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28 April 2001:
The Population Reference Bureau has published the report "New Population Policies: Advancing Women's Health and Rights", which was written by Lori S. Ashford and which is available online at:
http://www.prb.org/pubs/population_bulletin/bu56-1/intro.html
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27 April 2001:
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the report "Depleted uranium: sources, exposure and health effects", which is made available as a series of PDF-files at:
http://www.who.int/environmental_information/radiation/depleted_uranium.htm
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26 April 2001:
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has published the report "Sustainable development in Asia", which is now made available online as a series of PDF-files at:
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Sustainable_Dev/default.asp
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26 April 2001:
The Federal Government of Germany has published the first national report on "Poverty and Wealth in Germany". Unfortunately, this report is only available in German. It is accessible as a PDF-file (roughly 1.7MB) plus a data-set file (roughly 1.3MB) at:
http://www.bma.bund.de/de/sicherung/armutsbericht/index.htm
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26 April 2001:
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has published the report "Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, 2001", which is made available online at:
http://www.unescap.org/drpad/survey2001/index.htm
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24 April 2001:
The World Resources Institute has published the report "Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems (PAGE): Coastal ecosystems", which is made available online including a wide range of maps and data-sets at:
http://www.wri.org/wr2000/coast_page.html
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20 April 2001:
The International Labor Office (ILO) has established a Decent Work Pilot Program, the web-site of which has now gone online at:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/dwpp/
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18 April 2001:
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has published the "2001 Quality of Life Report", which is made available onlineas a PDF-file (roughly 955KB) at:
http://www.fcm.ca/english/communications/qol2001-e.PDF
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13 April 2001:
The US Environmental Protection Agency has published the annual report on "Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)", which is made available online at:
http://www.epa.gov/tri/tri99/
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9 April 2001:
The Background Papers by WHO and WTO for the workshop on "Differential Pricing and Financing of Essential Drugs" held in Norway 8-
11 April 2001 are now available at:
WHO: "More equitable pricing for essential drugs: What do we mean and what are the issues?" (roughly 100KB)
http://www.globalhealth.org/assets/pdf/WHOA4.pdf
WTO: "Workshop on Differential Pricing and Financing of Essential Drugs" (roughly 75KB)
http://www.globalhealth.org/assets/pdf/WTOA4.pdf
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7 April 2001:
The US Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs has published the report "Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs: What We Don't Know Keeps Hurting Us", which is made available online at:
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309072735/html/
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6 April 2001:
Individual members of the Faculty of Harvard University have published a "Consensus Statement on Antiretroviral Treatment for AIDS in Poor Countries", which is made available online as a PDF-file (roughly 87KB) at:
http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/depts/aids/images/consensus_aids_therapy2.pdf
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5 April 2001:
The US Surgeon General has published the report "Women and Smoking 2001", which is made available as a series of PDF-files at:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr_forwomen.htm
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4 April 2001:
"NGOs, Governance and Development in the Arab World" is the title of a paper by Sarah Ben Néfissa, which was prepared for a UNESCO conference. It is made available online at:
http://www.unesco.org/most/nefissae.htm
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I am deeply grateful for the contributions of Mrs. Ana Lucia Ruggiero (WHO-PAHO), who maintains an excellent list-service on "Equality and Health". Though I've never met you in person, here's my deepest bow to your contributions to international health, Ana Lucia.
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