Words describing weakness such as “weak”, “weakness”, “helpless”, “brittle” and “brittleness” were mentioned 19 times in response to Question 1, which concerned the meaning of vulnerability, and 38 times in response to Question 5, which asked for words that were similar to “...
Globally, suicide is the third main cause of death among youth (WHO,2012), of whom many victims are in low- and middle-income countries. In India, suicides are the main cause of death among youth (Aaron et al.,2004), and the period from 2002 to 2011 has seen a 22% increase in su...
Worldwide 1 in 3 males are circumcised [1,2], totaling an estimated 1.2 billion [2]. In the USA, medical MC is performed on 1.2 million newborns (56% of baby boys) in community hospitals annually [3,4]. The true number is higher because some boys are circumcised in ambulatory faciliti...
Download: Download full-size image Figure 1. The renewed public health process based on dialogue. Africa is also faced with an unjust world order in the form of unbalanced global trade, imposed reforms, restructuring and adjustment, and a huge debt burden. The health of Africans is probably on...
Unfortunately, most censuses do not collect data on FGM/C and often the full dataset is not available for such analyses. Hence, analysis of the household survey data provided by the SDHS is the only feasible way to evaluate spatial variation of FGM/C. We assess the likely impact of the ...