Region: Promoting safety and equity
In this presentation:
• Overview of injuries in Europe
• Unintentional injuries in children
– Burden
– A major source of inequities
• The response
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| Author | Francesca Racioppi Dinesh Sethi |
| Type | Presentation |
| Subject | Unintentional injuries |
| Tags | WHO WHO Regional Office for Europe |
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World report on child injury prevention
Th e overall aims of the report are:
- to raise awareness about the magnitude, risk factors and impacts of child injuries globally
- to draw attention to the preventability of child injuries and present what is known about the eff ectiveness of intervention strategies
- to make recommendations that can be implemented by all countries to reduce child injuries eff ectively
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| Type | Document |
| Subject | Child health Unintentional injuries |
| Tags | WHO UNICEF |
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