The Atlas of health and climate is a product of this unique collaboration between the meteorological and public health communities. It provides sound scientific information on the connections between weather and climate and major health challenges. These range from diseases of poverty to emergencies... arising from extreme weather events and disease outbreaks. They also include environmental degradation, the increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases and the universal trend of demographic ageing.
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Infant Psychiatry
Chapter B.1
Early Maltreatment and exposure to violence
This report explores the reasons why global health is critical to medicine and what this means for medical education. It argues that an understanding of global health is important for all students and practicing doctors, rather than being an ‘add-on’ or ‘option’ for specialization.
Developmental disorders
Chapter C.3
Externalising disorders
Chapter D.3
Mood disorders
Chapter E.2
Anxiety disorders
Chapter F.2
Troubles du Développement
Chapitre C.2
Miscellaneous
Chapter J.4
Core Knowledge for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Externalising disorders
Chapter D.2
Substance use disorders
Chapter G.3
Miscellaneous
Chapter J.3
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Demography (NSID) 168,094 persons out of Burkina Faso’s 14,017,262 inhabitants are living with a physical, sensory or mental disability. The numbers are questioned as the effort to collect in-depth statistics has not been great. Furthermore, mu...ch of the statistics is only collected in more densely populated provinces and towns and not in smaller rural communities. Handicap International (HI) estimates that the number is as high as 7 per cent.
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