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BMC International Health and Human Rights is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to health and disease in developing and transitional countries, as well as all issues relating to the impact of health policies, programs and practices on human rights. BMC International Health and Human Rights (ISSN 1472-698X) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.



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BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:25
Women working in the Ecuadorian flower industry report a relatively high number of spontaneous abortions, highlighting a need for further investigation into the effects of employment in this industry on reproductive health.
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Nearly half of Bangkok intravenous drug users questioned claim to have had drugs planted on them by police, with a quarter saying they paid bribes to avoid arrest.
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The uptake and positive effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) within rural Tanzania is limited by discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS as a result of moral judgements about those with HIV within the community.


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Correspondence
The forsaken mental health of the Indigenous Peoples - a moral case of outrageous exclusion in Latin America
Mario Incayawar, Sioui Maldonado-Bouchard
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:27 (29October2009)
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Barriers to the effective treatment and prevention of malaria in Africa: A systematic review of qualitative studies
David M Maslove, Anisa Mnyusiwalla, Edward J Mills, Jessie McGowan, Amir Attaran, Kumanan Wilson
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:26 (25October2009)
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Employment in the Ecuadorian cut-flower industry and the risk of spontaneous abortion
Alexis J Handal, Sioban D Harlow
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:25 (8October2009)
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Reports of evidence planting by police among a community-based sample of injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand
Nadia Fairbairn, Karyn Kaplan, Kanna Hayashi, Paisan Suwannawong, Calvin Lai, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:24 (7October2009)
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Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort study: follow-up processes at 20 years
Susan Sayers, Gurmeet Singh, Dorothy Mackerras, Megan Lawrance, Wendy Gunthorpe, Lisa Jamieson, Belinda Davison, Kobi Schutz, Joseph Fitz
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:23 (24September2009)
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"Just like fever": a qualitative study on the impact of antiretroviral provision on the normalisation of HIV in rural Tanzania and its implications for prevention
Maria Roura, Alison Wringe, Joanna Busza, Benjamin Nhandi, Doris Mbata, Basia Zaba, Mark Urassa
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:22 (9September2009)
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Inequities in incidence, morbidity and expenditures on prevention and treatment of malaria in southeast Nigeria
Nkolika P Uguru, Obinna E Onwujekwe, Benjamin S Uzochukwu, Godwin C Igiliegbe, Soludo B Eze
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:21 (5September2009)
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Something old or something new? Social health insurance in Ghana
Sophie Witter, Bertha Garshong
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:20 (28August2009)
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Developing a health and human rights training program for french speaking Africa: lessons learned, from needs assessment to a pilot program
Philippe Chastonay, Axel Max Klohn, Vronique Zesiger, Franziska Freigburghaus, Emmanuel Kabengele Mpinga
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:19 (24August2009)
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The three main monotheistic religions and gm food technology: an overview of perspectives
Emmanuel B Omobowale, Peter A Singer, Abdallah S Daar
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:18 (22August2009)
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Reporting Iraqi civilian fatalities in a time of war
Schuyler W Henderson, William E Olander, Les Roberts
Conflict and Health 2009, 3:9 (6November2009)
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Pattern of pesticide storage before pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka
Fahim Mohamed, Gamini Manuweera, David Gunnell, Shifa Azher, Michael Eddleston, Andrew Dawson, Flemming Konradsen
BMC Public Health 2009, 9:405 (5November2009)
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Smoking prevalence trends in Indigenous Australians, 1994-2004: a typical rather than an exceptional epidemic
David P Thomas
International Journal for Equity in Health 2009, 8:37 (31October2009)
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Transparency in Nigeria's public pharmaceutical sector: perceptions from policy makers
Habibat A Garuba, Jillian C Kohler, Anna M Huisman
Globalization and Health 2009, 5:14 (29October2009)
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Two treatments, one disease: childhood malaria management in Tanga, Tanzania
Deshka Foster, Stacie Vilendrer
Malaria Journal 2009, 8:240 (27October2009)
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Validation of AIDS-related mortality in Botswana
Negussie Taffa, Julie C Will, Stephane Bodika, Laura Packel, Diemo Motlapete, Ellen Stein, Thierry H. Roels, Gail Kennedy, El-Halabi Shenaaz
Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009, 12:24 (24October2009)
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Survey of abuses against injecting drug users in Indonesia
Sara LM Davis, Agus Triwahyuono, Risa Alexander
Harm Reduction Journal 2009, 6:28 (24October2009)
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Financial access to health care in Karuzi, Burundi: a household-survey based performance evaluation
Sophie Lambert-Evans, Frederique Ponsar, Tony Reid, Catherine Bachy, Michel Van Herp, Mit Philips
International Journal for Equity in Health 2009, 8:36 (24October2009)
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Medication management and practices in prison for people with mental health problems: a qualitative study
Robert A Bowen, Anne Rogers, Jennifer Shaw
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2009, 3:24 (20October2009)
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Barriers to the care of HIV-infected children in rural Zambia: a cross-sectional analysis
Janneke H van Dijk, Catherine G Sutcliffe, Bornface Munsanje, Francis Hamangaba, Philip E Thuma, William J Moss
BMC Infectious Diseases 2009, 9:169 (16October2009)
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