Suicide Prevention and Developing Countries

Suicide research and prevention in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.

Prevention of mental handicap in developing countries.

The Commonwealth Association for Mental Handicap and Developmental Disabilities held a workshop on 'Prevention of mental handicap-what is possible in developing countries?' in Bombay in March 1985. The workshop was attended by 40 invited participants from many parts of the world, both from developed and developing countries. During the two days various prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal problem...

Emphasise burns prevention in developing countries.

Prevention of cervical cancer in developing countries

10.2217/14750708.5.3.329 © 2 Despite being a largely preventable disease, cervical cancer remains the most common cancer in women in developing countries, where screening is either limited or nonexistent. The health profile of women living in developing countries is dominated by the high prevalence of communicable and infectious diseases (TB, HIV and malaria) and maternal mortality. Diseases su...

Prevention of burns in developing countries.

Burns represent an important health and economic problem in Africa and in the developing countries. Prevention programs in the developing countries are still at an infant phase. It is well known that prevention includes surveillance with data analysis and reporting. With information campaigns, an effort can be made to use regulatory action, to educate the population and modify the environment. ...