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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, EMBASE, Scopus and Google Scholar.
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9 :28
Community health workers in Mali show a positive influence on family health care practices but many are still unsupervised, suggesting this important source of health education in developing countries needs improved support.
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.
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9 :24
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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Culturally-adapted and audio-technology assisted HIV/AIDS awareness and education program in rural Nigeria: a cohort study Ighovwerha Ofotokun, Jose Nilo G. Binongo, Eli S Rosenberg, Michael Kane, Richard Ifland, Jeffrey L Lennox, Kirk A Easley BMC International Health and Human Rights 2010, 10 :2 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Framing access to medicines in developing countries: an analysis of media coverage of Canada's Access to Medicines Regime Laura C Esmail, Kaye Phillips, Victoria Kuek, Andrea Perez Cosio, Jillian Clare Kohler BMC International Health and Human Rights 2010, 10 :1 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Household exposure to violence and human rights violations in western Bangladesh (II): history of torture and other traumatic experience of violence and functional assessment of victims Shr-Jie Wang, Mohammad Akramul Haque, Saber-ud-Daula Masum, Shuvodwip Biswas, Jens Modvig BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9 :31 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Reliability and validity of the Student Perceptions of School Cohesion Scale in a sample of Salvadoran secondary school students Andrew E Springer, Amy McQueen, Guillermo Quintanilla, Marcela Arrivillaga, Michael W Ross BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9 :30 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Household exposure to violence and human rights violations in western Bangladesh (I): prevalence, risk factors and consequences Shr-Jie Wang, Jens Modvig, Edith Montgomery BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9 :29 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The role of community health workers in improving child health programmes in Mali Freddy Perez, Hamady Ba, Sayed G Dastagire, Mathias Altmann BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9 :28 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 (7 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Are we doing enough? Evaluation of the Polio Eradication Initiative in a district of Pakistan's Punjab province: a LQAS study Muhammad Umair Mushtaq, Muhammad Ashraf Majrooh, Mohsin Zia Sana Ullah, Javed Akram, Arif Mahmood Siddiqui, Mushtaq Ahmad Shad, Muhammad Waqas, Hussain Muhammad Abdullah, Waqar Ahmad, Ubeera Shahid, Usman Khurshid BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :60 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The orphaning experience: descriptions from Ugandan youth who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS. Sheila Harms, Susan Jack, Joshua Ssebunnya, Ruth Kizza Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2010, 4 :6 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Community health insurance amidst abolition of user fees in Uganda: the view from policy makers and health service managers Robert K Basaza, Bart Criel, Patrick Van der Stuyft BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10 :33 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Bridging the gaps among research, policy and practice in ten low- and middle-income countries: development and testing of a questionnaire for researchers David Cameron, John N Lavis, G Emmanuel Guindon, Tasleem Akhtar, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Godwin D Ndossi, Boungnong Boupha, Research to Policy and Practice Study Team (rppst) Health Research Policy and Systems 2010, 8 :4 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Bridging the gaps among research, policy and practice in ten low- and middle-income countries: Development and testing of a questionnaire for health-care providers G Emmanuel Guindon, John N Lavis, Boungnong Boupha, Guang Shi, Mintou Sidibe, Botagoz Turdaliyeva, Research to Policy and Practice Study Team (rppst) Health Research Policy and Systems 2010, 8 :3 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Conflict-affected displaced persons need to benefit more from
HIV and malaria national strategic plans and Global Fund grants
Paul B Spiegel, Heiko Hering, Eugene Paik, Marian Schilperoord Conflict and Health 2010, 4 :2 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Armed conflicts have an impact on the spread of tuberculosis: the case of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia Abdi A Gele, Gunnar A Bjune Conflict and Health 2010, 4 :1 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Validation of a core outcome measure for palliative care in Africa: the APCA African Palliative Outcome Scale Richard Harding, Lucy Selman, Godfrey Agupio, Natalya Dinat, Julia Downing, Liz Gwyther, Thandi Mashao, Keletso Mmoledi, Tony Moll, Lydia Mpanga Sebuyira, Barbara Panjatovic, Irene J Higginson Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8 :10 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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An overview of Uganda's mental health care system: results from an assessment using the World Health Organization's Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS) Fred Kigozi, Joshua Ssebunnya, Dorothy Kizza, Sara Cooper, Sheila Ndyanabangi, Mental Health and Poverty Project (MHaPP) International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2010, 4 :1 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Access to pain treatment as a human right Diederik Lohman, Rebecca Schleifer, Joseph J Amon BMC Medicine 2010, 8 :8 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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