Obstructed labour is an important cause of maternal deaths in communities in which
undernutrition in childhood is common resulting in small pelves in women, and in which …

In recent years the spread of diseases such as AIDS, SARS and avian flu has pushed health
issues towards the top of the international agenda. Such outbreaks have serious political …

In the 1980s, health was a marginal issue on the international political agenda, and it barely
figured into donor states' foreign aid allocation. Within a generation, health had developed a …

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Health security has become an integral part of global health after many epidemics, the latest
of which was the COVID-19 pandemic, from which the world is still suffering. The term …

The backdrop to the epidemics of the nineteenth century was the Industrial Revolution with
the rapid increase of the urban population, unsanitary settlements in the vicinity of factories …

In the early twenty-first century, key public health issues and challenges have taken centre
stage on the global scene, and health has been placed at the heart of our collective …

Tobacco has become one of the most widely used and traded commodities on the planet.
Reflecting contemporary anthropological interest in material culture studies, Anthropology of …

Background: Obstructed labor is the leading cause of hospitalization, comprising up to 39%
of all obstetric patients in developing countries. It is the single most important cause of …

Background: Obstructed labour accounts for 8% of maternal mortality in developing
countries. Obstructed labour is the single most important cause of maternal death and is one …