UNHCR’s work on HIV in the Americas
In Latin America and the Caribbean there are around 3.6 million internally displaced persons and about 445,000 refugees / asylum seekers facing a series of challenges due to their displacement, a situation that exposes them to a risk and vulnerability to HIV. Border areas reports in most cases a higher HIV prevalence due to […]
Salud para la Educación
La definición de salud se refiere a un estado en el que el organismo ejerce normalmente todas sus funciones. Es por este motivo por el que venimos a pedir salud, si, pero Salud para la Educación. El diagnóstico actual de la educación es enfermizo y, lo que es más duro, crónico. Las funciones principales que […]
Global Education Magazine: World Refugee Day (June 20th 2013)
Download the magazine here While the world-society close its eyes, refugees, stateless, asylum seekers and internally displaced people are suffering each day. This edition wants to raise awareness about transcultural links to develop a new identity “Earth-Homeland”. Sağlık! The mission of Global Education Magazine is to propose a moral agreement between all interested people to […]
El VIH/SIDA como Objetivo de Desarrollo del Milenio: el caso de Nicaragua y su Índice de Desarrollo Humano
Itahisa Pérez-Pérez Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales e-mail: itahisaperez@gmail.com / twitter: @Itahisa_perez [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/87456452″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Resumen: Nicaragua se sitúa en el puesto 129 de los 187 países que forman parte del Informe de Desarrollo Humano (2011), retrocediendo 14 puestos al estar situado en 2010 en […]
Tending to the Whole Person: Healthcare Chaplaincy and the United Nations Millennium Goals 2015
Rabbi D’vorah Rose Founder, director at Integrating Spirituality with Healthcare Practice. email: DLRose@rabbidvorahrose.com / web: http://rabbidvorahrose.com/ Abstract: Healthcare chaplaincy is a young field. The study of the impact of spirituality and religiosity upon health status is also a newer field. This essay examines in broad strokes what healthcare chaplaincy currently offers, reviews some of the current spiritual […]
Education: an Essential Component in Guaranteeing the Right to Health?
Cristina Sirur. Volunteer journalist for Doctors of the World Spain. e-mail: cristinasirur@gmail.com Mariana Ruiz de Lobera. Management of Knowledge and Learning Officer. Doctors of the World Spain. e-mail: mariana.ruizdelobera@medicosdelmundo.org A reflection from Doctors of the World Spain Abstract: The following article is a reflection on how is the health situation in the […]
Habilidades para la vida: una estrategia para promover la salud y el bienestar infantil y adolescente
Juan Carlos Melero Trabaja para la Fundación EDEX e-mail: prevencion@edex.es [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/85130966″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Resumen: La distribución mundial de la carga de morbilidad pone de manifiesto que, en el momento actual, los principales factores de riesgo responsables de las causas más frecuentes de pérdida de salud y muerte están relacionados con […]
Importancia del Psicólogo en pacientes infectados con VIH/SIDA.Estudio del caso de Dajabón, República Dominicana.
Francisco Orgaz Agüera Teacher in University of UTESA (Dominican Republic) e-mail: franorgaz@hotmail.com Eugenia Cruz Student of Psychology in University of UTESA (Dominican Republic) e-mail: eugenia_cruz_12@hotmail.com Resumen: El VIH/SIDA es una de las enfermedades más difíciles de tratar, y actualmente está considerada una de las más delicadas a la hora de establecer un tratamiento. El objetivo […]
Reflections on the HIV Program in India
Anita Rego Independent Consultant Social Development e-mail: anitarego@yahoo.com Abstract: The Indian HIV program has put in place a public health program that has gone beyond the traditional health care and has moved towards developing an enabling environment from a multi-dimensional perspective. This article attempts to capture these experiences and the lessons it has provided during […]
Acesso a Água: desenvolvimento humano, saúde e educação
Valdir Lamim-Guedes Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Evolução e Meio Ambiente. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Biomas Tropicais e-mail: dirguedes@yahoo.com.br / website: www.naraiz.wordpress.com/ [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/86501414″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Resumo: A água é um recurso básico à vida e pré-requisito para o desenvolvimento […]
