Tuesday, September 30, 2003

How international finance is linked to malaria resurgence


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"Rajasthan is a good case study of the links between international finance, ecological imbalance and health problems. The resurgence of malaria in this previously non-endemic area is the ecological and socio-economic consequence of the policies advocated by the Bretton Woods institutions "
A very interesting article showing explicitly the links between the World Bank and Structural Adjustment policies with third world health issues. From InfoChange India a "daily development news channel, providing news, views, perspectives and debates on India's social sector".
Also of note from InfoChange: "Hormone havoc: Pesticide contamination and women’s health".

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