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From page 299...
... See HIV/AIDS Air pollution indoor, 162 See also Occupational and environmental health 299 Alcohol dependence, 146 gender violence and, 43 violent death and, 178 See also Injuries; Mental health Alzheimer's disease. See Cognitive development Anemia.
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... See Marriage Brucella, 192 See also Agriculture Burkina Faso African trypanosomiasis, 217 laborin, 187 onchocerciasis in, 228 surveys, 285 Burns, 175-6 See also Injuries Burundi breastfeeding in, 111 family planning in, 107-8, Cameroon C abortion in, 110 family planning in, 108 hypertension, 156 sexually transmitted diseases, 255 smoking in, 155, 165 Cancers gender and mortality, 291 life span approach, 294 obesity and, 157, 159-60 See also Bladder cancer; Breast cancer; Cervical cancer: Choriocarcinoma; Colorectal cancers; Kaposi's sarcoma; Leukemia and lymphoma; Liver cancer; Lung cancers; Ovarian cancer; Skin cancers; Uterine cancer Cape Verde gender and mortality, 291 Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) , 152-9, 163-4 cardiomyopathies, 159 INDEX chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 162-3, 195 coronary artery disease, 153 gender and mortality, 291 hypertension, 155-7, 200 rheumatic heart disease, 159, 165, 200 See also Cerebrovascular diseases, Occupational and environmental health; Tropical infectious diseases CARE gender and diet, 68 See also Nutrition Carnegie Foundation, 3 See also Safe Motherhood Initiative CATEGO.
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From page 301...
... See Stress Ethiopia cerebrovascular diseases and chronic energy deficiency, 63 family planning in, 108, gender and mortality, 286, 292 leishmaniasis and leprosy, 229 motor vehicle injuries, 173= obesity in, 64 oral contraceptives, 127 traditional medicine, 46 Eysenick Personality Inventory. See Mental health; Psychiatric tests
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From page 302...
... See Dracunculiasis H Headache syndromes, 123-4, 126 See also Nervous system disorders Health services access, 28-31, 37, 148, 260 education, 32-5 gender-related summary, 7-24 See also Cardiovascular diseases; Injuries; Mental health; Nutrition; Occupational and environmental health; Pregnancy; Sexually transmitted diseases; Tropical infectious diseases Hepatitis. See Biologic agents; Tropical infectious diseases Herpes virus.
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From page 303...
... , 143, 149 See also Schizophrenia; World Health Organization Investing in Health disabilities, 293 See also World Bank Iodine-deficiency disorders (IDD) , 66-7, 76 anemia, 64, 66, 74, 124-6 cognitive development, 72, 126 gender differences, 68 See also Nutrition Iron-deficiency anemia during pregnancy, 64, 66 gender differences, 54 maternal mortality and, 70, 96 303 schistosomiasis and, 213 See also Micronutrient deficiencies; Nutrition K Kaposi's sarcoma, 244 See also Cancers; HIV/AIDS Kenya abortion in, 82-3, 110-1 African trypanosomiasis, 217 air pollution in, 163 breastfeeding in, 113 cash-cropping and nutrition, 56 chronic energy deficiency, 63= contraceptive use in, 109, 127 education, 32 gender violence, 43, 178-9, 250 leishmaniasis and leprosy, 229 mental health in, 139, 141 motor vehicle injuries, 173= nutrition in, 58, 71, 73= pelvic inflammatory disease, 245 population-based data from, 84 See also Demographic data L Labor force.
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... See HIV/AIDS; individual country names; Occupational and environmental health; Pregnancy; Tropical infectious diseases; Sexually transmitted diseases Motor vehicle injuries, 173-5 regional, 283 gender differences, 286-7 historical, 290 See also Injuries Mozambique iodine-deficiency disorders, 126 quality of maternal care in, 107 sexually transmitted diseases, 41, 260 N National Research Council, 3 National Traditional Healers Association of Zimbabwe, 45 See also Traditional medicine; Zimbabwe Neoplastic disorders. See cancers Nervous system disorders, 10 See also Cerebrovascular diseases; Cognitive development; Collagen diseases; Demyelinating diseases; Epilepsies; Headache syndromes; Lupus; Toxic disorders Neurotoxicity.
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From page 305...
