Emerging trends show declines in maternal and perinatal mortality morbidity urban populations might be slower than rural areas a variety of contexts. This is happening at critical juncture time when are rapidly increasing partly driven by specifics vulnerability the poor Low-income countries High-income alike. Poor health outcomes largely preventable but focusing solely on healthcare interventi...

As a cross-sectoral issue, the promotion of health needs to be addressed across all policies. In Portugal, as more competencies are being transferred local governments, integration considerations into municipal plans remains challenge and guidance on how develop an integrated strategy is absent. The aim this study describe conceptual methodological approach that informed development multisector...

Freshwater biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate. conservationists and environmental managers have enough evidence to demonstrate that action must not be delayed but insufficient identify those actions will most effective in reversing the current trend. Here, focus on identifying essential research topics that, if addressed, contribute directly restoring freshwater through supporti...

based on a meta-theoretical analysis of voting, the present paper is an attempt to present a theoretical model encompassing all the possible aspects of voting in an election action system, proposing four sub-systems of voting as follows: economic voting, political voting, cultural voting and moral voting. having distinguished among these sub-systems, the writer describes the constitutive elemen...

The hope and the promise of the UN Resolution on non-communicable diseases On May 13, 2010, the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 265, ‘Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases’[1], a major political statement calling for Heads of State to address NCDs in a ‘High Level’ plenary meeting scheduled for September 2011. Out of this meeting, and its associated “outcome docum...

The WHO Regional Office for Europe supports Member States in improving adolescent health by recommending comprehensive, multisectoral and evidence-informed adolescent health approaches; by delineating the critical contribution of the health sector; by fostering actions towards reducing inequalities; and by addressing gender as a key determinant of adolescent health. This publication aims to sup...