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Whale sharks of the western Caribbean: an overview of current research and cnservation efforts and future needs for effective management of the species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are seasonal visitors to four sites in the Western Caribbean, 3 of which are encompassed by the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.
Graham, Rachel T.
core   +2 more sources

Public spending on health care in Africa: do the poor benefit?

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization
Health care is a basic service essential in any effort to combat poverty, and is often subsidized with public funds to help achieve that aim. This paper examines public spending on curative health care in several African countries and finds that this ...
F Castro-Leal, J Dayton, L Demery
doaj   +1 more source

Colorectal cancer in an Eastern Caribbean nation: are we missing an opportunity for secondary prevention?

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022
Objective. To establish whether there was any difference in disease stage in patients with screening-detected colorectal cancer (CRC) in a Caribbean country. Methods. The mode of presentation (elective vs.
Shamir O. Cawich   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cut loose in the Caribbean : neoliberalism and the demise of the Commonwealth sugar trade [PDF]

open access: yes
This article focuses on the way the Anglophone Caribbean succumbed to the overhaul of the European Union sugar trade and how these countries have attempted to restructure their economies in its wake. We show how the protagonists of reform gave a sense of
Richardson, Ben   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Regional governmentality: neoliberalization and the Caribbean community single market and economy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Formally launched on 30 January 2006, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) is, like many other regional economic initiatives, designed to create an economic space in which the uninhibited flow of goods, capital and skills ...
Newstead, C
core   +1 more source

Civil society promoting government accountability for health equity in the Caribbean: The Healthy Caribbean Coalition

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2020
Achieving health equity and addressing the social determinants of health are critical to attaining the health and health-related targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals.
Trevor A. Hassell   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Islands of data: cultivating an open data landscape for sustainable development in the Caribbean

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública
The widespread digitization of information, advances in data processing and the emergence of internet-connected devices have led to a proliferation of data, often loosely referred to as big data.
Ian R. Hambleton, Selvi Jeyaseelan
doaj   +1 more source

The Repository for Caribbean Cancer Publications (ReCCaP): Database Development and Publication Trends 2004–2019

open access: yesCancer Management and Research, 2021
Kimberly Badal, Moesha Moore, Mikhail Thomas Caribbean Cancer Research Initiative, Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoCorrespondence: Kimberly BadalCaribbean Cancer Research Initiative, 17 Alcazar St, Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoEmail kimberly ...
Badal K, Moore M, Thomas M
doaj  

The Caribbean Region [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
Abstract The result of a major international effort involving authors and organizations from 13 countries, this volume summarizes the complex geology and tectonic evolution of the Caribbean plate and its relation to the adjacent North American, South American, Nazca, and Cocos plates.
openaire   +1 more source

Global and Regional Temporal Changes in Cross‐Country Inequalities of Site‐Specific Osteoarthritis Burden, 1990 to 2021

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study examined the global and regional temporal changes in cross‐country inequalities of site‐specific osteoarthritis (OA) burden from 1990 to 2021. Methods Age‐standardized years lived with disability rates (ASYRs) for site‐specific OA across 204 countries and territories were obtained from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and ...
Haowei Chen   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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