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1. Governance for health: the HIV response and general global health

Author

Bekker, Linda-Gail, Ratevosian, Jirair, Spencer, Julia, Piot, Peter, and Beyrer, Chris

Subjects
HIV infections -- Prevention -- Distribution, Health policy -- International aspects, World health -- Aims and objectives, Company distribution practices, Health
Abstract

In the editorial Shifting global health governance towards the sustainable development goals, (1) Marten and colleagues argue that the Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development offers an [...]

Published
2019
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2. Sexual and reproductive health for all: a call for action

Author

Fathalla, Mahmoud F., Sinding, Steven W., Rosenfield, Allan, and Fathalla, Mohammed M.F.

Subjects
World health -- Aims and objectives, Medical policy -- International aspects, Medical policy -- Social aspects
Published
2006

3. Maternal health in poor countries: the broader context and a call for action

Author

Filippi, Veronique, Ronsmans, Carine, Campbell, Oona M.R., Graham, Wendy J., Mills, Anne, Borghi, Jo, Koblinsky, Marjorie, and Osrin, David

Subjects
Developing countries -- Health aspects, Maternal health services -- Aims and objectives, World health -- Aims and objectives, Mothers -- Patient outcomes, Mothers -- Prevention
Published
2006

4. Where is maternal and child health now?

Author

Lawn, Joy E., Tinker, Anne, Munjanja, Stephen P., and Cousens, Simon

Subjects
Developing countries -- Health aspects, Maternal health services -- Forecasts and trends, Child health services -- Forecasts and trends, World health -- Aims and objectives, Mothers -- Patient outcomes, Mothers -- Causes of, Mothers -- Forecasts and trends, Mothers -- Prevention, Market trend/market analysis
Published
2006

5. Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: getting on with what works

Author

Campbell, Oona M.R. and Graham, Wendy J.

Subjects
Developing countries -- Health aspects, World health -- Aims and objectives, Women -- Health aspects, Women -- Aims and objectives, Mothers -- Patient outcomes, Mothers -- Causes of, Mothers -- Prevention
Published
2006

6. Maternal survival 1: maternal mortality: who, when, where, and why

Author

Ronsmans, Carine and Graham, Wendy J.

Subjects
Maternal health services -- Aims and objectives, World health -- Aims and objectives, Developing countries -- Health aspects, Mothers -- Patient outcomes, Mothers -- Prevention, Mothers -- Causes of, Mothers -- Risk factors
Published
2006

8. WHO's new Stop TB Strategy

Author

Raviglione, Mario C. and Uplekar, Mukund W.

Subjects
World Health Organization -- Aims and objectives, World health -- Aims and objectives, World health -- Forecasts and trends, Tuberculosis -- Statistics, Tuberculosis -- Control, Market trend/market analysis
Published
2006

9. Scaling up HIV/AIDS evaluation

Author

Bennett, Sara, Boerma, J. Ties, and Brugha, Ruairi

Subjects
World Bank Group. World Bank -- Finance, HIV infection -- Prevention, HIV infection -- Control, HIV infection -- Patient outcomes, World health -- Economic aspects, World health -- Aims and objectives, Infection control -- Evaluation, Company financing
Published
2006

10. The G8 and Global Health

Author

Labonte, Ronald and Schrecker, Ted

Subjects
Company financing, Government regulation, Group of Eight -- Health policy, Group of Eight -- Aims and objectives, World health -- Finance, World health -- Aims and objectives, Developing countries -- Finance, Developing countries -- Health aspects, External debts -- Laws, regulations and rules, Africa -- Health aspects, Africa -- Finance
Published
2006

12. Preventing chronic diseases: how many lives can we save?

Author

Strong, Kathleen, Mathers, Colin, Leeder, Stephen, and Beaglehole, Robert

Subjects
Chronic diseases -- Care and treatment, Chronic diseases -- Social aspects, Chronic diseases -- Patient outcomes, Chronic diseases -- Prevention, World health -- Aims and objectives
Published
2005

13. Chapter three: HIV/AIDS: confronting a killer

Subjects
World Health Organization, World health -- Aims and objectives, Epidemics -- Causes of, HIV (Viruses) -- Prevention, HIV (Viruses) -- Care and treatment, AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention, AIDS (Disease) -- Care and treatment, Disease transmission, Highly active antiretroviral therapy
Abstract

Today HIV/AIDS is a major global health emergency, affecting all regions of the world, causing millions of deaths and suffering to millions more. But access to effective prevention and treatment [...]

