London 2001 Conference abstracts: A. Stolkiner

Alicia Stolkiner and research team PT48 UBACyT Research and Health Policies: including the social actors in research Institution: Secretariat of Science and Technology of the Buenos Aires University Address: Conde 665 (cp1426) Buenos Aires, Argentina. Phone / Fax: (54-11) 4555-7365 E-mail Introduction I am grateful for this opportunity to participate in this meeting with you.Continue reading “London 2001 Conference abstracts: A. Stolkiner”

Human Right to Health, by David Werner

David Werner Insuring the necessary resources for the human right to health: national and international measures Address to the Global Assembly on “Advancing the Human Right to Health” Iowa City, Iowa, April 20-22, 2001 In the 1940s, the United Nations declared Health a Basic Human Right. The World Health Organization was created to help makeContinue reading “Human Right to Health, by David Werner”

People’s Charter for Health / People’s Health Assembly

People’s Health Assembly 4-8 December 2000 in Bangladesh Introduction In 1978, at the Alma-Ata Conference, ministers from 134 members countries in association with WHO and UNICEF declared “Health for All by the Year 2000” selecting Primary Health Care as the best tool to achieve it. Unfortunately, that dream never came true. The health status ofContinue reading “People’s Charter for Health / People’s Health Assembly”

Allyson M Pollock and David Price, The WTO & privatisation of health care systems

Allyson M Pollock, David Price Rewriting the regulations: how the World Trade Organisation could accelerate privatisation in health-care systems Lancet 2000; 356: 1995-2000 Health Policy and Health Services Research Unit, School of Public Policy, University College London, London WC1H 9EZ, UK Correspondence to: Prof Allyson M Pollock Allyson M Pollock, David Price The World TradeContinue reading “Allyson M Pollock and David Price, The WTO & privatisation of health care systems”

Sue Kerrison and Alison MacFarlane (editors), Official Health Statistics: an Unofficial Guide

Sue Kerrison and Alison MacFarlane, editors Official Health Statistics: an Unofficial Guide ISBN: 034073132X Arnold Publishers, 2000 CONTENTS: Chapter 1 SETTING THE SCENE The government statistical service and the collection of official health statistics Susan Kerrison and Alison Macfarlane Chapter 2 SURVEYING THE POPULATION Health topics in censuses and surveys Mary Shaw, Danny Dorling andContinue reading “Sue Kerrison and Alison MacFarlane (editors), Official Health Statistics: an Unofficial Guide”

Ana Costa, Edgar Hamman-Merchan y Debora Tajer (compiladores), Salud, equidad y genero

Ana Costa, Edgar Hamman-Merchan y Debora Tajer compiladores “Salud, equidad y genero. Un desafio para las politicas publicas” Editado por ABRASCO, ALAMES y la Editora de la Universidad de Brasilia, Solicitar libro a ALAMES El libro es el resultado de los trabajos presentados, durante el I Encuentro Latinoamericano “Salud, Equidad y Genero. Un Desafio paraContinue reading “Ana Costa, Edgar Hamman-Merchan y Debora Tajer (compiladores), Salud, equidad y genero”

Vicente Navarro, Assessment of the World Health Report 2000

Assessment of the World Health Report 2000 Lancet 2000; 356: 1598-601 Public Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University, USA-Pompeu Fabra University, Spain (Prof V Navarro MD); School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N Broadway, Room 448, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Correspondence to: Prof Vicente Navarro, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA VicenteContinue reading “Vicente Navarro, Assessment of the World Health Report 2000”

Celia Sarduy Sánchez, Ada Caridad Alfonso Rodriguez, Género: Salud y Cotidianidad

Sarduy Sánchez, Celia / Alfonso Rodriguez, Ada Caridad Género: Salud y Cotidianidad. Temas de actualidad en el contexto cubano Editorial Cientifico-Técnica, La Habana, 2000 ISBN 959-05-0258-x Instituto Cubano del Libro Editorial Cientifico-Tecnica Calle 14 no 4104, entre 41 y 43, Playa, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba Índice Prólogo Mayda Álvarez Suárez Presentación Adá C. AlfonsoContinue reading “Celia Sarduy Sánchez, Ada Caridad Alfonso Rodriguez, Género: Salud y Cotidianidad”