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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Global women's health: a spotlight on caregiving.

30 Aug 2009 Caregiving is a women's health issue globally, as many more women than men are informal caregivers. Caregiving related to gender role socialization, burden, and economic and health consequences has been discussed in the literature. Together this ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'United Nations'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Afghanistan's hidden health issue. 29 Oct 2009
• Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia in children aged under 5 years. 21 Oct 2009
• Global agreement needed to prevent trafficking in organs, says UN and Council of Europe. 19 Oct 2009
• Cost is killing patients: subsidising effective antimalarials. 8 Oct 2009
• The future of harm reduction programmes in Russia. 8 Oct 2009
• Sanctions against scientists threaten progress. 6 Oct 2009
• UN seeks to boost access to health care for millions of refugees and internally displaced people. 5 Oct 2009
• Fighting and drought worsen Somalia's humanitarian crisis. 24 Sep 2009
• A new UN agency for women. 24 Sep 2009
• What's wrong with UNESCO. 22 Sep 2009
• What will it take to stop maternal deaths? 21 Sep 2009
• Health effects of toxic waste dumped in Cote d'Ivoire need urgent examination, UN expert says. 21 Sep 2009
• UN expert calls for greater care and assistance for victims of child pornography. 21 Sep 2009
• Ecology. Biodiversity conservation and the Millennium Development Goals. 16 Sep 2009
• Biodiversity policy challenges. 16 Sep 2009
• The international response to climate change: an agenda for global health. 14 Sep 2009
• Health and climate change. 13 Sep 2009
• Execution of prisoners with mental illnesses in Japan. 10 Sep 2009
• Sustainability of ivermectin distribution programmes. 3 Sep 2009
• Global women's health: a spotlight on caregiving. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'United Nations'

Definition: An international organization whose members include most of the sovereign nations of the world with headquarters in New York City. The primary objectives of the organization are to maintain peace and security and to achieve international cooperation in solving international economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian problems.

Descriptor UI: D014480

Alternative terms: United Nations; UN; ECWA; ESCAP; Food and Agricultural Organization, United Nations; FAO, United Nations; UNHCR; UNESCO; UNFPA; UNICEF; World Bank; World Population Conference; CELADE; Latin American Demographic Center;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.540.514.718;

History Note: 80

Technical Notes: IM CATALOG: use NAF entry