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Diseases of poverty

Index Diseases of poverty

Diseases of poverty is a term sometimes used to collectively describe diseases, disabilities, and health conditions that are more prevalent among the poor than among wealthier people. [1]

38 relations: Alimuddin Zumla, Center for World Health and Medicine, Child poverty, Cycle of poverty, David Edwards (engineer), Decree 900, Disability and poverty, Disease, Diseases of affluence, Faso soap, Fibrocalculous pancreatopathy, Global health, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Haile Debas, Health Impact Fund, Helen Epstein (HIV/AIDS journalist), HIV/AIDS in Malawi, HIV/AIDS in Mozambique, HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, Index of sustainability articles, Inequality in disease, Kenya, Lepra, Liberalism, MHealth, Multiple morbidities, Obstetric fistula, Poverty in China, PRD, Public health, Sahotra Sarkar, Social determinants of health, Social determinants of health in poverty, Structural inequality, Thomas Southwood Smith, Tropical disease, Tuberculosis, William Alison.

Alimuddin Zumla

Sir Alimuddin Zumla MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath, FRSB (born 15 May 1955) is a British Zambian professor of infectious diseases and international health at University College London Medical School.

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Center for World Health and Medicine

The Center for World Health & Medicine (CWHM) is a not-for-profit drug discovery research center which was established in 2010 by Saint Louis University.

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Child poverty

Child poverty refers to the state of children living in poverty.

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Cycle of poverty

In economics, the cycle of poverty is the "set of factors or events by which poverty, once started, is likely to continue unless there is outside intervention".

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David Edwards (engineer)

David A. Edwards is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering at Harvard University,, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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Decree 900

Decree 900 (Decreto 900), also called the Agrarian Reform Law, was a Guatemalan land reform law passed on June 17, 1952, during the Guatemalan Revolution.

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Disability and poverty

The world's poor are significantly more likely to have or incur a disability within their lifetime compared to more financially privileged populations.

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Disease

A disease is any condition which results in the disorder of a structure or function in an organism that is not due to any external injury.

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Diseases of affluence

Diseases of affluence is a term sometimes given to selected diseases and other health conditions which are commonly thought to be a result of increasing wealth in a society.

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Faso soap

Faso soap or Fasoap is the brand of a Burkina Faso-manufactured type of soap, in the development stage, which ostensibly repels mosquitoes and thus protects from mosquito-borne diseases.

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Fibrocalculous pancreatopathy

Fibrocalculous pancreatopathy (FCPP) is a secondary form of diabetes mellitus of unresolved etiology that has historically been considered an issue specific to the impoverished agricultural tropics of India, but also occurs in the countries of Bangladesh, China, and Ethiopia.

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Global health

Global health is the health of populations in the global context; it has been defined as "the area of study, research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide".

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Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases is an advocacy initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute dedicated to raising the awareness, political will, and funding necessary to control and eliminate the most common Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)—a group of disabling, disfiguring, and deadly diseases affecting more than 1.4 billion people worldwide living on less than $1.25 a day.

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Haile Debas

Haile Debas (born 1937, AsmaraFikes, Robert, at blackpast.org) is an Eritrean physician and academic administrator at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Health Impact Fund

The Health Impact Fund (HIF) is a proposed pay-for-performance mechanism that would provide a market-based solution to problems concerning the development and distribution of medicines globally.

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Helen Epstein (HIV/AIDS journalist)

Helen Epstein (born 1961) is an American writer, molecular biologist, and independent consultant specializing in public health in developing countries.

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HIV/AIDS in Malawi

, approximately 1,100,000 people in Malawi are HIV-positive, which represents 10.8% of the country's population.

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HIV/AIDS in Mozambique

Mozambique is a country particularly hard-hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean

The Caribbean is the second-most affected region in the world in terms of HIV prevalence rates.

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Index of sustainability articles

This page is an index of sustainability articles.

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Inequality in disease

Social epidemiology focuses on the patterns in morbidity and mortality rates that emerge as a result of social characteristics.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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Lepra

Lepra is a UK registered international charity (NGO).

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Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty and equality.

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MHealth

mHealth (also written as m-health) is an abbreviation for mobile health, a term used for the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices.

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Multiple morbidities

Multiple morbidities or Multimorbidities is a term which means co-occurring diseases.

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Obstetric fistula

Obstetric fistula is a medical condition in which a hole develops in the birth canal as a result of childbirth.

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Poverty in China

In China today, poverty refers mainly to the rural poor, as decades of economic growth has largely eradicated urban poverty.

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PRD

PRD may refer to.

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Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".

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Sahotra Sarkar

Sahotra Sarkar (born 1962) is a philosopher of science and conservation biologist at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Social determinants of health

The social determinants of health are linked to the economic and social conditions and their distribution among the population that influence individual and group differences in health status.

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Social determinants of health in poverty

The social determinants of health in poverty describe the factors that affect impoverished populations' health and health inequality.

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Structural inequality

Structural inequality is defined as a condition where one category of people are attributed an unequal status in relation to other categories of people.

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Thomas Southwood Smith

(Thomas) Southwood Smith (21 December 1788 – 10 December 1861) was an English physician and sanitary reformer.

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Tropical disease

Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

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William Alison

William Pulteney Alison FRSE FRCPE FSA (12 November 1790 – 22 September 1859) was a Scottish physician, social reformer and philanthropist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases_of_poverty

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