Health Sector Reform: How It Affects Reproductive Health
(June 2003) Many less developed countries are reforming their health systems in an effort to achieve public health goals more affordably and effectively.
Resource Type: Training Tool
Divers facteurs associés à la mortalité maternelle en Zambie
(Juin 2003) La difficulté d’accès aux centres de soins et la qualité médiocre des prestations de soins sont probablement deux des raisons pour lesquelles la Zambie connaît à l’heure actuelle une montée du niveau de la mortalité maternelle.
Diverse Factors Linked to Maternal Deaths in Zambia
By asoares
(2003) Poor access to health facilities and low-quality health care delivery may be among the reasons that Zambia is facing increasing levels of maternal deaths.
Small Successes, Big Ideas — Jamaica’s Adolescent Reproductive Health Focus
(2003) The successes are real, but they’re small compared to the task: reaching the half-million adolescents who form some 20 percent of this island’s 2.5 million population and enabling them to adopt healthier sexual lifestyles.
Épidémies émergentes en Chine : co-infections et populations mobiles
By asoares
(2003) Depuis 1979, début des gaige kaifang (réforme et ouverture), la Chine a pris le chemin de son intégration dans le système économique mondial, les investissements étrangers sur son territoire et l’exportation de ses produits dans le monde entier.
Paludisme au Cambodge : malgré un recul du nombre de cas, le taux de mortalité demeure élevé
By asoares
(2003) Selon l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), chaque année près de 300 millions de personnes sont atteintes du paludisme dans le monde, avec pour résultat plus d’un million de décès.
Diversity, Poverty Characterize Female-Headed Households
By asoares
(2003) About 8 percent of American households can be categorized as female-headed households with children, but there is significant variation in the share of female-headed households by race and ethnicity.
Spread of HIV Is Slowing in Cambodia
By asoares
(2003) In only 20 years, HIV/AIDS has developed into the most devastating epidemic the world has faced. Forty million individuals worldwide live with HIV/AIDS and millions more individuals, families, children, and communities affected by HIV/AIDS face multiple challenges.
The Female Condom: Women Control STI Protection
(2003) Although women make up almost half of all people infected with HIV worldwide and 58 percent in sub-Saharan Africa, they have limited options for preventing infection.
An Overview of Population and Development in Vietnam
At the time of the April 1, 1999 Census, the population of Vietnam stood at just over 76 million, making it the 13th largest country in the world.