Empowerment for Keliling Benteng Ulu Village�s PKK Group in Overcoming Stunting to Achieve Nutrition Independent Village

Grameen Foundation USA Village Phone – A Tool for Empowerment

Overcoming health-systems constraints to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Effective interventions exist for many priority health problems in low income countries; prices are falling, and funds are increasing. However, progress towards agreed health goals remains slow. There is increasing consensus that stronger health systems are key to achieving improved health outcomes. There is much less agreement on quite how to strengthen them. Part of the challenge is to get ex...

From death and disability to patient empowerment: an interprofessional partnership to achieve cardiovascular health in Canada.

This paper proposes a paradigm shift in health care from a focus on death and disability to one on health empowerment resulting in improved cardiovascular lifestyles for all Canadians. It describes a national interprofessional initiative to achieve this new vision in the area of cardiovascular health promotion. Achieving Cardiovascular Health in Canada (ACHIC) is a partnership of health profess...

Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition An Evidence Review

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Nutrition and home-economics programme in Egyptian villages.

In 1953 the Government of Egypt and F A 0 jointly undertook a demonstration project in agriculture, rural industries, nutrition and home economics, the object of which is to improve the standard of living of the Egyptian village population. The sponsoring ministry for the Government was the Ministry of Agriculture. Five villages in the Nile Delta about 45 km north-west of Cairo were selected fo...