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Achieving health equity: from root causes to fair outcomes
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Presents the interim statement of the Commission on the Social Determinants of Health midway through its mandate. Sets out the Commission's vision and goals, the problems it seeks to ameliorate, and the intellectual foundation for a social determinants approach. Link requires PDF reader.
- Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
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AVERT
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Looks at the AIDS epidemic from a global and regional perspective, including its history and affected populations. Addresses common questions about HIV and AIDS and issues related to them. Includes information for teens and AIDS education resources.
- Source: AVERT
- From: International resource
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Canadian International Development Agency
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Supports sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world. Web site offers information about programs worldwide, including those that deal with HIV/AIDS.
- Source: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
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Canadian Society for International Health
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Advocates and facilitates research, education, and service activities in international health through the mobilization of Canadian resources. Coordinates improved travel health advice for Canadians abroad. Serves as the technical representative in Canada for the Pan American Health Organization.
- Source: Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH)
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Closing the health inequalities gap: an international perspective
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Presents an analysis of official documents on government policies to tackle inequalities in health from 13 developed countries. Establishes how countries define the problem, how they measure it, and the strategic approaches adopted to tackle it.
- Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
- From: International resource
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Fact sheets
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Provides access to information about HIV/AIDS and development programming issues, including education, gender, children, injection drug use, mother-to-child transmission, access to treatment in developing countries, human rights, and profiles of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in different regions around the world.
- Source: Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD)
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Family Health International (FHI)
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Discusses Family Health International, a non-profit international public health organization trying to meet the public health needs of the most vulnerable people in Africa. Describes the organization's projects: HIV/AIDS farming initiative, research on Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS, and youth reproductive health/HIV projects.
- Source: Family Health International (FHI)
- From: International resource
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Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training
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Promotes policy and reform with emphasis on integrated training and employment options for working age people with disabilities. Website includes information on special events and conferences worldwide.
- Source: Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training
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Global programme on health promotion effectiveness (GPHPE)
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Describes a multi-partner project co-ordinated by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education to raise the standards of health promoting policy-making and practice world-wide. Focuses on best practice principles, models and methods, taking regional and cultural diversity into consideration.
- Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
- From: International resource
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Health Canada, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety, Workplace Health and Public Safety Programme
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Gives links to bureaus within the Workplace Health and Public Safety Program: the Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit; Employee Assistance Services Bureau; Policy and Workplace Health Strategies Bureau; International Health Bureau; and Public Health Bureau. Notes how the Programme contributes to Canadians' health.
- Source: Health Canada
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