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Health employment and economic growth: an evidence base
"An essential read that rightfully places investments in health workforce at the heart of the SDG agenda." -- Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet.
Powerful demographic and economic forces are shaping health workforce needs and demands worldwide.
Effectively addressing growing population need and economic demand for health workers stands as one of our foremost global challenges. It also represents an opportunity to secure a future that is healthy, peaceful and prosperous.
The contents of this book give direction and detail to a richer and more holistic understanding of the health workforce through the presentation of new evidence and solutions focused analysis. It sets out, under one cover, a series of research studies and papers that were commissioned to provide evidence for the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth.
The 17 chapters in this book are grouped into four parts: - Health workforce dynamics - Economic value and investment - Education and production - Addressing inefficiencies.
INSPIRE handbook: Action for implementing the seven strategies for ending violence against children
The INSPIRE handbook: action for implementing the seven strategies for ending violence against children explains in detail how to choose and implement interventions that will fit your needs and context. The seven strategy-specific chapters address the Implementation and enforcement of laws; Norms and values; Safe environments; Parent and caregiver support; Income and economic strengthening; Response and support services; and Education and life skills. The handbook concludes with a summary of INSPIRE's implementation and impact indicators, drawn from the companion INSPIRE indicator guidance and results framework.
WHO Classification of Tumours of the Eye. Fourth Edition
WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. Revised Fourth Edition
WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues is a Revised 4th Edition Volume of the WHO series on histological and genetic typing of human tumours. This authoritative, concise reference book provides an international standard for oncologists and pathologists and will serve as an indispensable guide for use in the design of studies monitoring response to therapy and clinical outcome. Diagnostic criteria, pathological features, and associated genetic alterations are described in a strictly disease oriented manner. Sections on all recognized neoplasms and their variants further include new ICD-O codes, epidemiology, clinical features, macroscopy, prognosis and predictive factors. This classification, prepared by 132 authors from 23 countries, contains about 1300 colour images and tables, and more than 4500 references. Other books in this series: WHO Classification of Tumours of Central Nervous System. Revised 4th edition WHO Classification of Tumours of the Digestive System. Fourth Edition WHO Classification of Tumours of the Breast. Fourth Edition WHO Classification of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone. Fourth Edition WHO Classification of Tumours of Female Reproductive Organs. Fourth Edition WHO Classification of Tumours of Lung Pleura, Thymus and Heart. Fourth edition WHO Classification of Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs. Fourth edition WHO Classification of Head and Neck Tumours. Fourth edition WHO Classification of Tumours of Endocrine Organs. Fourth Edition Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of the Skin.
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