Documento - AI Bulletin Vol.12 No.19, 6 November 2009
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
NEWS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
AI Bulletin Vol.12 No.19, 6 November 2009
AI Index: ACT 84/019/2009
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Contents:
Amnesty International reports & statements
News articles
Children
Death Penalty
Food Security and Poverty
Health Services
Health Workers
HIV and AIDS
Malaria, TB and Other Diseases
Maternal Mortality
Mental Health
Refugees and Migrants
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Violence against Women
Water and Sanitation
Conferences/Courses
Publications
Amnesty International reports & statements:
6 November: Nicaragua: Amnesty International today expressed concern that the Nicaraguan Supreme Court continues to delay its judgment on the legality of new criminal laws on abortion which entered into force in 2008.
5 November: Cote D’Ivoire: Amnesty International today urged the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire to ensure that $45 million compensation paid by an oil trading company to victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in recent years reaches the people to whom it is owed.
3 November: Spain: The Spanish authorities need to reform the current system of investigating allegations of torture and other ill-treatment by security forces, Amnesty International has said in a new report published as the UN prepares to examine Spain’s record on the issue again.
28 October: Sudan: Amnesty International today said the Sudanese government was responsible for the death and ill-treatment of a prisoner who died from tuberculosis in police custody last week.
27 October: Palestine:Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies.
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/israel-rations-palestinians-trickle-water-20091027
23 October: Peru: The Peruvian Congress' has decided to stand by its proposal to decriminalize abortion in cases where women and girls become pregnant as a result of rape or incest. http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/peru-one-step-closer-legalising-abortion-20091023
23 October: Turkey: As refugees begin to leave the Mahmur camp in northern Iraq, Amnesty International has urged the authorities to allow Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin to return without harassment and discrimination.
Children:
Chile: Chile currently stands out for its spectacular progress in a number of health indicators, including maternal and child mortality and chronic malnutrition. But these successes obscure an acute social problem that refuses to yield: the steady rise in the number of teenage mothers. IPS(2 November): http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49106
Egypt: Despite a number of positive economic indicators, Egypt has a hunger problem: Nearly a third of all children are malnourished, according to a new report compiled by the Ministry of Health and the UN Development Programme (UNDP). IRIN(5 November): http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86893
International: More than five million children could be saved over six years if a comprehensive plan to tackle pneumonia is adopted worldwide, according to UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). UNICEF(1 November): http://www.unicef.org/media/media_51585.html
International: Diarrhea kills 1.5 million young children a year in developing countries — more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined — but only 4 in 10 of those who need the oral rehydration solution that can prevent death for pennies get it. New York Times (29 October): http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/world/30child.html?_r=1&ref=africa
International: Climate change is the biggest health threat to children in the 21st century and it represents an immediate global emergency, Save the Children has said. The Hindu(5 November): http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article43325.ece
Kenya:Shocking details have emerged on the extent to which school girls fall prey to sexual predators — their own teachers. Up to 12,660 girls were sexually abused by teachers over a five-year period, reveals a government report to be launched on Monday. Daily Nation(1 November): http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/680450/-/uokf2c/-/index.html
Lesotho: In this video, CNN's Nkepile Mabuse reports from Lesotho, where child traffickers prey on the young and the powerless. CNN(5 November): http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/11/05/lesotho.child.trafficking.cnn
USA: Federal officials rescued 52 children and arrested nearly 700 people over the last three days in a nationwide crackdown on child prostitution. Los Angeles Times(27 October): http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-child-prostitution27-2009oct27,0,2692854.story?track=rss
Death Penalty:
USA:Ohio was on track this year to execute a record number of inmates. One botched execution and several lawsuits later, the death penalty is temporarily on hold. The latest challenge: The state can't find medical professionals willing to advise it on the best way to put condemned inmates to death because of ethical and professional rules. ABC News(26 October):http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=8920999
Food Security and Poverty:
Guinea: Prices of rice, sugar, oil and other basic foods have risen sharply in the Guinea capital Conakry in the tense weeks following a deadly military crackdown on civilians. IRIN(27 October): http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86775
Haiti: With a food shortage crisis facing Haiti, the United States and the international community need to take swift action. Myrta Kaulard, the UN World Food Programme director in Haiti, took time yesterday to answer questions about the urgency of the situation. Examiner.com(28 October): http://www.examiner.com/x-16819-Global-Hunger-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Food-crisis-in-Haiti-an-interview-with-Myrta-Kaulard-of-the-World-Food-Programme
