Documentos e informes

Sanitation, health, and hygiene in World Bank : rural water supply and sanitation projects (Inglés)

Every year, millions of the world's poorest people die from preventable diseases caused by inadequate water supply and excreta disposal, or sanitation, services. Women and children are the main victims...

Brazil - Second Family Health Extension Adaptable Lending : P095626 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 06 (Inglés)

Brazil : the role of the tobacco control program in curbing smoking (Inglés)

Available evidence indicates that there was a significant decline in smoking in Brazil between 1989 and 2006. About two decades ago, the government launched a tobacco control program, with a marked acceleration...

Brazil : the role of the tobacco control program in curbing smoking : Brasil : o papel do programa nacional de controle do tabagismo em seu esforco para controlar o tabagismo (Portugués)

Available evidence indicates that there was a significant decline in smoking in Brazil between 1989 and 2006. About two decades ago, the government launched a tobacco control program, with a marked acceleration...

Tobacco control in Brazil (Inglés)

The objective of this study was to assess the smoking situation in Brazil, and the role of the tobacco control program, and compare it to experience in other countries. The study assessed key trends in...

Reversing the tide: priorities for HIV/AIDS prevention in Central Asia (Inglés)

Although the number of reported cases of HIV in Central Asia is still very low, the growth rate of the epidemic (about 500 cases in 2000 to over 12,000 in 2004) is a cause for serious concern. Central...

Stopping tuberculosis in Central Asia: priorities for action (Inglés)

Stopping Tuberculosis in Central Asia reviews the epidemiological situation, control efforts, and financing of tuberculosis programs in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. It was based...

HIV/AIDS in the Western Balkans : priorities for early prevention in a high-risk environment (Inglés)

In recent years, Europe and Central Asia (ECA) has seen the world's fastest growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Balkans countries and territories under study - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia...

HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Central Asia (Ruso)

The countries of Central Asia are still at the earliest stages of an HIV/AIDS epidemic. However, there is cause for serious concern due to: the steep growth of new HIV cases in the region; the established...

HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Central Asia (Inglés)

The countries of Central Asia are still at the earliest stages of an HIV/AIDS epidemic. However, there is cause for serious concern due to: the steep growth of new HIV cases in the region; the established...

The TB and HIV/AIDS epidemics in the Russian Federation (Inglés)

Epidemics of preventable diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are growing rapidly in the Russian Federation. According to national data, incidence of...