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country briefing: Kenya

September 1, 2010

Kenya Country Briefing Section 1: Economy and Business Climate 1.1 Demographic – Population of Kenya: 37,538,000 - (34th most populous country and growing at 2.75%) – Capital: Nairobi, is the second largest capital city in Africa after Cairo and when combined with Mombasa, houses over 70% of the Kenyan population. – The prevalence of HIV/AIDS has [...]

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country briefing: India – health

September 1, 2010

Compiled by Michael Chang, Yechiel Engelhard, Lisa Frist and Gabrielle Tiven (CARE Rural Health Mission) Overview 1.      Health Indicators & Disease Prevalence 2.      Healthcare System 3.      Health Inequality 4.      Impact of public health & the health system on enterprises’ roles in delivering health care Given social and economic inequality in India, it is not surprising [...]

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country briefing: India – economy

September 1, 2010

India Country Briefing Section I: Economy and Business Climate I.                   Demography & Geography India is the world’s second most populous country with an estimated population of 1.2 billion. Within the last fifty years, the population has increased due to advancement in medicine and agricultural productivity due to India’s Green Revolution. From 1991 to 2001, India’s [...]

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country report: India – culture

September 1, 2010

GHD Lab Spring 2011 Country briefing Emily Edwards, Ozge Karanfil, Alicia Pichard, Julia Stark Section 3: History, culture, society, politics, education Overview of the nation’s history and recent events Music, food, and other aspects of its culture Recent changes in country’s culture Ethnic groups, languages How social factors may affect health issues Must answer: What [...]

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Online communities for Global Health content

November 30, 2008

We learned about GHD online recently. Here’s a nice little manual put together by Amy House, who visited class. The GHD community would very much like all of our G-Lab GHD students to join the online group so you can ask questions and add information. Several of our partner organizations have participants in the communities, [...]

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