Published
2003

14. Chapter two: millennium health goals: paths to the future

Subjects
United Nations -- Aims and objectives, World Health Organization, World health -- Aims and objectives, World health -- Economic aspects, Global economy -- Health aspects, Sustainable development -- Health aspects, Mortality, International cooperation
Abstract

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) place health at the heart of development and represent commitments by governments throughout the world to do more to reduce poverty and hunger and to [...]

Published
2003

15. An alternative strategy to reduce maternal mortality

Author

Costello, Anthony, Azad, Kishwar, and Barnett, Sarah

Subjects
World health -- Aims and objectives, Developing countries -- Health aspects, Maternal health services -- Aims and objectives, Mothers -- Patient outcomes, Mothers -- Prevention, Mothers -- Causes of
Published
2006

16. Meeting MDG-5: an impossible dream?

Author

Rosenfield, Allan, Maine, Deborah, and Freedman, Lynn

Subjects
World health -- Aims and objectives, Developing countries -- Health aspects, Mothers -- Patient outcomes, Mothers -- Forecasts and trends, Mothers -- Prevention, Market trend/market analysis
Published
2006

17. Safe motherhood initiative: 20 years and counting

Author

Starrs, Ann M.

Subjects
World health -- Aims and objectives, Mothers -- Patient outcomes, Mothers -- International aspects, Mothers -- Forecasts and trends, Mothers -- Statistics, Market trend/market analysis
Published
2006

18. Sustaining vitamin A supplementation requires a new vision

Author

Dalmiya, Nita, Palmer, Amanda, and Darnton-Hill, Ian

Subjects
Vitamin A deficiency -- Prevention, Vitamin A deficiency -- Care and treatment, Vitamin A deficiency -- Complications and side effects, World health -- Aims and objectives, Vitamin A -- Dosage and administration, Children -- Health aspects, Children -- Aims and objectives, Children -- Nutritional aspects
Published
2006

21. Priorities in tuberculosis research

Author

Onyebujoh, Philip, Rodriguez, William, and Mwaba, Peter

Subjects
World Health Assembly -- Aims and objectives, World Health Assembly -- Statistics, Tuberculosis -- Control, Tuberculosis -- Statistics, Tuberculosis -- Care and treatment, World health -- Aims and objectives, World health -- Statistics
Published
2006

22. Innovative financing for human development

Author

Lob-Levyt, Julian and Affolder, Rebecca

Subjects
World health -- Finance, World health -- Aims and objectives, Foreign assistance -- Forecasts and trends, Foreign assistance -- Statistics, Company financing, Market trend/market analysis
Published
2006

23. The coming decade for global action on child health

Author

Horton, Richard

Subjects
World health -- Aims and objectives, Public health personnel -- Aims and objectives, Mothers -- Patient outcomes, Mothers -- Prevention, Infants -- Patient outcomes, Infants -- Prevention
Published
2006

24. EVIPNet: translating the spirit of Mexico

Author

Hamid, Maimunah, Bustamante-Manaog, Thiel, Dung, Truong Viet, Akkhavong, Kongsap, Fu, Hongpeng, Ma, Yuanxin, Zhong, Xinqui, Salmela, Reijo, Panisset, Ulysses, and Pang, Tikki

Subjects
World Health Assembly -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, World health -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, World health -- Aims and objectives, Medical policy -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Medical policy -- Interpretation and construction
Published
2005

25. MDGs: chronic diseases are not on the agenda

Author

Fuster, Valentin and Voute, Janet

Subjects
Chronic diseases -- Care and treatment, Chronic diseases -- Social aspects, World health -- Aims and objectives
Published
2005

26. The Global Campaign (GC) to Reduce the Burden of Headache Worldwide. The International Team for Specialist Education (ITSE)

Author

Martelletti, Paolo, Haimanot, Redda T., Lainez, Miguel J.A., Rapoport, Alan M., Ravishankar, K., Sakai, Fumihiko, Silberstein, Steve D., Vincent, Maurice, and Steiner, Timothy J.

