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* Explains the issues and future challenges confronting healthcare systems * Equips the reader with the tools used in the international literature for analyzing these issues and challenges * Acquaints...

Health care associated infections affect between 5% and 30% of patients. The associated burden of disease is extremely high and is a significant drain on health-sector resources and households. Ensur...

This report on integrating mental health into primary care, which was developed jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization of Family Doctors (Wonca), presents the justif...

The global population is aging, and this important text explores the common health concerns that accompany male aging, particularly the effects of declining testosterone levels, or andropause. Here is...

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Jest to podręcznik do nauki specjalistycznego języka angielskiego przeznaczonego dla studentów kształcących się na kierunku zdrowie publiczne oraz dla osób zajmujących się taką problematyką i utrzymuj...

As nations seek to strengthen their health systems, they are increasingly looking to primary health care (PHC) to provide a clear and comprehensive sense of direction. The World Health Report 2008 ana...

In consideration of the increases in international travel and trade, and emergence and reemergence of international disease threats and other health risks, the Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly in 20...

This report sets out a current review of the health situation in the 52 countries in the WHO Europe region, focusing particularly on child and adolescent health and development issues. It examines the...

Spas are no longer a luxury item. Today they attract an ever-wider public including architects and interior designers, many of whom view these spaces as the new temples of the modern era. Far from bei...

This publication is a collection of texts which, on the one hand, shed some light on the origins and the evolution of health communication in Poland and, on the other hand, present the main interests ...

A contribution of health psychology and social science to an understanding of links between media images, lay representation of health issues and their implications for behaviour. The research aims to...

Obesity has been predicted to become the number one health problem worldwide in the next decade. Important progress has been made to discover the causes of obesity. In this volume, recent advances in ...

This illustrated brochure is a short introduction to the work and activities of the World Health Organization to improve the health of the world population.

"The 2006 World Health Report" focuses on the chronic shortages of doctors, midwives, nurses and other health care support workers in the poorest countries of the world where they are most needed. Thi...

After discovering that a healthy digestive system was integral to the health of all body systems, Dr. F. X. Mayr developed a specific program for diagnosing and treating a wide range of complaints whi...

This annual edition presents the most recent statistics since 1990 of over 80 health indicators for WHO's 193 Member States. This fourth edition includes an expanded set of over 76 key indicators and ...

This international report is the fourth from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, a WHO collaborative cross-national study, and the most comprehensive. It presents the key findin...

Helping you every step of the way Before You Travel all the information you need, from travel insurance and vaccinations to first-aid kits and medical supplies While You're Away details on diseases an...

Vitamins. My recipe for health is not the first book by Beata Peszko about Health and the natural ways to achieve it. The author writes not only as a professional - pharmacist, but also as a person sh...

An optimal supply of vitamins, minerals and trace elements can evoke a positive change in the biochemical and metabolic processes that take place in the body. The application of this knowledge has le...

In 2000, eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were established by UN member states as part of the Millennium Declaration, which included targets to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, to achiev...

This "Textbook of Integrative Mental Health Care" provides a comprehensive guide to integrative approaches used for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of common mental and emotional symptoms in ...

This updated statistical atlas presents key health figures for the WHO European Region. They cover basic data on populations, births, deaths, life expectancy and diseases, lifestyle and environmental ...

Many cityfied planners and managers erroneously adopt that pest-borne diseases are relics of the past. Since the mid-20th century, however, field changes in ecology, status and manlike activity hit pe...

Presents emerging and maturing radiation-generating technologies that will affect the health physics and radiation protection profession.

This book describes our current understanding of the transport of ions, amino acids, nucleosides, sugars, water and gases across the red blood cell membrane. It also outlines the necessary theoretical...

The scientific consensus is that climate change affects health through changing weather patterns (such as more intense and frequent extreme events) and indirectly through changes in water, air, food q...

Stem Cell Biology in Health and Disease presents an up-to-date overview about the dual role of stem cells in health and disease. The Editors have drawn together an international team of experts provid...

Prominent international researchers contributed to this volume of reports advancing the study of brain function and morphology. Comprising investigations in several areas of neuroscience, the book inc...