Healthcare/Health Issues/Public Health

World Health: An Overview and Articles on Health in Latin America


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Mobile Health Clinic, Guyana

Textual Resources will be placed on Reserve in the Saint Joseph College Pope Pius Library.

World Health: An Overview; Nakajima, Hiroshi, (Summer 2002), Macalester International, Vol. 11, pp 3 - 26

Health care, Stray Dogs and Discarded Shoes: A Respiratory Therapist's
Experience as a Health care Consultant to Guyana
; Hunter, Jeffrey, (1996), Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy, Vol.32, No. 1. pp. 11-15

Micronutrient Deficiencies in the English-Speaking Caribbean and in Guyana Author: unknown. (1998). Rev Panam Salud Publica/Pan Am/Public Health 4(5). pp. 367-370

Health Security and Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean;
Nef, Jorge, (Summer 2002), Macalester International, Vol. 11, ; pp. 95 -139

Web Resources

The Health Sector in Guyana: An In depth Account

Health Systems and Services Profile of Guyana

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Health Sector Reform Initiative (LACHSR); Health Systems Country Profile of Guyana

Women's Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
A Collaborative Research Initiative Background Papers and Summary Presentations

World Bank's website on Women's Health in Latin America and the Caribbean:
Click on "Background Papers for selected material on Guyana

Women's Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Life Span Portrait

Health and Human Development in Guyana

Health Status
Health and Nutrition Status
The Health Care System
Access and Equity
Policy Interventions in Health
Recommendations

See Section 3 on Health and Human Development in the Guyana Human Development Report, 1996


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