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A foundation's view of WHO's urban health research agenda. [PDF]
Hausmann-Muela S.
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Urban Poverty and Health in Developing Countries: Household and Neighborhood Effects [PDF]
In the U.S. and other high-income countries, where most of the population lives in urban areas, there is intense scholarly and program interest in the effects of household and neighborhood living standards on health.
Mark R. Montgomery, Paul C. Hewett
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ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Pennies, priorities, and people pressures--can planning in an urban health department help?
J E Finley
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Cities, urbanization and health [PDF]
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
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Dietary Intake and Health Outcomes among Young Children Attending 2 Urban Day-care Centers [PDF]
Kay Stearns Bruening+3 more
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ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in a large Brazilian city
This study evaluated the working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, focusing on two-hundred-fifty patients with steady employment and treated at the University Hospital (HC-FCM/Unicamp): 98% were working-age and 77.
Maria Elena Guariento+2 more
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CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS HEALTH CARE IN URBAN SLUMS OF LAGOS-STATE IN NIGERIA
Bolaji Samson Aregbeshola+2 more
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