Important Stats for Final Flashcards
Medical Care Act (…) and Canada Health Act (…)
1966 & 1984
People with disabilities (…) more likely to live in poverty
2x
Total Access Burden Cost for Marya’s Family =
$3109
Testing of contraceptive pill on Puerto Rican women in…
1950s
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment conducted on rural African American men…
1930s-1970s
10/90 Gap
10% of less of world’s health research spending is directed at conditions responsible for 90% of global burden of disease
Partners in Health Slide
Rural per capital for Haiti’s income under 300$
… of children malnourished.
58%
In 2006 (prior to earthquake) physician to population ratio
… at 25 per 100000 (In U.S it’s 156 per 100000)
Partner in Health launched in … in Haiti’s central plateau, small clinic displaced farmers.
1980’s
In one town, … of patients abandoned treatment within one year. (Haiti)
75%
Community Health Workers
daily visits and financial aid for first three months
What did the 1998 PIH HIV Equity Initiative do?
AIDS vs TB?
Early … – SAPs (Rwanda)
1990s
Genocide destroyed health systems and economy
1994
Republic of Rwanda established – politicial divisions remained
1962
100 days – almost 1 million Tutis killed and moderate Hutus Killed
1994 Genocide
After genocide, cholera epidemic killed…
12000
Rwanda has under … mortality highest in the world
5
PIH begins work in … at invitation of Rwandan Government.
2005