... For the first time since this monitoring task began, the data indicate a decline in both the poverty rate and the number of poor in all six regions of thedevelopingworld Between ... developingworld as a whole has already attained the first Millennium Development Goal of halving the 1990 incidence of extreme poverty by 2015 Using the $1.25 a day line, thedevelopingworld ... of thedevelopingworld lived below $1 a day in 2008—801 million people—down from 31% in 1990 and 42% in 1981 43% lived below $2 a day in 2008 (2.47 billion); 65% in 1990; 70% in 1981 The developing...
... contribution tothe meeting The aim of the review process was to assemble a group of trainees that could both contribute to and gain from capacity building inthe field of KT Thirty trainees attended the ... working together wherein we each feel included and valued The facilitators invited small groups to consider questions about creating an inclusive and engaging workspace, then collated responses to ... open cross-pollination amongst disciplines [24] By bringing together a diverse group of trainees, the trainee-led KTTC offers the potential to complement or supplement the formal training activities...
... CIN or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia).3 The process from low-grade CIN to cervical cancer can take about 10 to 20 years, DELIVERING CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION INTHEDEVELOPINGWORLD during ... Efforts to understand how to introduce the HPV vaccine in low-income countries began as early as 2006, when the vaccines were introduced into wealthy countries With support fromthe Bill & Melinda ... PREVENTION INTHEDEVELOPINGWORLD HPV VACCINE INTRODUCTION: BOLIVIA’S SUCCESS STORY In Bolivia, which has one of the highest cervical cancer mortality rates inthe Americas, finding a solution to staggering...
... where r is the radius of the zone in meters, d1 and d2 are distances fromthe obstacle tothe link end points in meters, d is the total link distance in meters, and f is the frequency in MHz Note ... from plus to minus along the wire The next moment, the electrons have all been driven tothe other side, and the electric field points the other way As this happens again and again, the electric ... Consulting Inc., a social enterprise that specializes in adapting technology and business solutions for thedevelopingworld Since Laura first lived in Mali inthe 1990s and wrote her thesis...
... where r is the radius of the zone in meters, d1 and d2 are distances fromthe obstacle tothe link end points in meters, d is the total link distance in meters, and f is the frequency in MHz Note ... from plus to minus along the wire The next moment, the electrons have all been driven tothe other side, and the electric field points the other way As this happens again and again, the electric ... Consulting Inc., a social enterprise that specializes in adapting technology and business solutions for thedevelopingworld Since Laura first lived in Mali inthe 1990s and wrote her thesis...
... significant financial interests or relationships to disclose Craig McClure has no significant financial interests or relationships to disclose Craig Sterritt has no significant financial interests ... received grants for clinical research and/or honoraria for educational and/or advisory activities from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Idenix, Merck, ... Journal of the International AIDS Society 2004, 6:56 http://www.jiasociety.org/content/6/3/56 sharing, and education that must attend expanding global HIV/AIDS care initiatives Authors...
... inthe past decades, including the earthquake in Armenia in 1988 [35], Wenchuan, China, in 2008 [36], and Haiti in 2010 [37], and the tsunami in Indonesia in 2004 [38] FAST is also valuable in ... beginning to become clear, and this tool has become indispensable for the examination of cardiac, abdominal, obstetric, vascular, traumatic and musculoskeletal complaints inthedevelopingworld ... growing body of literature supports the use of point-of-care ultrasound indeveloping nations We review, by region, the existing literature in support of ultrasound use inthedeveloping world...
... tubewells, together contributed tothe near doubling of yields between the 1970s and the 1980s This has been referred to as the period of the Green Revolution in India The growth in total factor productivity ... to production of wheat and rice in India Wheat production in India now occupies the second position intheworld (shown in experimental plots in Figure 1.3) However, the demand for wheat in India ... million people in India were in farming; today, 70% of India’s population of billion still remain in farming In other words, in absolute numbers, those who have to live by agriculture have increased...
... Agroecosystems World Watch Institute, Washington, D.C 110 pp World Bank, 2000, World Development Indicators 2000 World Bank, Washington, D.C p 10-12 World Watch Institute 2001 State of theWorld 2001 Washington, ... have resulted in instances of decline in rice and wheat yields in certain areas since the 1990s — a contrast tothe dramatic increases in crop productivity inthe early stages of the Green Revolution ... on the same river systems, there have been problems in reconciling their interests, paving the way for interstate disputes over sharing river water In some instances, these disputes have led to...
