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Giving Myanmar's displaced their land back
The Norwegian Refugee Council and Displacement Solutions have produced the report "Addressing Myanmar's Unsettled Restitution Gap" to advocate and help find ways for displaced people in Myanmar to be able to return home and recover their property and pos...sessions.
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This study complements the growing amount of research on the psychosocial impact of war on chil-dren in Sierra Leone by examining local perceptions of child mental health, formal and informal care systems, help-seeking behaviour and stigma
Yoder et al. Int J Ment Health Syst (2016) 10:48 DOI 10.11...86/s13033-016-0080-8
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At least half of the world’s population does not have full coverage of essential health services. Health expenses push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty each and every year, forcing them into terrible choices that no one should ever have to make: Buy medicine or food? Education or ...health care? These stark statistics make the case for universal health coverage compelling.
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Policy Brief
published: 16 March 2018 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00069
The Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) is a user-friendly guide for policy- and decision-makers at national and local levels to: identify and analyse inequities in health between people living in various parts of cities, or belonging to different socioeconomic groups with...in and across cities; facilitate decisions on viable and effective strategies, interventions and actions that should be used to reduce inter- and intra-city health inequities.
Also available in French and Spanish: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/79060
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National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
Accessed: 08.10.2019
Research Article
PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0169530 February 16, 2017
PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183180 October 9, 2017
PLOS Medicine | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002514 March 1, 2018
The report is geared towards mayors, local government officials and city policy planners.It highlights key areas where city leaders can tackle the drivers of NCDs, including tobacco use, air pollution, poor diets and lack of exercise, and improve road safety.
From anti-tobacco actions in Beijing a...nd Bogor, to road safety initiatives in Accra and Bangkok, a bike sharing scheme in Fortaleza, and actions to create walkable streets for seniors that have reduced elderly pedestrian deaths by 16% in New York City, the report aims to share knowledge between urban policy planners.
Of the 19 case studies cited, 15 are from developing countries, where 85% of premature adult deaths through NCDs take place, and over 90% of road traffic fatalities are recorded. You can download the case studieson the website https://www.who.int/ncds/publications/tackling-ncds-in-cities/en/.
Over 90% of future urban population growth will be in low or middle-income countries, and seven of the world’s 10 largest cities are in developing countries.
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Le Sénégal a réalisé des Enquêtes Démographiques et de Santé (EDS) en 1986, 1992, 1997, 2005, et 2010-2011. Au sortir de l’édition de 2010-2011, le pays s’est engagé dans la mise en œuvre d’un programme d’enquêtes dont la périodicité de collecte de données est ramenée à un an... (EDScontinue). C’est ainsi que la première phase a été réalisée en 2012-2013 et celle de 2017 est la cinquième. L’EDS- Continue comporte un volet traitant de la production d’indicateurs sociodémographiques et sanitaires (volet ménages) et un autre qui apprécie la disponibilité des ressources matérielles et humaines ainsi que la qualité des soins offerts par les services de santé aux populations (volet établissements de santé).
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Der Praxisleitfaden »Gefluechtete LGBTI-Menschen« soll Asyl- und Migrationsfachpersonen im Umgang mit LGBTI-Asylsuchenden unterstuetzen – das sind Menschen, die aufgrund ihrer sexuellen Orientierung, Geschlechtsidentitaet, Geschlechtsmerkmale und/oder ihres Geschlechtsausdrucks aus ihrer Heimat ...gefluechtet sind. Diese Asylsuchenden sind besonders verletzlich und auch in der Schweiz leider noch immer mit Diskriminierung konfrontiert. Die Broschuere richtet sich aber auch an Mitarbeitende in den LGBTI-Organisationen, um die Integration der Gefluechteten in die lokalen LGBTI-Communities zu erleichtern, sowie an alle Menschen, die sich fuer dieses Thema interessieren.
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Le gouvernement du Bénin a engagé le processus de mise en oeuvre du RAMU dans le but d’améliorer l’accessibilité fi nancière des populations à un paquet de base de soins de santé de qualité. Commencées en 2008, la réflexion, la préparation et la mise en oeuvre du RAMU au Bénin ont fa...it émerger des défi s et des questions divers au sein des acteurs impliqués dans le processus. Ces acteurs qui se retrouvent tant aux niveaux international, national et opérationnel, que dans les secteurs gouvernemental, non-gouvernemental et privé sont la cible principale de cette publication.
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This guide has been written to provide information and practical advice on developing and delivering local plans an strategies to commission the most effective and efficient older people’s mental health services.Based upon clinical best practice guidance and drawing upon the range of available evi...dence, it describes what should be expected of an older people’s mental health service in terms of effectiveness, outcomes and value for money.
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