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Global public health: a scorecard
Lancet, The, 2008Global health is attracting an unprecedented level of interest. In this paper, we summarise recent trends and identify the unfinished and new agendas in global public health. We propose a global public health scorecard as a simple way to assess progress and suggest actions by public health practitioners and their organisations for improving the ...
Ruth Bonita, Robert Beaglehole
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Public and global engagement with global health
The Lancet, 2013Global health is widely regarded as being grounded in public and global engagement. But much of the process of global health is dominated by Northern institutions, expert groups, think-tanks, high- ...
Peter, Friberg +6 more
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Periodontal health and global public health
Periodontology 2000, 2012AbstractChronic diseases are a growing burden to people, to health‐care systems and to societies across the world. The rapid increase in the burden of chronic diseases is particularly prevalent in the developing countries. Periodontal disease is one of the two most important oral diseases contributing to the global burden of chronic disease.
Petersen, Poul E, Baehni, Pierre C
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2009
This chapter explores the social patterning of health and illness at a global level. The most severe health inequalities that exist today exist between counmes not within them, and so much so, that your chances of illness, disability, and premature death vary greatly depending upon your country of residence.
Broom, Alex, Germov, John
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This chapter explores the social patterning of health and illness at a global level. The most severe health inequalities that exist today exist between counmes not within them, and so much so, that your chances of illness, disability, and premature death vary greatly depending upon your country of residence.
Broom, Alex, Germov, John
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Global oral health in the framework of the Global Charter for the Public’s Health
Journal of Public Health Policy, 2018Oral diseases are a neglected epidemic affecting all ages globally and can substantially impact overall health and well-being. Even though most oral diseases are preventable and share major risk factors with other non-communicable diseases, integration of oral health into public health systems is still limited in both clinical and health policy ...
Lee, Hyewon +3 more
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Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 2006
The context of the conference presentation that gave rise to this article was the importance of veterinarians becoming more engaged in the public-health challenges of today. During the presentation, I sought to point out some of the pressing reasons why.
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The context of the conference presentation that gave rise to this article was the importance of veterinarians becoming more engaged in the public-health challenges of today. During the presentation, I sought to point out some of the pressing reasons why.
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Globalization and Global Public Health
2015In providing a social scientific account of the WHO’s reaction to H1N1, the organization’s self-proclaimed role as a coordinator of ‘global health’ is key to explaining its decision-making process. The global health paradigm, which replaced earlier conceptualizations of ‘international health’, was fundamental to the WHO’s management of H1N1.
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The changing global context of public health
The Lancet, 2000Future health prospects depend increasingly on globalisation processes and on the impact of global environmental change. Economic globalisation--entailng deregulated trade and investment--is a mixed blessing for health. Economic growth and the dissemination of technologies have widely enhanced life expectancy.
A J, McMichael, R, Beaglehole
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Global Public Health: Targeting Inequities
JAMA, 1998THE COURSE OF global public health in this century can be summarized in 4 words: spectacular accomplishments, spectacular inequities. Progress has been so dramatic that more improvements in the health status of people worldwide have occurred during the 40year lifetime of a child born in 1958 than were accomplished during the “entire previous span of ...
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