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Promote health and reduce health risks

"Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions." (WHO)

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MM Switzerland

Fight against malnutrition: Key to health in developing countries

Basel, 9 November 2010. The developing countries are faced with a crisis on two fronts: food prices skyrocketed in 2007/2008 and the food situation has deteriorated once more as a result of the ... »Read more | »Show all (6)

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MM Switzerland

Chronic illnesses - a global challenge

Basel, Switzerland, 25-26 August 2011. Swiss Public Health Conference. Nicolaus Lorenz, Deputy Director of the Swiss TPH and Director of its Swiss Center for International Health (SCIH), President ... »Read more

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Doctors with Africa

Fight against malaria: I can change it! An advocacy guide for young campaigners

"Injustice, epidemics, environmental degradation… Our world experiences many disasters and dramas. Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by all the suffering and misery? You would like to change ... »Read more | »Show all (3)

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