The development of public health in early XXth century in Vilnius.alnoraDepartmentAistisDepartmentMieutaviiūtDepartmentVitalijaDepartmentActa Medica Lituanica
Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, with over 25% of these occurring in the African region. Multi-drug resistant strains which do not respond to first-line antibiotics continue to emerge, putting at risk numerous public health strategies which aim to reduce...
The Health Visitor as Mother's Friend: A Woman's place in public health, 1900–14 This paper traces aspects of the turn-of-the century debate about health visiting as an appropriate form of public health work for women. Far from simply d... DAVIES,CELIA - 《Social History of Medicine》...
In discussing the growth of cities in the United States in the nineteenth century, one cannot really use the term “urban planning,” as it suggests modern concerns for spatial and service organization which, in most instances, did not exist before the planning revolution called the City Beautifu...
The 19th of August marks World Humanitarian Day. So, does humanitarianism go hand in hand with peacekeeping? Yes! When addressing the media at this year’s UN Security Council debate on Women, Peace, and Security, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said something very Read More » Policy Bri...
In the aftermath of the Opium Wars in the middle of the 19th century, the UK-led imperialist powers began to cultivate the idea of “Tibet independence”, intentionally undermining China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. –Tibet has been an inseparable part of China since ancient times. ...
When the cantons united to form a federal state in the mid-19th century, the modern tools of democratic participation in government first appeared in Switzerland. The people’s legislative initiative appeared at the end of the 19th century, marking the official start of direct democracy in the ...
(Of course in reality, neither were true, many Native American Tribes had rich cultures which managed the land they had occupied for centuries in a sustainable manner). In the 19th century, the American capitalist was a colonist at home, enjoying what the European capitalist had to travel to...
modular housinghas been fertile ground for exploring and deepening ways of inhabiting space and addressing human needs. From the prefabricatedcatalog houses of the 19th centuryto the post-World War II housing boom, its evolution reflects both past proposals and the exploration of new concepts for ...
The economic development of the city began under the Prussian partition, mainly in the 19th century. At that time, the chemical industry, railway transport and a health resort began to develop. After restoring independence, the city’s economic development continued, with such activities as glass ...