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2011
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11500798
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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The overall aim of the tool is to enhance coherence between international obligations and commitments on human rights and gender equality, the national legal, policy and institutional frameworks, and their application in health sector strategies. .../...
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2011
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15200156
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CHF 15,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 10,50
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This report deals with women's health in the Western Pacific Region. It shows that women and girls have particular health needs that remain invisible and little understood and that health systems are failing them. .../...
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2011
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14600066
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CHF 22,50
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Developing countries
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CHF 15,75
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WHO Pakistan commissioned a rapid assessment with the primary objective of assessing the capacity of the health sector in Pakistan to integrate the issues of gender-based violence. This rapid assessment was conducted under the WHO Gender and Health Programme as part of the One UN Gender Equality Interventions. .../...
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2010
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11500788
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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The numbers of women who use tobacco and who are exposed to second-hand smoke, especially in poor communities, are expected to increase in the coming decades. This will have enormous adverse effects on households' financial status and family health. This monograph makes an important contribution to our scientific understanding of tobacco use among women. .../...
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2010
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11500790
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CHF 12,50
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CHF 8,75
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This discussion paper brings together evidence and experience from around the world focusing on making health systems more gender responsive. There is a need to examine the various barriers as well as opportunities in order to make health systems work better for women, which has been a special concern for several decades now, by using a gender equality and health equity perspective. .../...
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Acosta-Gnass, S.I., De Andrade Stempliuk, V.
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2009
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16300212
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CHF 20,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 14,00
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This updated sterilization manual informs health workers about the simple protocols and procedures that have been developed to prevent hospital-acquired infections both inside and outside the sterilization plant. The guidelines included in this manual show the steps to follow in cleaning, preparing, sterilizing, storing and transporting hospital equipment so as to obtain sterile material. .../...
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2009
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11500766
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CHF 15,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 10,50
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British Medical Association highly commends this book in the 2010 Medical Book Competition
This is a report on women and health - both women's health needs and their contribution to the health of societies. Women's health has long been a concern for WHO but today it has become an urgent priority. This report explains why. .../...
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2008
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11500724
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CHF 15,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 10,50
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Older people have often been overlooked in disasters and conflicts, and their concerns have rarely been addressed by emergency programs or planners. .../...
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2007
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11500722
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CHF 15,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 10,50
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This report summarizes the evidence about women, ageing and health from a gender
perspective and provides a framework for developing action plans to improve the
health and well-being of ageing women. It serves as a complement to a longer publication entitled Women, Ageing and Health: A Review. Focus on Gender. .../...
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2007
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17200091
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CHF 55,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 38,50
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Oral contraceptives for family planning worldwide have revolutionized the reproductive lives of millions of women since their introduction in the 1960s. Later on, a variety of side-effects including cardiovascular diseases was recognized. .../...
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2006
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15200095
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CHF 20,00
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CHF 14,00
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In 1996, the World Health Assembly declared violence "a leading worldwide public health problem" and Murray and Lopez reported that the global burden of injury from violence falls disproportionately on females of all ages. It is this nexus between violence as a key health issue and as a gender issue that is explored in this publication. .../...
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2006
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11500675
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CHF 50,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 35,00
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This Guide provides essential knowledge and skills needed by health care providers, at different levels of care, in order to offer quality services for prevention, early detection and screening, treatment and palliation of cervical cancer. The Guide presents guidelines and up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations covering the full continuum of care. .../...
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Ellsberg, M., Heise, L.
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2005
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11500589
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CHF 50,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 35,00
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This practical manual has been developed in response to the growing need to improve the quality, quantity, and comparability of international data on physical and sexual abuse. It outlines some of the methodological and ethical challenges of conducting research on violence against women and describes a range of innovative techniques that have been used to address these challenges. .../...
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2005
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15200070
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CHF 10,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 7,00
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This maternal death review has provided an in-depth analysis of all factors that relate to maternal deaths of seven provinces that represent seven geographical regions in Viet Nam. .../...
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2003
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16300012
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CHF 48,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 33,60
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In 1995 PAHO launched a project to address violence against women in Central America. Utilizing an integrated approach that calls for action at three levels - health and other sectors, the community, and national policy development - by the end of 2002, more than 150 community networks in 10 Latin American countries had been formed. .../...
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2002
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11500517
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CHF 23,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 16,10
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This publication is the product of a comprehensive consultation undertaken by WHO in 2001, involving leading experts in the field of cancer epidemiology, screening and treatment. .../...
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2001
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15200008
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CHF 7,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 5,60
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This manual provides a staged approach to develop and conduct a rapid assessment of adolescent health needs at the national level. A variety of methods and tools as options for data gathering follows a brief overview of adolescent health. .../...
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2001
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15200007
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CHF 15,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 10,50
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This publication is a compilation of country reports in the Western Pacific Region, depicting the status of women's health and covering topics such as gender, domestic violence, reproductive health, safe pregnancy, safe motherhood, unsafe abortion and women and HIV/AIDS.
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Bonita, R.
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1996
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19300086
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CHF 12,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 8,40
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Sets out a conceptual framework, supported by specific lines of action, that can guide efforts to improve the health of aging women in developed and developing countries alike. Global in its approach, the report identifies certain health needs shared by all aging women, discusses their determinants, and then shows how these needs can be met through cost-effective strategies. .../...
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Cook, R.J.
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1994
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11500412
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CHF 14,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 9,80
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Explores the ways in which international treaties on human rights can be used as a mechanism for improving the health of women. .../...
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Gómez, E.G.
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1993
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16100541
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CHF 56,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 39,20
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A multi-authored analysis of the ways in which factors linked to gender affect the health of women in Latin American and North American countries. .../...
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1992
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15800022
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CHF 7,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 4,90
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Analyses trends in the health and social status of women in South-East Asian countries, which account for one quarter of the world's population and more than half of the world's poor. The contribution of women to health care and socioeconomic development is also critically assessed, with particular attention given to the consequences of the worldwide economic recession. .../...
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1989
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Order Number
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19300001
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CHF 5,00
/ US$ 6,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 3,50
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Pizurki, H., Mejia, A., Butter, I., Ewart, L.
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1987
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Order Number
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11500274
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CHF 29,00
/ US$ 34,80
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Developing countries
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CHF 20,30
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1984
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Order Number
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16100464
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CHF 14,00
/ US$ 16,80
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Developing countries
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CHF 9,80
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1983
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Order Number
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16100448
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CHF 14,00
/ US$ 16,80
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Developing countries
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CHF 9,80
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