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      Walking the talk for dementia: A unique immersive, embodied, and multi-experiential initiative 

      Fernando Peres, Aguzzoli; Haas, Aline Nogueira; Martha, Angga Dwi; Chan, Melissa; Steele, Michelle; Ferretti, Maria Teresa; Ngcobo, Ntokozo N; Ilinca, Stefania; Domínguez-Vivero, Clara; Leroi, Iracema; Sajnani, Nisha; Zimmer, Eduardo R; Kornhuber, Alex; Kalache, Alexandre; Holtzhausen, Berrie; Tristão-Pereira, Catarina; Dupont, Charlèss; Cohen, Dan; Jong, David de; Facal, David; O'Sullivan, Desmond; Mateus, Elaine; Roso, Enzo; Estrop, Evon; Gamba, Giulia; San Martin Elexpe, Gustavo; Ulises Diaz Hernández, Hector; Quaid, Helena; Govia, Ishtar; Barbosa, João; García Del Moral, Joaquina; Miller, Johnny; García García, José Antonio; Quaid, Kevin; Navarro, Laura; García, Laura Zúñiga; Waters, Laureen; Molete, Lebo; Godoy, Maria Eugenia; Sigauke, Maureen; de Ataide Schulte, Max William; Estrop, Peter; San Martin Elexpe Cardoso, Priscilla; Perez, Randall; Patterson, Rianna; Chakrabarti, Ronika; Wong, Ruth; Marsillas, Sara; Lowe, Shontonese; Rego, Taida Sánchez; Farombi, Temitope; Montgomery, Theresa; In 't Veen, Ton; Yanni, Valli; Weidner, Wendy; Ibanez, Agustin (2023-11-27)

      Coping with dementia requires an integrated approach encompassing personal, health, research, and community domains. Here we describe "Walking the Talk for Dementia," an immersive initiative aimed at empowering people with dementia, enhancing dementia understanding, and inspiring collaborations. This initiative involved 300 participants from 25 nationalities, including people with dementia, care partners, clinicians, policymakers, researchers, and advocates for a 4-day, 40 km walk through the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Spain. A 2-day ...
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      We Have the Tools to Reverse the Rise in Inequality 

      Blanchard, Olivier; Rodrik, Dani (PIIE Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2019-11)
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      Wealth-based inequality in the continuum of maternal health service utilisation in 16 sub-Saharan African countries 

      Asefa, Anteneh; Gebremedhin, Samson; Marthias, Tiara; Nababan, Herfina; Christou, Aliki; Semaan, Aline; Banke-Thomas, Aduragbemi; Tabana, Hanani; Al-beity, Fadhlun M. Alwy; Dossou, Jean-Paul; Gutema, Keneni; Delvaux, Thérèse; Birabwa, Catherine; Dennis, Mardieh; Grovogui, Fassou Mathias; McPake, Barbara; Beňová, Lenka (2023-10-02)

      Background: Persistent inequalities in coverage of maternal health services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a region home to two-thirds of global maternal deaths in 2017, poses a challenge for countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets. This study assesses wealth-based inequalities in coverage of maternal continuum of care in 16 SSA countries with the objective of informing targeted policies to ensure maternal health equity in the region. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) ...
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      What does universal health coverage mean? 

      O'Connell, Thomas; Rasanathan, Kumanan; Chopra, Mickey (The Lancet, 2014)
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      What is group work? 

      Smith, Mark K. (infed.org, 2012-12-05)

      What is group work? While many practitioners may describe what they do as ‘group work’, they often have only a limited appreciation of what group work is and what it entails. In this piece we introduce groups and group work, define some key aspects, and suggest areas for exploration. In particular we focus on the process of working with groups.
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      What Is Health Equity? And What Difference Does a Definition Make? 

      Paula Braveman; Elaine Arkin; Tracy Orleans; Dwayne Proctor; Alonzo Plough (2017)

      This report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aims to stimulate discussion and promote greater consensus about the meaning of health equity and the implications of acting on it. The goal of the report is to identify essential elements to guide effective action rather than to encourage all practitioners to use the same words to define health equity. The report notes that definitions can matter and that, in the case of health equity, clarity is important, especially given that working towards equity is a struggle that must engage diverse ...
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      What is public narrative? 

      Ganz, Marshall (2008)
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      What is the Future of Integration and Inequality in ASEAN? 

      Mordecai, Aédán (the Diplomat, 2017-09-15)
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      World Bank: Wealth inequality a threat to East Asia, Pacific 

      Unknown author (the Star Online, 2017-12-04)
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      World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development 

      World Bank Publications (World Bank Publications, 2005)

      The World Development Report 2006: Equity and Opportunitypresents a social development strategy organized around the themes of social inclusion, cohesion, and accountability. It examines equality of opportunities--a potentially important factor affecting both the workings of the investment environment and the empowerment of the poor--by building on and extending existing accountability frameworks presented in the 2005Report.
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      World health statistics 2021: monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals 

      World Health Organization (World Health Organization, 2021)

      WHO’s World health statistics report 2021 presents the latest data for more than 50 health-related indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals and WHO’s “Triple Billion” targets. It finds an overall increase in global life expectancy and healthy life expectancy at birth as a result of improvements in several communicable diseases, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions, noncommunicable diseases, injuries and their underlying determinants. Persisting inequalities also continue to impact population health in most, if not all, aspects. ...