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Population-wide weight loss and regain in relation to diabetes burden and cardiovascular mortality in Cuba 1980-2010
Repeated cross sectional surveys and ecological comparison of secular trends BMJ, 2013 It was recognised early in the course of the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes that variation in the prevalence of the disease among populations could be explained largely by relative weight. This observation is supported by survey research from virtually every country [...]
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.
The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington; March 2013 The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy provides an overview of the reasons why the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) is an essential tool for evidence-based health policymaking and summarizes the main findings of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and [...]
Superfood For Babies
How overcoming barriers to breastfeeding will sabe children’s lives The Save the Children Fund, 2013 In the last two decades there has been huge global progress in reducing child mortality. Five million fewer children died in 2011 than in 1990. The world is nearing a tipping point, the time at which the eradication of [...]
Seminario sobre Vigilancia de la Muerte Fetal, Infantil y Materna en Brasil
El seminario tiene como objetivos: Difundir estudios y productos relevantes de la reciente experiencia brasileña de vigilancia de la muerte fetal, infantil y materna y su impacto en la mejoría de los Sistemas de Información en Salud Nacionales. Discutir los medios para su mayor difusión en los países de las Américas, incluyendo una publicación web [...]
Financing Global Health 2011: Continued Growth as MDG Deadline Approaches
Seattle, WA: IHME – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Launch of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study results 2010
The Lancet – Published Dec 13, 2012 – Vol 380
Escolares son más afectados por la desnutrición en Guatemala
Informe de OPS sitúa al país con indicadores bajos Casi la mitad de la población estudiantil presenta problemas de desnutrición crónica
Maternal hemoglobin concentration and adverse pregnancy outcomes at low and moderate altitudes in Peru
The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, July 2012 Gustavo F. Gonzales, Vilma Tapia, Manuel Gasco, Carlos E. Carrillo
An update of ‘The Neglected Crisis of Undernutrition: Evidence for Action’
DFID – Octubre 2012 DFID’s paper ‘The Neglected Crisis of Undernutrition: Evidence for Action’ (2009) provided a comprehensive literature review on the causes, consequences and potential actions to resolve maternal and child undernutrition.
La mortalidad infantil se redujo a más de la mitad en diez años, pero persisten las disparidades entre países de las Américas
En el Día Universal del Niño, la OPS/OMS llama a redoblar esfuerzos para lograr una mejora en la salud integral de los niños
