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Background Malaria in pregnancy has important consequences for mother and baby.
Coverage with the World Health Organization–recommended prevention strategy for …

Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent
chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy …

Gender inequality damages the health of millions of girls and women across the globe. It can
also be damaging to men's health despite the many tangible benefits it gives men through …

Development to a large extent determines the way in which hazards impact on people.
Meanwhile the occurrence of disasters alters the scope of development. Whilst a notion of …

Poverty is intrinsically related to the incidence of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The
main countries that have the lowest human development indices (HDI) and the highest …

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Globalization is a key context for the study of social determinants of health (SDH). Broadly
stated, SDH are the conditions in which people live and work, and that affect their …

Background As a result of changes in climatic conditions and greater resistance to
insecticides, many regions across the globe, including Colombia, have been facing a …

Dengue fever has gradually re-emerged across the global South, particularly affecting urban
areas of the tropics and sub-tropics. The dynamics of dengue fever transmission are …