Rainbow Countries of Central America.

Working conditions and health in Central America: a survey of 12,024 workers in six countries.

OBJECTIVE To describe the survey methodology and initial general findings of the first Central American Survey of Working Conditions and Health. METHODS A representative sample of 12,024 workers was interviewed at home in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Questionnaire items addressed worker demographics, employment conditions, occupational risk factors and s...

Clinical epidemiology of childhood cancer in Central America and Caribbean countries.

BACKGROUND Countries with scarce resources have the right to appropriate essential health care but very few reports discuss how this can be achieved. We assessed the survival of a large cohort of pediatric oncological patients to provide hard data on which to base realistic evaluation and planning schemes. PATIENTS AND METHODS This multicenter retrospective survey covered consecutively diagno...

Central America and Mexico

Programme purpose: During the first semester of 2008, the aim of the Regional Representation for Central America and Mexico is to support scaling up the efforts of National Societies in the region to develop and execute programmes in an efficient and integrated way. And so, helping to create resilient communities and a culture of prevention, while spreading the fundamental principles and humani...

Countries of Central America need to invest more in HIV/AIDS prevention. 2003.

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...