6 emerging issues gender health and maternal mortality in nigeria

... of a health system predict mortality in infants, children, and maternal mortality rates at the national level Improving access to water and sanitation and reducing corruption within the health ... up-stream determinants such as sustainable access to water and sanitation, health financing, and transparent governance are important pathways to reducing mortality rates Health financing is not currently ... significant in accounting for variations in rates of infant mortality across countries Interestingly, Farahani et al (2009) have shown, using longitudinal panel data to examine both the short- and long-term...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... Inequalities in health status and in access to health care are wide and deep – and they are growing Such inequalities link to deep inequities, profound injustices, that ultimately feed the corrosive insecurity ... the definition of health equity” proposed by Braveman and Gruskin: “equity in health is the absence of systematic disparities in health (or in major social determinants of health [including access ... highly influential World Development Report 1993, entitled Investing in Health, introduced new priority-setting techniques for public spending and ushered in a new orthodoxy in health policy Drawing...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... our understanding of the intersections of gender, health, and ageing is to grow Most research on ageing and health has been done in developed countries Older people in the developing world, however, ... must be conducted in the developing world Since ill health and mortality in old age often stem from events and occurrences much earlier in life, longitudinal studies on ageing and health should be ... maternal mortality, discrimination against women in nutrition, access to healthcare, and other areas, and, in some cases, the killing or neglect of girl babies mean that, in certain poor countries, women’s...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... our understanding of the intersections of gender, health, and ageing is to grow Most research on ageing and health has been done in developed countries Older people in the developing world, however, ... must be conducted in the developing world Since ill health and mortality in old age often stem from events and occurrences much earlier in life, longitudinal studies on ageing and health should be ... maternal mortality, discrimination against women in nutrition, access to healthcare, and other areas, and, in some cases, the killing or neglect of girl babies mean that, in certain poor countries, women’s...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... system [56] In spite of that, the government has continued to invest in health infrastructure, including new primary health centres (PHCs) and extended hours at existing centres [57] In order to ... is effective in other settings – particularly in developing countries, where nurse and midwife training is often inadequate [1] The use of TBAs in managing postpartum haemorrhage using the drug ... that India has lost up to USD billion in training costs since 1951 because of emigration [31] Human resources and maternal mortality Researchers exploring the linkages between human resources and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... zones in the EU countries in 2005 In general, while mandatory standards are often met, guideline standards are infrequently met in coastal and fresh waters For inland waters, Greece, Ireland and ... Finland a,b Eva Kunseler National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland a,b Ilkka Miettinen National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland Alain le Tertre French Institute for Public Health ... well-coordinated mechanism for health and environment monitoring and reporting has increasingly become a priority The Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health (held in Budapest in 2004) adopted...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... women and men In women, the very recent increase in breast cancer mortality plus the long-term increase in the lung cancer mortality could help explain the turning point observed in the cancer mortality ... trends in cancer mortality highlight the importance of primary and secondary prevention, demanding better planning in health services, in order to obtain improvements in earlier detection and/ or increasing ... significant change in the log-linear slope of the trend (joinpoints) [14] The analysis starts with the minimum number of joinpoints (no joinpoints corresponds to a straight line), and tests whether...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 04:20

... In the process of selection using AIC, trend, day of week and several sine and cosine terms are excluded from the model with minimum AIC = 1298.022 Since inclusion of the above variables as independent ... on mortality and exposure Mortality data was collected from records of the leading hospitals within Kathmandu valley Some small scale nursing homes and hospitals were left out since major and ... was associated with increase in 1.2% for single day lag and 1.5% for lagged days mean Similarly, cardiovascular mortality increased from 0.5% to 1.9% and respiratory mortality increased from 1%...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20

... 1975 and 1992 in China and find that the height difference between urban and rural children has been increasing since China’s Reform and Opening Policy in 1978 Furthermore, Luo et al (2009) examine ... Nutrition in Health and Disease Ninth Edition Williams and Wilkins: Maryland, USA, pp 857–867 Hesketh, T., Ding, Q.J., Tomkins, A.M., 2003 Health and health care-seeking behavior of adolescents in urban ... explain the decreasing intake of cereals and increasing intake of protein/fat rich food in both urban and rural diet In addition, as shown in the literatures, there are rising health problems associated...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... recommendations made in Health England Report No 1: Definitions and Measures of Preventative Health Spending1, providing an estimate of prevention expenditure in England, and considering some comparisons ... 11: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE NHS IN ENGLAND (£MILLION), 1999/00-2007/08 32 TABLE 12: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE UK (£MILLION), ... repair health dysfunction” Within this definition, expenditure on prevention and public health is broken down into six sub-sections: HC.6.1 Maternal and child health; family planning and counselling...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... tails wagging loosely toand-fro and individuals whining and jumping about Consider also elephants reuniting in a greeting celebration, flapping their ears and spinning about and emitting a vocalization ... elk in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, running across a snow field, jumping in the air and twisting his body while in flight, stopping, catching his breath, and doing it again and again ... to be studied are thought and feeling, happiness and unhappiness, and mental and physical well-being Finally, as McMillan has pioneered in pointing out, veterinary medicine can benefit immeasurably...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:20

