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Nilce Mendoza
Nilce Mendoza

Why Do We Need a Presentation on Chagas Disease in Quechua?

Chagas disease is an illness that primarily affects the heart and the digestive system. It is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and is...

Communications, Chagas 30.12.2013
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Martine Vrijheid
Martine Vrijheid

The HELIX Exposome project, building a healthy picture

The ‘ exposome ’ concept was coined in 2005 by Chris Wild as the “totality of human environmental exposures from conception onwards,...

Environmental Health 23.12.2013
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Sudeep Chand
Sudeep Chand

Help! Where Has All the Money Gone for Health Care?

The OECD recently showed that one-third of rich countries cut back health spending since the financial crisis. If they can't afford it, what...

Policy & Global Development, Health Equity 18.12.2013
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Vanessa López
Vanessa López

Global Fund Replenishment Drive: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

In these challenging times, good news is the last thing we expect, especially when the news has to do with the economic resources available for...

Malaria, Policy & Global Development, Tuberculosis 13.12.2013
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Sheetal Sharma
Sheetal Sharma

How I Got My Mother-in-law to Care About My Health: Measuring Impact of Women’s Groups on Maternal Health in Nepal

The Safe Motherhood Initiative is 20 years old and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are reaching their ‘due-date’ (2015)! Too often...

Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health 10.12.2013
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Rafael Vilasanjuan
Rafael Vilasanjuan

Sin cooperación, un país a la deriva

¿Debemos destinar recursos públicos a cooperación internacional cuando no hay para dotar la ley de dependencia? Desde que empezó la crisis,...

Policy & Global Development 05.12.2013
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Cristina Ribas
Cristina Ribas

Communicating Scientific Research

Why should we communicate our research to audiences outside our own field? The question is not a new one and it is also being considered by...

Communications 04.12.2013

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