Rwanda: Rwanda may be among the first African countries to achieve the Millennium development Goal I, if it maintains or increases its pace in reducing food insecurity amongst its citizens. The New Times(6 November): http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=14071&article=22182
Syria: WFP pilots SMS food distribution. A new pilot project by the World Food Programme (WFP) in Syria has come up with a novel way of getting food aid to Iraqi refugees. WFP claims the project is a world first. IRIN (4 November): http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86872
International: After falling for decades, the number of hungry people in the world is rising again, and melting glaciers and falling water tables in some of the world's biggest grain-producing nations threaten to dramatically worsen the problem, food security experts said on Monday. Reuters(2 November): http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/60714/2009/10/2-170650-1.htm
Zambia:The World Food Programme (WFP) is currently facing challenges to continue its support to the school feeding programme, country director Pablo Recalde has disclosed. The Post (Zambia)(6 November): http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=1458
Health Services:
International:Lawmakers from 115 countries reaffirmed their support today to the principles and goals of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development and underlined the indispensable role of its Programme of Action in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. They also committed to supporting accessible and affordable health services that promote family planning, HIV prevention and the health and well-being of women and girls. UNFPA(28 October): https://www.unfpa.org/public/News/pid/4122
Uganda: Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country’s ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda’s medicine imports. IPS(6 November): http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49163
USA:The debate over health care for illegal immigrants continues to percolate in Congress despite the Obama administration’s efforts to put it to rest, with lawmakers in both houses also wrangling over how much coverage to provide for immigrants who have settled in the country legally. New York Times (4 November): http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/health/policy/04immig.html?ref=health
Health Workers:
Iran: The World Medical Association has urged national medical associations to speak out in support of the rights of patients and physicians in Iran and has called on Iran to respect the International Code of Medical Ethics. WMA(18 October): http://www.wma.net/en/40news/20archives/2009/2009_13/index.html
Kenya: A study conducted in rural Kenya demonstrates that task-shifting HIV treatment programmes from clinic staff to community health workers, specifically those living with HIV, is both feasible and acceptable, giving support for further exploration of this model and providing alternatives to the physician-centred approach. Aidsmap(6 November): http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/F153EECE-78EE-4BAF-8BD2-D064DD08A8A4.asp
USA: The state board responsible for licensing - and disciplining - psychologists in Louisiana is accused of turning a blind eye to serious allegations of abuse against one of its members, including complicity in beatings, religious and sexual humiliation, rape threats and painful body positions during his service as a senior advisor on interrogations for the U.S. military in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. IPS(2 November): http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49107
HIV/AIDS:
Botswana: The 2008 Botswana AIDS Impact Survey III reveals that the productive age group of 15-49 has been hit hardest by HIV/AIDS. The survey indicates that the age group accounts for about half of the 20,254 HIV/AIDS-related deaths in Botswana in the past 12 months. Mmegi Online(5 November): http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=6&dir=2009/November/Thursday5
Europe: The European Commission has adopted a new five year strategyto combat HIV and AIDS in the European Union and countries onits eastern border. Its key objectives are to reduce the numberof new HIV infections, improve access to preventive strategies,and raise the quality of life of people infected with the virus. BMJ(2 November): http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/339/nov02_2/b4521
India: By allowing people with HIV/Aids to enter the US after January 1, next year, President Obama is holding up to shame countries left behind in removing discrimination against people who are infected. The countries — and there are about a dozen of them — include India. Daily Nation(6 November): http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/682820/-/4pl1c3/-/
Mozambique: The number of people dying from or infected with HIV/AIDS has dropped significantly; the reasons behind this are an inspiring example of how a region can successfully work towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). IPS(31 October): http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49091
Russia: A top international HIV/Aids expert has told the BBC that the epidemic in Russia is now out of control. BBC News(28 October): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8329122.stm
South Africa:In a culmination of his party’s major shift on AIDS, a disease that has led to plunging life expectancies here, President Jacob Zuma last week definitively rejected his predecessor’s denial of the viral cause of AIDS and of the critical role of antiretroviral drugs in treating it. New York Times (1 November): http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/africa/01zuma.html?ref=africa
