The collapse of the Soviet Union has had an adverse impact on the lives of the peoples of Russia and Ukraine. This paper reports on qualitative case studies including interviews, focus groups and children's essays from Russia and Ukraine, on the topics of everyday understanding of health and the factors influencing it. The majority report poor health and difficult material circumstances. Their ...

The past 25 years have seen enormous shifts in the environmental, political, economic and social landscapes that condition people's abilities to be healthy. Climate change is now a reality. China, India, Brazil and other 'developing' countries are emerging as new axes of political and economic power. Global capitalism has become increasingly predatory and crisis ridden, a result of unregulated ...

678 www.thelancet.com Vol 383 February 22, 2014 On Sept 25, 2013, the UN General Assembly held a special session devoted to progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the post-2015 develop ment agenda. Building on more than a year of consultation, advocacy, and lobbying, the debate provides an opportunity to take stock of health-related proposals. Described as a generational opport...

www.thelancet.com Vol 378 July 23, 2011 317 One main obstacle to being open to these questions is the pressure on epidemiologists, managers, and academics to collect data in a vertical fashion. Yet violence cannot be seen as detached from infectious disease, maternal mortality, drug addiction, or unemployment. The Family Health Strategy, cited in most of the Series papers, has been a vehicle by...

Copyright © 2015 CEA& INEA. Published online by NepJOL-INASP. www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJE The April 25 th earthquake, followed by a massive aftershock, has left millions of already traumatized people debilitated by even deeper fear and infirmity. About 1.7 million children are directly affected by the earthquake which has triggered invisible emotional distress among many [1].This may have del...

Massive political, economic, and social changes in eastern and central Europe since the 1990s have created conditions of instability and stress, which are associated with troubling trends in health. Severe economic constraints after the collapse of the former Soviet Union followed by patchy economic growth have contributed to marked inequalities in income and social upheaval. These changes have...

Early Retirement and Post Retirement Health This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to army employees 55 years of age or older. Before the offer was implemented in the Swedish defense, the normal retirement age was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the offer on individuals’ health within the age range 56-70, we ...

With the rapid rate of urbanisation in developing countries across Asia and Africa, about 70% of the world’s population is expected to be living in cities by 2050. In their density and complexity, cities often drive national economies, provide a rich array of specialised services, ideas and innovation, with diverse social and cultural populations. However, with an estimated one billion people l...

On 10 August, following advice from the Emergency Committee the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert. Margaret Chan, the WHO Director-General, stated that the Committee based its assessment on the global situation and on reports from countries that are currently experiencing influenza epidemics. While noting the epidemics wi...