The Regional Committee will also review WHO's work in the Region from the previous year in a report presented by Dr Omi. [web.archive.org]

This paper presents a case study in which a culturally relativistic perspective was used to assess and intervene with a family living in poverty. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

But the MPs say: "Continued rapid population growth in today's poorest countries presents a serious barrier to meeting the millennium target of poverty reduction." [independent.co.uk]

• Poor Growth

  Growth and Inequality; Rural Poverty Reduction; Poverty Assessment Volume No: 1 of 1 Summary: The authors present new estimates of the extent of the developing world's progress against poverty. [web.archive.org]

• Malingering

  They also described being stigmatized as disabled for living with chronic ill health, and simultaneously stigmatized as shirking and malingering for claiming disability benefits as a result. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Poor Oral Hygiene

  Poor oral hygiene and disfiguring dental profiles lead to unemployability in many jobs, being shunned in the community, and being unable to function effectively. [ohchr.org]

• Dermatitis

  The disease is caused by a deficiency of niacin and is clinically characterized by the triad of dermatitis, diarrhoea and dementia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Denial

  But denial does not eliminate responsibility, nor does it negate obligations. [ohchr.org]

• Hyponatremia

  In multiple logistic regression analysis, pleural effusion, a higher CURB-65 score, hyponatremia, hyperglycaemia and poverty (being in the lower economic class) were identified as independent risk factors for in-hospital mortality in community-acquired [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

KEYWORDS: Central adiposity; Everyday unfair treatment; Neighborhood poverty; Perceived discrimination; Psychosocial stress [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The aim of this study was to investigate the socioeconomic and medical risk factors affecting the prognosis of acute pneumonia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

KEYWORDS: Aged; Ageing; Epidemiologic factors; Health status; Longitudinal studies; Models; Social determinants of health; Statistical [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Country/region Topic Period Budget Myanmar Education educationfacilities-training EDUCATION DISASTER PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS Education facilities and training Disaster prevention and preparedness 01.12.2015 - 31.07.2018 CHF 896'514 oPt, Enhancing [eda.admin.ch]

Disease prevention and treatment, as well as ensuring proper nutrition, is critical to ensure adequate cognitive and physical development. [feedthechildren.org]

More studies are required on the mechanisms that may account for the association, to find targeted and effective strategies to prevent short sleep duration in adolescents from families with unstable financial circumstances. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

End preventable deaths of newborns and children under five years of age. Double the global rate of energy efficiency improvements and increase renewable energy. End all forms of violence against children. [worldvision.com.au]