Search
Enclose phrases in double quotes ("").
User loginNavigationGlobal Health PodcastsClick below for global health podcasts from UNICEF You may need software such as iTunes or Juice to hear these podcasts. Book Club 20% discount on Oxford University Press texts to all members. From Oxford Handbooks to the latest global public health and tropical medicine publications, click here to visit the book club.  Who's new
Working Group |
Health (Eldis)
 One of the Eldis RSS newsfeeds on major development issues
URL: http://www.eldis.org
Updated: 8 weeks 6 days ago Understanding the links between ill-health and povertyIt is widely recognised that ill-health is one of the most serious challenges that many individuals, households and families have to face. But there is ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Persisting rural poverty in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) regionPoverty in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA) is mainly a rural phenomenon. Almost half (48%) the area's population lives in rural ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Monitoring and evaluation training for nutrition related programmesMonitoring and evaluation is an essential part of all projects and programmes. This manual has been designed to assist facilitators to train development ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
It's all in our head: health status linked to subjective socioeconomic statusIs a persons' health status better predicted by their subjective or objective socioeconomic status? This article examines this question and finds ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
A look at monitoring and evaluation in population, health and nutrition programsThis guide presents a mini-course which looks at the basics of programme monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the context of population, health, ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
How to use interactive drama to address young people's sexual and reproductive healthDrama and creative interaction can be a good way to draw out discussion and reflection on areas that are taboo, personal or difficult to share. This ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Mobilising communities on young people's health and rights: an advocacy training guideThe international community and many national governments have endorsed young people's rights to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Community advocacy for young people's health and rights: a toolkit for programme managersThe international community and many national governments have endorsed young people's rights to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Are countries on track to achieve the MDG sanitation target?This report details global progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for drinking water and sanitation, and what these trends suggest ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
How to construct compost-producing toiletsMost of the rural population of Africa does not have access to safe and reliable toilets. A good toilet, together with a safe reliable water supply and ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Calls to prioritise mental health care for the elderly in IndiaSpecial healthcare needs of the aged will have to be addressed by healthcare systems across the world. For older people, mental health conditions are ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
How an ageing HIV population is growingAlmost 27% of all people living with AIDS in the United States are aged over 50. Heterosexual sex is emerging as the current dominant mode of transmission. ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Is dementia in developing countries more widespread than previously thought?Studies have suggested that the prevalence of dementia is lower in developing than in developed regions. This paper investigates the prevalence and severity ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Consumer price subsidies and nutrition: results from two Chinese provincesMany developing countries use food price subsidies or price controls to improve the nutrition of the poor. However, subsidising goods on which households ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
As food prices increase, food aid hits a record lowThe 2008 edition of the annual Food Aid Flows report provides a comprehensive view of trends in global food aid, which include food aid deliveries by ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
How to address school development issues through activities and trainingThis toolkit outlines activities and training methods to address problems that affect school attendance and development in Cambodia. The toolkit is ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Does dietry diversity indicate womens' dietry quality?: evidence from rural BangladeshIn developing countries, where low-quality, monotonous grain- and tuber-based diets are the norm, the risk for micronutrient deficiencies is high, ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Health statistics from the World Health OrganisationThis report presents the most recent health statistics for the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s 193 Member States. This fourth edition includes ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Governments and donors must do more to improve nutrition of women and childrenCurrent high world food prices serve as a reminder of the vulnerability of large parts of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to hunger and undernutrition. ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
An active ageing policy offers a strategy for the prevention of falls in older ageFalls and consequent injuries are major public health problems that often require medical attention worldwide.This report looks at statistics, and the ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines
Alma Mata is a not-for-profit organisation for those interested in further education, research and careers in global health.
Content edited by Alma Mata Network ©Alma Mata Global Health Network 2005-8 
|