Author: Philip R. CookPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States
Author: Philip R. CookPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States
Author: Gilbert Edward ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND THE UNITED STATES.
Author: United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States
Author: Philip R. CookPublisher:
ISBN: 9780160044199
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States
Author: Gilbert Edward ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: United States. Joint Publications Research ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
The Continuing Epidemiological Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309266513
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Among the poorest and least developed regions in the world, sub-Saharan Africa has long faced a heavy burden of disease, with malaria, tuberculosis, and, more recently, HIV being among the most prominent contributors to that burden. Yet in most parts of Africa-and especially in those areas with the greatest health care needs-the data available to health planners to better understand and address these problems are extremely limited. The vast majority of Africans are born and will die without being recorded in any document or spearing in official statistics. With few exceptions, African countries have no civil registration systems in place and hence are unable to continuously generate vital statistics or to provide systematic information on patterns of cause of death, relying instead on periodic household-level surveys or intense and continuous monitoring of small demographic surveillance sites to provide a partial epidemiological and demographic profile of the population. In 1991 the Committee on Population of the National Academy of Sciences organized a workshop on the epidemiological transition in developing countries. The workshop brought together medical experts, epidemiologists, demographers, and other social scientists involved in research on the epidemiological transition in developing countries to discuss the nature of the ongoing transition, identify the most important contributors to the overall burden of disease, and discuss how such information could be used to assist policy makers in those countries to establish priorities with respect to the prevention and management of the main causes of ill health. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from a workshop convened in October 2011 that featured invited speakers on the topic of epidemiological transition in sub-Saharan Africa. The workshop was organized by a National Research Council panel of experts in various aspects of the study of epidemiological transition and of sub-Saharan data sources. The Continuing Epidemiological Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa serves as a factual summary of what occurred at the workshop in October 2011.
Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309180090
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In sub-Saharan Africa, older people make up a relatively small fraction of the total population and are supported primarily by family and other kinship networks. They have traditionally been viewed as repositories of information and wisdom, and are critical pillars of the community but as the HIV/AIDS pandemic destroys family systems, the elderly increasingly have to deal with the loss of their own support while absorbing the additional responsibilities of caring for their orphaned grandchildren. Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa explores ways to promote U.S. research interests and to augment the sub-Saharan governments' capacity to address the many challenges posed by population aging. Five major themes are explored in the book such as the need for a basic definition of "older person," the need for national governments to invest more in basic research and the coordination of data collection across countries, and the need for improved dialogue between local researchers and policy makers. This book makes three major recommendations: 1) the development of a research agenda 2) enhancing research opportunity and implementation and 3) the translation of research findings.
Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States
Author: USA. Department of State. Bureau of Public AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States
Author: United States. Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description