USA:Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated United States President Barack Obama for announcing that travel restrictions for people living with HIV from entering the country will be removed. UN News Centre (31 October): http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32799&Cr=hiv&Cr1=aids
Malaria, TB, and Other Diseases:
Africa:Encouraging the use of traditional African herbal medicines could prevent some of the one million malarial deaths on the continent, according to specialists attending a conference in Nairobi. IRIN (4 November): http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86866
India: India’s attempts to control measles have failed, publichealth experts told a national round table consultation lastweek, with the estimated number of annual deaths from the infectionstubbornly high at about 130 000. BMJ(3 November): http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/339/nov03_2/b4542
International: With HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis occupying the global health spotlight, few resources are devoted to the "neglected tropical diseases" like dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis that afflict some one billion people. Now, small medical companies in emerging economies offer real hope to bring innovative and affordable treatments, a new study has found. IPS(3 November): http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49115
International: Health organizations have joined forces to launch the first World Pneumonia Day, urging governments, donors and civil society to act to prevent and treat the world’s leading child killer. IRIN (2 November): http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86838
Pakistan:Until the Taliban were forced to flee by the military, the militant group’s deadly opposition to vaccination had been severely hampering efforts to make Pakistan a polio-free country in the foreseeable future. IPS(3 November): http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49118
Maternal Mortality:
India:India is falling behind other countries in meeting international commitments to improve obstetric care because it does not adequately monitor deaths and injuries in the critical period following childbirth and fix gaps in its health system and programs, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch (4 November): http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/04/india-reveal-truth-about-childbirth-deaths
International:Ending the needless death and suffering of women during pregnancy is one of the greatest moral, human rights and development challenges of our time, agreed more than 150 delegates that met here yesterday. UNFPA(27 October): https://www.unfpa.org/public/News/pid/4116
International: The target of slashing maternal mortality and ensuring universal access to reproductive health is the furthest from success of all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) the world set itself in 2000, a senior United Nations official has warned, calling for renewed political will, funding and international solidarity. UN News Centre (27 October): http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32731&Cr=reproductive+health&Cr1
Sudan:Sudan is one of the world’s more dangerous places for mothers, the top United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official there said today, calling for increased maternal care services. UN News Centre (27 October): http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32729&Cr=sudan&Cr1=
Mental Health:
Bosnia:It's been a long and involuntary round trip, but after almost two decades a group of Bosnian refugees with mental illnesses have finally returned to the security of the specialist medical facility they were forced to flee in 1992. UNHCR(23 October): http://www.unhcr.org/4ae179c96.html
UK:A leading mental-health charity has uncovered evidence that Britain's asylum system is putting the mental well-being of refugees at risk and further isolating them from society. Morning Star(5 November): http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/82857
Sexual and Reproductive Rights:
Colombia:Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights applauded the Colombian Constitutional Court’s decision which strongly reaffirms a woman’s right to seek an abortion in Colombia, a country which until 2006 had outlawed abortion under all circumstances. Center for Reproductive Rights(27 October): http://reproductiverights.org/en/press-room/center-praises-momentous-decision-in-abortion-case-in-colombia
Guinea Bisseau:Contraceptive use is on the rise in both urban and rural areas in Guinea-Bissau, as access to reproductive and infant healthcare improves and family planning messages start to sink in, say health officials and UN staff. allAfrica(28 October): http://allafrica.com/stories/200910290794.html
International: Parliamentarians from some 115 countries pledged to promote sexual and reproductive health as well as women’s rights to decide how and when they give birth, at a United Nations-backed gathering which wrapped up today. UN News Centre(28 October): http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32763&Cr=maternal+health&Cr1=
New Zealand: The Accident Compensation Corporation has backed off requiring sexual abuse victims to be diagnosed as mentally ill under an American diagnostic system to get counseling. New Zealand Herald(29 October): http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10606038
USA:House Democratic leaders, while insisting they have the finish line in sight on their $1 trillion plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, have hit a last-minute snag on perhaps the most divisive issue in domestic politics - abortion. The Baltimore Sun(4 November): http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/health-care/bal-te.health04nov04,0,631463.story
