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The Global in Global Health is Not a Given [PDF]
The process of globalization is commonly espoused as a means for promoting global health. Efforts to “go global” can, however, easily go awry as a result of lack of attention to local social, economic, and political contexts and/or as a result of commercial and political imperatives that allow local populations to be exploited. Critical analysis of the
Mason, P, Kerridge, I, Lipworth, W
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Globalization and Global Health [PDF]
Globalization shrinks the world. The world watches on television people dying of hunger or in extreme poverty conditions. Every year, 8 million children die before they reach the age of 5 from preventable diseases. “Exotic illnesses” cease to be so exotic, they can cross borders easily.
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Since the end of the Cold War, globalization—the process and the idea—has been reshaping the world. Global studies scholarship has emerged to make sense of the transnational manifestations of globalization: economic, social, cultural, ideological ...
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Global Problems and Global Science [PDF]
Motivated by recent debates and policy decisions in the UK about bovine spongiform encephalopathy, genetically modified (GM) foods, embryonic stem cell research and other topics, my 2002 Anniversary Address dealt with ‘Science and Society’. Although some of the discussion was general––for instance, the changing nature of the landscape of scientific ...
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Globalization, Global Health, and Disaster [PDF]
The importance of Globalization and its effect on global health often becomes highlighted during disasters, as in the case of a large scale earthquake or the emergence of a new infectious disease. If a disaster occurs in low and middle income countries, such countries often do not have the capacity to handle an immediate response in terms of rescue ...
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The range of perspectives and original materials dealt with by each author highlights the renewed urgency of the struggle for cultural autonomy and voice within the context of globalization.
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GLOBALIZATION PHENOMENON AND GLOBALISM
This article describes the fact that in modern times the world has changed significantly as a result of the active integration of all aspects of the life of society that have occurred in the last hundred years and has become a holistic whole organism. As a consequence, it is stated that serious changes began to occur in the social consciousness of some
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The Globalization of Science Curricula [PDF]
Globalization; Science education; Science curricula; Large scale international assessments; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Survey; TIMSS; Policy borrowing; Curriculum reform; IEA Research for ...
Stacey, Oliver +6 more
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Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities [PDF]
Globalization is a multifaceted phenomenon. In this paper I seek to discern some of the challenges it poses, as well as some of the opportunities it offers.
Madison, G. B.
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ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker +11 more
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