Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Developing world"

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    • Access to essential technologies for safe childbirth: a survey of health workers in Africa and Asia 

      Spector, Jonathan Michael; Reisman, Jonathan; Lipsitz, Stuart Roger; Desai, Priya; Gawande, Atul Atmaram (BioMed Central, 2013)
      Background: The reliable availability of health technologies, defined as equipment, medicines, and consumable supplies, is essential to ensure successful childbirth practices proven to prevent avoidable maternal and newborn ...

    • Development of a scale to measure individuals’ ratings of peace 

      Zucker, Howard; Ahn, Roy; Sinclair, Samuel Justin; Blais, Mark; Nelson, Brett D; Burke, Thomas F (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: The evolving concept of peace-building and the interplay between peace and health is examined in many venues, including at the World Health Assembly. However, without a metric to determine effectiveness of ...