Subjects
World health -- Aims and objectives, Continuing medical education -- Curricula, Headache -- Care and treatment, Medicine -- Specialties and specialists, Medicine -- Training, Health
Published
2005

27. Europe's health priorities for the world

Subjects
World Health Organization -- Aims and objectives, European Union -- Health policy, European Union -- International relations, World health -- Aims and objectives
Published
2004

28. Opioid substitution and HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention

Author

Kerr, Thomas, Wodak, Alex, Elliott, Richard, Montaner, Julio S, and Wood, Evan

Subjects
World health -- Aims and objectives, Intravenous drug abuse -- Health aspects, HIV infection -- Prevention, HIV infection -- Causes of
Published
2004

29. Why the world needs another malaria initiative

Subjects
World health -- Aims and objectives, World health -- Economic aspects, Wormwood -- Health aspects, Antimalarials -- Dosage and administration, Antimalarials -- Finance, Antimalarials -- Product development, Company financing
Published
2004

30. Achieving the WHO/UNAIDS antiretroviral treatment 3 by 5 goal: what will it cost?

Author

Gutierrez, Juan Pablo, Johns, Benjamin, Adam, Taghreed, Bertozzi, Stefano M., Edejer, Tessa Tan-Torres, Greener, Robert, Hankins, Catherine, and Evans, David B.

Subjects
World Health Organization -- Standards, World Health Organization -- Aims and objectives, World Health Organization -- Finance, UNAIDS -- Standards, UNAIDS -- Aims and objectives, UNAIDS -- Finance, World health -- Standards, World health -- Aims and objectives, Antiviral agents -- Dosage and administration, Antiviral agents -- Economic aspects, Company financing
Published
2004

31. Achieving the goal for global measles mortality

Author

Elliman, David and Bedford, Helen

Subjects
World health -- Aims and objectives, Measles -- Statistics, Measles -- Control, Measles -- Prevention, Measles vaccine -- Dosage and administration, Measles vaccine -- Distribution, Developing countries -- Health aspects, Company distribution practices
Published
2007

32. The globalisation of cancer

Author

Boyle, Peter

Subjects
International Agency for Research on Cancer -- Management, International Agency for Research on Cancer -- Aims and objectives, World health -- Aims and objectives, International agencies -- Management, International agencies -- Aims and objectives, Cancer -- Statistics, Cancer -- International aspects, Company business management
Published
2006

33. Global framework on essential health R&D

Author

Chirac, Pierre and Torreele, Els

Subjects
World Health Assembly -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, World Health Assembly -- Aims and objectives, Medical research -- Forecasts and trends, Medicine, Experimental -- Forecasts and trends, World health -- Aims and objectives, World health -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Pharmaceutical industry -- Product development, Pharmaceutical industry -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis
Published
2006

34. Progress of DOTS in global tuberculosis control

Author

Sharma, S.K. and Liu, J.J.

Subjects
Tuberculosis -- Control, Tuberculosis -- Statistics, World health -- Aims and objectives, World health -- Statistics, Medical protocols -- Evaluation
Published
2006

37. Message from the director-general

Author

Jong-wook, Lee

Subjects
World Health Organization, World health -- Aims and objectives, HIV (Viruses) -- Care and treatment, AIDS (Disease) -- Care and treatment, Equality, Antiviral agents
Abstract

Today's global health situation raises urgent questions about justice. In some parts of the world there is a continued expectation of longer and more comfortable life, while in many others [...]

Published
2003

38. Intravenous drug use and HIV: evidence for action now

Subjects
Intravenous drug abuse -- Complications and side effects, Intravenous drug abuse -- Health aspects, HIV infection -- Risk factors, HIV infection -- Causes of, World health -- Aims and objectives
Published
2006

39. Healthy motherhood: an urgent call to action

Author

Horton, Richard

Subjects
Developing countries -- Health aspects, World health -- Aims and objectives, Mothers -- Patient outcomes, Mothers -- Prevention, Mothers -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis
Published
2006

42. Massive Investment Needed in International Health Programs

Subjects
Company business planning, United Nations -- Planning, United Nations -- Health aspects, United Nations -- Aims and objectives, AIDS (Disease) -- International aspects, AIDS (Disease) -- Statistics, AIDS (Disease) -- Health aspects, Malaria -- Prevention, Malaria -- International aspects, Malaria -- Statistics, World health -- Government finance, World health -- Planning, World health -- Aims and objectives
Published
2005

43. AIDS as a global emergency

Author

Farmer, Paul

Subjects
World Health Organization -- Political activity, AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects, AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects, AIDS (Disease) -- Care and treatment, AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention, World health -- Economic aspects, World health -- Political aspects, World health -- Aims and objectives
Abstract

WHO's new Director-General has just declared AIDS to be a global health emergency. This move is not unprecedented but does signal a welcome departure from business as usual. Can declarations [...]

Published
2003

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