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BMC International Health and Human Rights is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in health care in developing and transitional countries, and all issues relating to health and 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 2008, 8:4
The neonatal mortality rate in Northern Vietnam is four times higher than official figures, highlighting the need for improved reporting systems to ensure adequate investment in perinatal health programs.


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A multilevel analysis of effect of neighbourhood and individual wealth status on sexual behaviour among women: evidence from Nigeria 2003 Demographic and Health Survey
Olalekan A Uthman, Eugene J Kongnyuy
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:9 (27June2008)
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Mental health of returnees: refugees in Germany prior to their state-sponsored repatriation
Ulrike von Lersner, Ulrike Wiens, Thomas Elbert, Frank Neuner
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:8 (12June2008)
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Self-rated health among Mayan women participating in a randomised intervention trial reducing indoor air pollution in Guatemala
Esperanza Daz, Nigel Bruce, Dan Pope, Anait Daz, Kirk R Smith, Tone Smith-Sivertsen
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:7 (5June2008)
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Health and lifestyle of Nepalese migrants in the UK
Pratik Adhikary, Padam P Simkhada, Edwin R van Teijlingen, Amalraj E Raja
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:6 (23May2008)
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Metabolic control in a nationally representative diabetic elderly sample in Costa Rica: patients at community health centers vs. patients at other health care settings
Gilbert Brenes-Camacho, Luis Rosero-Bixby
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:5 (14May2008)
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Research article
Unreported births and deaths, a severe obstacle for improved neonatal survival in low-income countries; a population based study
Mats Mlqvist, Leif Eriksson, Nguyen Thu Nga, Linn Irene Fagerland, Dinh Phuong Hoa, Lars Wallin, Uwe Ewald, Lars-ke Persson
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:4 (28March2008)
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Systematic synthesis of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) project evaluation reports for evidence-based policy: a proof-of-concept study
Pim Kuipers, Sheila Wirz, Sally Hartley
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:3 (6March2008)
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Debate
Exploring synergies between human rights and public health ethics: A whole greater than the sum of its parts
Stephanie Nixon, Lisa Forman
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:2 (31January2008)
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Correlates of current cigarette smoking among school-going adolescents in Punjab, India: results from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2003
Seter Siziya, Adamson S Muula, Emmanuel Rudatsikira
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:1 (14January2008)
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Indigenous well-being in four countries: An application of the UNDP'S Human Development Index to Indigenous Peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
Martin Cooke, Francis Mitrou, David Lawrence, Eric Guimond, Dan Beavon
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2007, 7:9 (20December2007)
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Research article
Prevalence and pattern of HIV-related malnutrition among women in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of demographic health surveys
Olalekan A Uthman
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:226 (2July2008)
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Research
Evaluation of the new rural cooperative medical system in China: is it working or not?
Hassan H Dib, Xilong Pan, Hong Zhang
International Journal for Equity in Health 2008, 7:17 (1July2008)
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Editorial
On drug treatment and social control: Russian narcology's great leap backwards
Richard Elovich, Ernest Drucker
Harm Reduction Journal 2008, 5:23 (24June2008)
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Commentary
Half a gram - a thousand lives
Lev Levinson
Harm Reduction Journal 2008, 5:22 (24June2008)
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Commentary
Improving retention and performance in civil society in Uganda
Mary L O'Neil, Michael Paydos
Human Resources for Health 2008, 6:11 (20June2008)
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Commentary
Human resource leadership: the key to improved results in health
Mary L O'Neil
Human Resources for Health 2008, 6:10 (20June2008)
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Understanding and retention of the informed consent process among parents in rural northern Ghana
Abraham R Oduro, Raymond A Aborigo, Dickson Amugsi, Francis Anto, Thomas Anyorigiya, Frank Atuguba, Abraham Hodgson, Kwadwo A Koram
BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9:12 (19June2008)
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Pasung: Physical restraint and confinement of the mentally ill in the community
Harry Minas, Hervita Diatri
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2008, 2:8 (16June2008)
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Original research
Correlates of cigarette smoking among school-going adolescents in Thailand: findings from the Thai global youth tobacco survey 2005
Emmanuel Rudatsikira, Adamson S Muula, Seter Siziya, Ronald H Mataya
International Archives of Medicine 2008, 1:8 (11June2008)
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Editorial
Medical information systems: a foundation for healthcare technologies in developing countries
Gari D Clifford, Joaquin A Blaya, Rachel Hall-Clifford, Hamish S F Fraser
BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2008, 7:18 (11June2008)
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