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Public Health in Asia and the Pacific IIAS

WebVivek Neelakantan ( [email protected]) Public Health in Asia and the Pacific. Milton J. Lewis, Kerrie L. MacPherson. Routledge, 2008. 978-0-415-35962-7. …

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New IIAS Programme: The Forum on Health, Environment and …

WebThe Forum on Health, Environment and Development (FORHEAD) is an interdisciplinary network that brings together natural, medical and social scientists to explore the …

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The status and role of AYUSH and local health traditions in public

WebIndia is a land of great ecological, cultural, political and economic diversity. Its healthcare system reflects this diversity, both in its plural systems of health knowledge and practice …

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Medicine and health in Southeast Asia IIAS

WebNUS Press, 2012. 978 9971 69 639 9. The development of medicine in Southeast Asia over the past two centuries has not been a simple imposition of European scientific medicine, …

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The status and role of AYUSH and local health traditions in …

WebThe present public health system in India is rooted in its development during British rule. The first medical college was set up in 1822 in Calcutta, with a curriculum that was a mix …

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Public health and social progress

Web36 The Focus Public health and social progress Attention to social, economic, environmental and political determinants of health is not new. In the 19th century, …

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COVID-19 in Northeast Asia IIAS

WebThe Newsletter 87 Autumn 2020. Northeast Asia was the first region to experience the fear and uncertainty brought about by the COVID-19 virus. Yet this earlier introduction to the …

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The justification of Covid-19 health measures. The battle between …

WebThe Lecture. In this webinar, Dr Cha-Hsuan Liu explains how public health policies are made that require balancing public and individual interests and how Covid-19 health …

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The Forum on Health, Environment and Development (FORHEAD)

WebSince 2008 FORHEAD has sought to strengthen the knowledge base for responding to environmental and health problems in China and promote the more effective uptake of …

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Terminology and the translational ambiguities of public health

Web38 | The Review Terminology and the translational ambiguities of public health The Newsletter | No.62 | Winter 2012 In this collection, which provides a critical history of …

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State, Society and Health in Nepal IIAS

WebThis book focuses on health, healing and health care in Nepal. It presents an intriguing picture: the interplay between the natural processes that cause ill health or diseases and …

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From heritage to practice: Ayurveda in Delhi’s public …

WebThis heritage notion of Ayurveda is part of nationalist assertions, with a relatively recent global appeal, as a form of holistic treatment that includes body, mind and soul. …

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What is in an ‘Asian’ Gene

WebIn Fungible Life Aihwa Ong explores the dynamic world of cutting-edge bioscience research, offering critical insights into the complex ways Asian bioscientific worlds and …

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Cha-Hsuan Liu IIAS

WebGlobal Health Matters is a new series of conversations concerning health/wellbeing, the practice, and society from both regional and global perspectives. …

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In the spotlight: Cha-Hsuan Liu IIAS

WebCurrently I teach Multicultural Society, Health in Society, and Generations of Youth study at Utrecht University. This year, I am spending part of my time at IIAS as an affiliate fellow …

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Chinese food: basic theories and diverse realities IIAS

WebThe basic concepts and theories of Chinese food science that exercised a profound influence on the diet and food culture of the Chinese were largely determined during the …

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Li Yang Hsu IIAS

WebLi Yang Hsu is a Singaporean infectious diseases physician who researches drug-resistant infections. He is head of the infectious diseases programme and vice dean of global …

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Nursing Shifts in Sichuan: Canadian Missions and Wartime China, …

WebNursing Shifts in Sichuan illuminates modern nursing as one of the most consequential additions to early-twentieth-century health care in China. In 1943, members of the elite …

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Rats and Sewers in ‘Modern’ and ‘Civilized’ French Hanoi IIAS

WebThe Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam tells the darkly humorous story of the French colonial state's failed efforts to impose its vision …

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