West Africa:Health Ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have called for the passage of safe abortion laws in member states as part of efforts to reduce the high maternal mortality rate (MMR) in the sub-region. Xinhua(27 October): http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/27/content_12341488.htm
Refugees and Migrants:
International:In an era where people are crossing borders in greater numbers seeking better opportunities, it is more vital than ever that States safeguard the rights of migrants, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a high-level gathering in Athens today. UN News Centre (4 November)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32835&Cr=migration&Cr1
International:Child migrants remain especially vulnerable to human rights abuses as they try, with or without their parents, to cross international borders in search of better lives, a United Nations independent expert has warned. UN News Centre (27 October): http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32746&Cr=migrant&Cr1
Violence Against Women:
Bolivia: Taking an active part in politics in Bolivia can be a hazardous undertaking. Hundreds of reports of violence against women participating in politics attest to the risk. And while attacks go unpunished, a bill designed to protect the rights of women occupying public office has spent almost a decade in Congress waiting to be approved. IPS(27 October): http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49024
Cameroon: A countrywide survey of the incidence of rape in Cameroon has returned disturbing statistics: 20 percent of the nearly 38,000 women surveyed reported having been raped; another 14 percent said they had escaped a rape attempt. IPS(4 November): http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49135
DRC: While medical and psychological care are being provided to survivors of sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 7,000 women and girls have been raped this year alone, UN and aid workers on the ground say the funding response has been too narrow, leaving key issues inadequately addressed.IRIN (4 November): http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86865
International: Survivors of human trafficking spoke at the U.N. recently as part of a new institutional effort to have their input on policymaking. Panelists said a major problem was not being seen as trafficking victims when they suffered their ordeals. Women’s eNews(2 November): http://www.womensenews.org/story/prostitution-and-trafficking/091030/trafficking-victims-at-un-highlight-need-recognition
Solomon Islands: A national policy on eliminating violence against women, now in its final developmental stages, will be officially launched by the end of next month. Solomon Times Online(19 October): http://solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=4615
Sudan: The U.S.-based group Physicians for Human Rights says Darfuri refugees sheltering in refugee camps in Chad are subject to ongoing sexual violence. The group is calling for more global awareness of the matter in the wake of the U.S. government's new policy on Sudan. VOA(30 October): http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-30-voa34.cfm
Zambia:A new campaign in Zambia backed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) calls for an end to gender-based violence, the second biggest scourge in the nation, following HIV and AIDS, according to the African nation’s leader. UN News Centre(30 October): http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32781&Cr=women&Cr1=violence
Water and Sanitation:
Indonesia: Thousands of survivors of an earthquake that devastated Indonesia's West Sumatra Province are still grappling with a lack of clean water and adequate sanitation more than a month after the disaster, relief workers say. IRIN(4 November): http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86873
Kenya: The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Tuesday, 3 November 2009 in Tunis, a loan of USD 123 million (Units of Account 77.92 million) to finance the Small Towns and Rural Water Supply and Sanitation project in Kenya. Relief Web(3 November): http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/HHVU-7XGH83?OpenDocument
Pakistan:Experts at a health sciences research symposium on Tuesday observed that poor quality of drinking water and inadequate sanitation coverage were the major national crisis, adversely impacting the well-being of people, particularly women and children. DAWN.com(28 October): http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/sci-tech/16-experts-explore-solution-to-water-sanitation-problems-hs-02
Uganda:UNHCR and its partners have been building protected water sources in northern Uganda to help ensure the sustainable return of thousands of people to their homes. UNHCR(4 November): http://www.unhcr.org/4af1b6556.html
Conferences:
2nd International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy
1-4 February 2010, UAE, Dubai
The 2nd ICDDT 2010 will highlight cutting-edge advances in all major disciplines of Drug Discovery and Drug Therapy. This four-day event will feature recent findings from leading industrial, clinical and academic experts in the field, in the form of lectures and posters. The 2nd ICDDT 2010 will be unique in promoting the translational nature of modern biomedical research, with an equal number of speakers/participants those who are basic scientists in drug discovery and those who are medical doctors associated with direct patient care and research. Two Nobel laureates will deliver keynote lectures at the conference. For further information see: http://www.icddt.com/
Geneva Health Forum 2010: Globalization, Crisis, and Health Systems: Confronting Regional
Perspectives
19-21 April 2010, Geneva
Health systems around the world are facing unprecedented challenges, many related to or exacerbated by globalization. The 2010 edition of the Geneva Health Forum aims to elucidate the global or transboundary issues that directly or indirectly influence health systems. It also aims to provide deeper insight into how health crises impact society as a whole. For more information visit: http://www.ghf10.org/reports/129
