The Institute for Global Health and Development
Recent Submissions
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Efficacious, effective, and embedded interventions: Implementation research in infectious disease control
(BMC, 2008-10-01)Background Research in infectious disease control is heavily skewed towards high end technology; development of new drugs, vaccines and clinical interventions. Oft ignored, is the evidence to inform the best strategies ... -
Summary Measures of Population Health: Controversies and New Directions
(Oxford University Press, 2006)This chapter offers a critique of summary measures of population health status (e.g., disability-adjusted life years and health-adjusted life expectancies) that have been promoted by the WHO and other bodies as tools for ... -
AIDS and the stigma of sexual promiscuity: Thai nurses' risk perceptions of occupational exposure to HIV
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2009-04-14)This paper examines the culturally shaped meanings of AIDS and perceptions of accidental occupational exposure to HIV among a group of twenty nurses in Bangkok, Thailand. The findings are based on data collected as a part ... -
The Millennium Development Goals Fail Poor Children: The Case for Equity-Adjusted Measures
(Public Library of Science, 2009-04-28)