... sector; Injuries Onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis, 192, 200-1, 225-8 See also Tropical infectious diseases Oral Contraceptives. See Contraceptives; Family planning Orphanhood method mortality and, 284-5 See also Demographic data Outcomes study, 142-3 See also Mental health; World Health Organization Ovarian cancer, 160-1 See also Cancers 305 p Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
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From page 306...
... sector Sexual abuse against children, 250 See also Children Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) , 7, 11, 81 blood transfusions, 96 in children, 13, 83, 250 female genital mutilation and, 104 gender differences and, 40, 242-3, 247-8, 260-l, 292 life span approach, 294 mental health, 138 migratory, 194, 259-60 mortality, 255 obstetrics and, 116-7, 243 prevalence by country, 254 stigma, 32 technology, 262 work and, 194, 242 See also Chlamydia; Genital discharge syndrome; Genital herpes; Gonorrhea; HIV/AIDS; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Syphilis; Trichomoniasis Sierra Leone female genital mutilation in, 101 gender and mortality, 291 Sisterhood method adult mortality, 284-5 maternal mortality and, 85 See also Research needs Skin cancers, 161 research needs, 165 See also Cancers Smoking, 154-5, 162 comparative studies of, 165 Social Security, 186 See also Formal (economic)
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... See Nutrition Sub-Saharan Africa defined, 5 See also individual country names Sudan dracunculiasis in, 224 female genital mutilation leishmaniasis and leprosy, 229 malaria and pregnancy, 210-1 mental health in, 140 schizophrenia in, 142 Sugar cane in, 101 cash-cropping and nutrition, 56 See also Agriculture Swaziland traditional medicine in, 98 Syphilis, 243 by country, 276-7 gender and, 247 pregnancy and, 246, 252 See also Sexually transmitted diseases T Tanzania diabetes mellitus, 158 health care access, 29 iodine-deficiency disorders, 126 malaria during pregnancy, 210 schistosomiasis in, 213 trachoma, 220 traditional medicine in, 98 Togo gender and mortality, 286 Toxic disorders, 123-5 toxoplasma, 192 research needs, 130 from waste, 189, 191 See also Agriculture; Chemicals; Nervous system disorders; Nutrition; Occupational and environmental health Trachoma, 200, 219-20 See also Tropical infectious diseases Traditional medicine, 32, 45-7 physiological questions, 80 traditional birth attendants, 47, 97-8 See also Nutrition 307 pregnancy and, 246 See also Sexually transmitted diseases Tropical infectious diseases, 7, 11, 81 biological consequences, 206-7 T
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... , 285 World Health Assembly dracunculiasis, 223-4 World Health Organization (WHO) African trypanosomiasis, 216-7 diet, 58, 112 gender and mental health, 141 -9 injury data, 171-2 iron-deficiency anemia and, 64 leprosy, 228-9 maternal death statistics and, 85 Safe Motherhood Conference, 114, Worldwide Variation in Human Growth, 68 See also Micronutrient deficiencies INDEX z Zaire adolescent abortions and, 82-3 African trypanosomiasis in, 216 chronic energy deficiency in, 64 gender and mortality, 286 HIV-infected infants, 246 iodine-deficiency disorders, 126 nutrition and pregnancy in, 58-9, 73, 113 sexually transmitted diseases, 247 Zambia abortion in, 110-1 African trypanosomiasis, 217 health care access, 29 homicides and suicides, 172 Kaposi's sarcoma in, 244 sexually transmitted diseases in, 246, 247, 252 Zimbabwe abortion in, 110 births in, 86 chronic energy deficiency, 63-4 contraceptive use in, 109 HIV and morbidity, 246, 252 injuries, 172 iodine-deficiency disorders, 67 maternal care, 70, 91, 107 mental health in, l 38, 147-8 obesity in, 64 postreproductive diseases in, 114 traditional medicine, 98 schistosomiasis in, 213 skin cancers in, 161 Zinc deficiency morbidity and, 71 See also Micronutrient deficiencies
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Key Terms

  • sexually transmitted
  • gender violence
  • infectious diseases
  • life span
  • tropical infectious

  • gender differences
  • african trypanosomiasis
  • family planning
  • demographic data
  • safe motherhood

  • cerebrovascular diseases
  • pelvic inflammatory
  • traditional medicine
  • inflammatory disease
  • female genital

  • cognitive development
  • energy deficiency
  • chronic energy
  • motherhood conference
  • psychiatric tests

  • cardiovascular diseases
  • span approach
  • human development
  • lymphatic filariasis
  • vehicle injuries

  • genital mutilation
  • diseases tropical
  • deficiency disorders
  • motor vehicle
  • motherhood initiative


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