... 1993) These pests infest the grain usually from other infested grain stored inthe same building or nearby In India, the insect species of most importance damaging the food grains including the ... benefit the investors and the factory workers and thereby possibly increasing the influx of rural people tothe towns In addition, the present shortage of expertise in food science indeveloping ... the high temperatures will not rid the grain of the toxin If the grain has a high level of the toxin, the only option is to destroy the grain Insect-infested grain can be fumigated with several...
... grain production increased from 50 million tons in 1947, at the time of independence, to 200 million tons in 1998–99 Agricultural production inthe decade ending in 1991 increased by 125% and India’s ... distribution in India appears to have become more equal over the past 35 years When calculating the ratio of incomes in India going tothe top 20%and the bottom 20%, we found two sets of figures; one from ... linking the groups with financial institutions or can act as financial intermediaries themselves Banks can lend tothe NGOs or directly tothe SHGs; increasingly they have chosen to lend tothe SHGs...
... possible, to improve incentives for the sustainable management of public forest and grazing areas Assistance to farmers in diversifying their cropping patterns to relieve the stress resulting from intensive ... number of food-insecure persons intheworld by half by the year 2015 A recent review of how well theworld is doing in attaining this objective showed the results to be disheartening The progress ... using data fromthe 1990s The numbers presented in Table 28.2 are long-run elasticities, showing the impact of a 1% increase in per capita income (from the specified income level shown at the top...
... drinking and breathing deadly? The principal subjects of this volume are of immense importance to humankind They are urgent matters in India, as contributions to this volume have shown, but they ... honored inthe breach, as are so many other human rights Around the world, thousands of person-years are devoted to finding ways to combine supply and demand factors, augmented by logistical and storage ... management is to achieve better and more secure lives for the human population, living in consonance with their environments rather than exploiting them Inthe latter two sections, contributors address...
... by the initial discussions fromthe Photovoice exercise The focus group participants shared the photographs amongst themselves and explained why they selected certain photographs and what they ... of the elements in Honneth’s theory Inthe present context, this type of framework is intended to guide the research and inform the research findings Such research may subsequently contribute to ... limitations inthe lives of urban refugees, including the aforementioned inability to legally work; P1: We are not allowed to work here It is difficult to pass the time doing nothing all day When we stop...
... workers indeveloping countries With a high proportion of deaths in these countries resulting from acute illness or injury, acute care surely should have a place inthe curriculum Competing interests ... specialists we can contribute to education in acute care as well as intensive care Initiatives such as the Global Healthcare Workforce Alliance [5] are currently working to minimize the deficiency of 4.3 ... Group (CCCCTG): Clinical review: Critical care medicine in china mainland Crit Care 2010, 14:206 Depasse B, Pauwels D, Somers Y, Vincent JL: A profile of European ICU nursing Intensive Care Med...
... making First, since thedeveloping country comes tothe bargaining table with markedly less experience in negotiating business ventures and less expertise inthe telecom industry in general, the ... companies recruiting an army of instructors to accompany the distribution of their laptops, to oversee the training of educators to use the technology in a productive, meaningful way? There are case ... technology (ICT) sector These joint projects are undertaken in an attempt to bring the benefits of technological efficiencies tothedeveloping world, taking advantage of the strengths and interests of...
... needed to mitigate this impact It brings together findings from two recently completed studies that can inform international policy dialogue, including the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs Their findings ... amount to an average of US $25 in low-income countries, US$ 50 in lower middle-income countries and US$ 139 in upper middle-income countries By contrast, findings fromthe second study by the WHO indicate ... disease to measures to prevent cervical cancer – bring the total annual cost to US$ 11.4 billion On a per-person basis, the annual investment ranges from under US$ in low-income countries to US$ in...
... taken up the account had it been offered to them, then the TOT estimate represents a 318 percentage point increase in savings level Another way to interpret the TOT is by comparing with the control ... itself, rather than from simply being offered the product These effects support the point estimates discussed above In order to calculate the Treatment on the Treated (TOT) effect the savings increase ... included inthe sample frame Due tothe family relationship, the individual was dropped fromthe analysis TYING ODYSSEUS TOTHE MAST 645 the Treatment on the Treated effect) Then, in equation...
... site to 20 y at other sites The rate of change in wood density from pith to bark determines the size of the juvenile wood zone and has a major effect on the uniformity of the wood within the bole ... ascertain the genetic control in time of transition from juvenile to mature wood in radiata pine, there may be an opportunity to select for a reduction in transition age and therefore decrease the ... transition age being the ring number which minimizes the mean squared error Since the transition age is unknown, the least squares procedure in SAS [33] was used to obtain estimates of the regression...