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Structured, multicomponent, community-based programme for women’s health and infant health and development in rural Vietnam: a parallel-group cluster randomised controlled trial
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Women’s health in Turkmenistan: ‘Silence strips us of agency. This must change’ | Global development
Turkmenistan has two faces. The first is the one we see in state media: a pretty dancer, a caring mother, a sister or daughter in a beautiful traditional dress. She may be dancing, cooking or decorating an event with her presence. The second is closer to reality: women and girls who have nowhere to go when they meet domestic violence, have no recourse to contraception and family planning services, and face sexual harassment – a few examples on a long list of unmet needs. Access to information is severely curtailed. The state owns or controls all media and the internet is aggressively censored and restricted. As founder and editor of…
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California’s Specialty Dental Clinic Grant Program in development with input from CDA, other stakeholders
Development is underway to increase access to dental care for sufferers with distinctive wellbeing care requirements in California. The Specialty Dental Clinic Grant Method, designed doable by a $50 million point out budgetary expense (above two a long time) led by CDA and supported by a coalition of companies, dental schools, incapacity legal rights companies and shopper advocates, is in the advancement phases and is believed to start out accepting applications by summer time 2023. The program’s goal is to construct a community of new specialty dental clinics or increase present facilities to boost access to oral wellness treatment for individuals with distinctive health and fitness care demands. These clients…