Women Deliver Conference 2010
Washington DC, 7-9 June 2010
Women Deliver 2010, a global conference to be held in Washington DC on June 7-9, will focus on the theme: Delivering solutions for girls and women. The conference will further prove that maternal and reproductive health needs to be a global priority, and it will move the dialogue to the global arena with two strong messages: (1) The MDGs will not be achieved without investing in women. (2) There is just enough time, if the world commits funding now, to achieve MDG5 — additional US$10 billion annually by 2010 and US$20 billion by 2015. For more information see: http://www.womendeliver.org/conference2010/index.htm
Publications:
Amnesty International, “Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Demand Dignity: Troubled waters - Palestinians denied fair access to water”, 27 October 2009. Available online at: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/israel-rations-palestinians-trickle-water-20091027
Anderson T, “International aid: Innovative financing of health care.” BMJ, 7 November 2009. Available online at: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/339/nov04_3/b4235
Children/Youth as Peacebuilders, “Vicious Circles: Sexual Violence Against Young People in Cambodia, Colombia and Northern Uganda”, 2009. Available online at: http://www.crin.org/violence/search/closeup.asp?infoID=21112
Cripps K, Bennett C M, Gurrin L C, and Studdert D M, “Victims of violence among Indigenous mothers living with dependent children”, MJA2009; 191 (9): 481-485. Available online at: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/191_09_021109/cri10621_fm.html
De Vos, P. Van der Stuyft, P, “The right to health in times of economic crisis: Cuba's way.” Lancet, 374 (9701):1575-6, 7 November 2009. Available online at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61920-6/fulltext
Chersich M F, Kley N, Luchters S, Njeru C, Yard E, Othigo M J and Temmerman M, “Maternal morbidity in the first year after childbirth in Mombasa Kenya; a needs assessment”,BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 9:51, 5 November 2009. Available online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/9/51/abstract
ECPAT International, “Report of the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children & Adolescents”, September 2009. Available online at: http://www.ecpat.net/WorldCongressIII/PDF/Publications/ECPATWCIIIReport_FINAL.pdf
Fang R, Kmetic A, Millar J, Drasic L, “Disparities in Chronic Disease Among Canada’s Low-Income Populations”, Prev Chronic Dis2009;6(4) - Volume 6: No. 4, October 2009. Available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2009/oct/08_0254.htm
Human Rights Watch, “Unbearable Pain: India’s Obligation to Ensure Palliative Care,” 28 of October, 2009. Available at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/10/28/unbearable-pain-0
Human Rights Watch, “Lost in Transit: Insufficient Protection for Unaccompanied Migrant Children at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport,” 27 October, 2009. Available at: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/10/29/lost-transit-0
Khan I, “The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights”, Amnesty International, October 2009. Available to order online at: http://www.theunheardtruth.com/
Libal K, Parekh S, “Reframing Violence Against Women as a Human Rights Violation: Evan Stark's Coercive Control”, Violence Against Women, 15 October 2009. Available online at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19834069
Marquez M. “Health-workforce development in the Cuban health system.” Lancet, 374 (9701): 7 1574-5. 7 November 2009. Available at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61919-X/fulltext
Mental Disability Advocacy Center, “An evaluation of progress towards inclusive education of children with disabilities in Bulgaria: one year after the decision of the European Committee of Social Rights in the collective complaint MDAC v. Bulgaria”, October 2009. Available online at: http://www.mdac.info/images/page_image/3_Nov_2009_MDAC_BHC_progress_report.doc
Ravallion M, “A Comparative Perspective on Poverty Reduction in Brazil, China and India”, The World Bank Development Research Group, Policy Research Working Paper 5080, October 2009. Available online at: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/10/15/000158349_20091015114049/Rendered/PDF/WPS5080.pdf
Rylko-Bauer B, Whiteford L, and Farmer P (Eds.), “Global Health in Times of Violence”, Published by SAR (School for Advanced Research) Press, 2009. Available online at: https://www12.ssldomain.com/schoolofamericanresearch/sarpress/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=122
Schoen C, Osborn R, Doty M, Squires D, Peugh J, Applebaum S, “A Survey Of Primary Care Physicians In Eleven Countries, 2009: Perspectives On Care, Costs, And Experiences”, Health Affairs, 28, no. 6 (2009). Published online 2 November 2009. Available online at: http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/28/6/w1171
Stöver H, Lines R and Thane K, “Harm reduction in European prisons: Looking for champions and ways to put evidence-based approaches into practice” in Old and New Policies, Theories, Research Methods and Drug Users Across Europe, by Demetrovics T, Fountain J, Kraus L (Eds.), 2009, Pabst, Lengerich/Berlin, 152 pages, ISBN 978-3-89967-583-2. Available to order online at: http://www.pabst-science-publishers.com/index.php?30&backPID=30&swords=Demetrovics&tt_products=116
WHO, “Global health risks: Mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major risks”, October 2009. Available online at: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GlobalHealthRisks_report_full.pdf
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