... Haphazard Change A Growing & Ageing Population Poorer Health and Growth in Chronic Conditions Instability in the Health and Social Care System Increasing Pressure on Health and Social Care 18 Poorer ... for example in arranging appointments, in explaining how to use the service and giving timely information This leads at times to disorganisation in our response to the individual and inefficiency ... the Memorandum of Understanding between the DHSSPS and Invest NI on “Connected Health and Prosperity” 41 12 Incentivising Innovation at a Local Level Making changes on the scale indicated in the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 09:20

... concentrations are exceedingly high in many developing countries and they impose substantial health costs, including shortened lives (Chen, Ebenstein, Greenstone, and Li 2011) Thus, understanding the most ... collected and utilized print and web documents from the Indian government, including the CPCB, the Department of Road Transport and Highways, the Ministry of Environment and Forests, and several Indian ... frequently mandated by the NRCP had mandated cost sharing at various points in time.29 State and local bodies have been accused of financial mismanagement, including diversion, underutilization, and incorrect...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... of housing, other conditions and health status Housing factors affecting health Current housing and health issues in the European Region European health for all targets related to housing Urbanization ... 36 39 39 40 40 41 Industry Indicators and trends Agriculture Indicators and trends Transport Indicators and trends Tourism Indicators and trends Urban Development Indicators and trends Conclusions ... environment in influencing health, compared with social and economic inequalities, lifestyles and the quality of health care systems The definition of environmental health given in the European...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 19:20

... developing industry The interfacing of industry and government poultry health production activities can then help to drive both (Bagust, 1999; Information Note on “Veterinary Roles in Health and ... protecting both poultry and human health (see Information Note on “Veterinary Roles in Health and Knowledge Transfer across a Poultry Industry”) The primary thrust for senior government personnel, in ... government and industry representatives is therefore essential for successful design and planning, and also later, when periodically reviewing the unit’s performance in health and disease control Industry...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 10:20

... thrive in a safe and nurturing world CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN NORTH AMERICA Preface Indicators play a key role in informing us about the status of an issue, encouraging action and ... the value of information in guiding our decision-making and shaping our priorities Children's Health and the Environment in Nor th America vii In this report, we look at indicators in three thematic ... homes and other indoor environments due to the widespread past uses of lead in gasoline, paint, plumbing and building products and other consumer goods Indoor lead sources include lead in dust,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... education and training Infrastructure, ehealth Portugal Infrastructure, ehealth Spain Infrastructure, ehealth Denmark Estonia Finland Health and safety, health enterprises Knowledge hubs, innovation ... organised in many ways It has often been described as the invisible work that is essential in building health infrastructure, maintaining and sustaining programmes and creating flexible problem-solving ... Areas of investment 17 Direct health sector investment 17 Delivering effective health infrastructure investment Indirect health sector investment 18 19 Delivering healthy working lives 21 Non-health...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 08:21

... rest to expected increases in demand Stand and Deliver: Sex, health and young people in the 21st century “Sexual health is the integration of the somatic, emotional, intellectual and social aspects ... attainable standard of physical and mental health, which includes the underlying determinants of health and access to sexual and reproductive health care International Covenant on Economic, Social and ... access to sexual and reproductive health information and services, and so improve their health and well-being Involving young people from all regions of the world, IPPF convened a meeting to give...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... SGTES proposals for linking health and training, it is worth mentioning the training and Table HRH information system, Brazil, 2008 Table SMS/SES with HRH unit, Brazil, 2008 HRH information system ... working conditions and redefining roles and models of managing human resources (HR) In this context, the political and administrative decentralization process included a key component: providing ... possible, in which the federal administration has the authority to define standards, financial incentives and other tools of national induction This is possible because in the Brazilian health system...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20