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Knowledge and Perception of Pupils on Health and Environmental Risk of Open Defecation: A Ghanaian case Study

  By Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah, Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), University of Ghana, Legon, dzidzoy@staff.ug.edu.gh                         Adjibolosoo Savoiur .V.K, Presbyterian Women’s College of Education (PWCE) Aburi, Ghana, adjisav@yahoo.com  
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September 07, 2019
by Maria TomaI
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The use of non-invasive brain stimulation as a potential treatment for sexual disorders

By Geraldine Rodríguez Nieto, Maastricht University, geraldine.rodriguez@maastrichtuniversity.nl For Citation: SITE4Society Brief No.18-2019 Related to SDG Goals and Indian National Programmes: SDG 3 good health and well-being, SDG 5 gender equality Country Focus: Unrestrictive / Any
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April 22, 2019
by Maria TomaI
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When access to drugs meets catch-up: Insights from the use of CL threats to improve access to ARV drugs in Brazil

When a country is faced with a high disease burden and has to improve access to the corresponding drug, should it focus on industrial catch-up or improving access to medicines? And what's the role of compulsory licensing?
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December 14, 2018
by Shyama Ramani
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Move it! It’s good for you! On the Influence of aerobic exercise training (AET) on disease symptoms, cardiovascular fitness, sleep, and depression in children and adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

  By Laura Mählmann, Phd, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Centre for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland and Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT), Maastricht University La
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September 03, 2018
by Shyama Ramani
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SDG3 (Good Health and Well Being)

Should traditional medicines based health care be promoted to plug gaps to access to allopathic heath care? Insights from a case study of a public private partnership experiment

By S. Manasi, Associate Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change, manasi@isec.ac.in For Citation: SITE4Society Brief No.9-2018 Country focus: India Site Focus: Engagement, Governance Based on: Manasi, S., &  Raju, K. V. (2015). Holistic approach to improve community hea
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May 10, 2018
by Shyama Ramani
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Policy myth: Build toilets and watch open defecation vanish! Evidence from selected villages in West Bengal, India

By Dr. Arijita Dutta, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, dutta.arijita@gmail.com Gitanjali Hajra, PhD research scholar, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, gitu.hajra@gmail.com For Citation: SITE4society Brief No. 7-2018 Related to: #SDG3 (Good Health and We
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April 11, 2018
by Shyama Ramani
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When would compulsory licenses be effective to negotiate discounts on prices of branded drugs?

By Eduardo Urias, UNU-MERIT, urias@merit.unu.edu For Citation: SITE4society Brief No. 4-2018 Related to SDG Goals:  #SDG3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages), #NHM (National Health Mission) SITE focus: Technology catch-up, Innovation and Governance for Ac
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March 01, 2018
by Shyama Ramani
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The case of Genetically Modified (GM) crops in India

By Anurag Kanaujia, AcSIR-PhD Student, CSIR-NISTADS, New Delhi anuragkanaujia01@gmail.com For Citation: SITE4Society Brief No.3-2018 Related to SDG Goals #SDG2 (Zero Hunger) #SDG3 (Good Health and Well Being) #SDG9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) #SDG12 (Responsible Consumpt
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February 23, 2018
by Shyama Ramani
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On diarrhoea in adolescents and school toilets: Insights from an Indian village school study

By Shyama V. Ramani, UNU-MERIT, ramani@merit.unu.edu For Citation: SITE4Society Brief No. 1-2018 Related to SDG Goals and Indian National Programmes: #SDG3 (Good Health and Well Being)  #SDG4 (Quality Education) #SDG5 (Gender Equality) #SDG6 (Water and Sanitation) #SBM (Swachh Bharat
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February 06, 2018
by Shyama Ramani
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