determinantes
Estufas ecológicas empoderan a mujeres indígenas
El día amanecía sobre las tierras indígenas y Delma Gonçalves, de 41 años, llevaba ya dos horas de caminata hacia el lugar donde ella y el resto de las habitantes de su asentamiento recogían leña. El viaje de vuelta sería aún peor: bajo el ardiente sol, transportaría un haz de leña de 20 kilos sobre [...]
4 Ministros discutirán sobre Agua y Saneamiento Rural en Perú
Agua y Saneamiento Rural será motivo de discusión intersectorial con la participación de los Ministros de Vivienda, Construcción y Saneamiento, Salud, Educación y Desarrollo e Inclusión Social del Perú. En esta ocasión se presentarán los Alcances, Avances y Desafíos del Programa Nacional de Saneamiento Rural (PNSR).
Health In All Policies
Summary of the Experiences of the Americas The 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion 2013, Helsinki, Finland, 10 to 14 of June The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) – along with the Ministries of Health of the region and PAHO’s national offices – designed an instrument for gathering and systematizing national, state and local experiences on [...]
Environment and human health
Joint EEA-JRC report European Environment Agency, 2013, European Union, 2013 “… This report outlines a number of environmental issues with a direct influence on people’s health and well-being and is a follow-up and update to the 2005 EEA/JRC report.
Why are we failing to promote physical activity globally?
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2013 Philipe de Souto Barreto
Education for childhood obesity prevention: A life course approach
International Journal of Obesity, June 2013 Proceedings of the Second Pan American Conference on Obesity with special attention to childhood obesity and a workshop ‘Education for childhood obesity prevention: A life-course approach’ at PACO II
State of the World’s Mothers 2013
Save the Children, 2013 Surviving the First Day The birth of a child should be a time of wonder and celebration. But for millions of mothers and babies in developing countries, it is a dance with death.
Effect of a conditional cash transfer programme on childhood mortality
A nationwide analysis of Brazilian municipalities The Lancet, 2013 Davide Rasella, Rosana Aquino, Carlos AT Santos, Rômulo Paes-Sousa, Mauricio L Barreto
The life course: challenges and opportunities for public health research
International Journal of Public Health, 2013 Matthias Richter, David Blane
Special Section on Equity in Health Systems
Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH), February 2013
Grant opportunities from the Gates Foundation & partners
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its funding partners in the Grand Challenges family of grant programs are inviting innovators to apply for three new grant opportunities.
Addressing the Gaps in Global Policy and Research for Non-Communicable Diseases
Policy Briefs from the NCD Working Group – 2012 The Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and the Study of Business Enterprise at the Johns Hopkins University Louis Galambos & Jeffrey L. Sturchio, Editors
