Glossary of HIV / AIDS - related terms
This glossary defines terms commonly used to describe HIV, its pathogenesis, its associated treatments, and the medical management of related conditions (from AACTG to Zinc fingers)
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Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida, HIV, Medicina, Obras de Referência, Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida, Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida, Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida, Dicionário [tipo de publicação]
HIV vaccine dictionary
HIV Vaccine Dictionary defines terms commonly associated with vaccine development and research for the general public (from ADCC [antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity] to Western blot)
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Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida, Medicina, Obras de Referência, Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida, Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida, Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida, Vacinas contra AIDS, Dicionário [tipo de publicação]
The persistence of white privilege and institutional racism in US Policy
In this analysis report, racial minorities are cast as "problems to be solved" instead of victims of an unjust system. Yet, as 19th century, an African American freedom fighter put it nearly a century...
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Racial minorities, Equity, Living Conditions
US CERD Report - United States Initial Report to the United Nations Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Report
Over the years, the United States has worked hard to overcome a legacy of racism and racial discrimination, and it has done so with substantial successes. Nevertheless, significant obstacles remain. B...
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Racismo, Racial Discrimination, Equity, Living Conditions
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The Charter of the United Nations is based on the principles of the dignity and equality inherent in all human beings, and that all Member States have pledged themselves to take joint and separate act...
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Direitos Humanos, Equity, Living Conditions
The new wealth of nations
The past decade was probably the most exuberant period of wealth creation in human history. It also produced an unprecedented number of wealthy people. Despite the recent disappearance of some well-kn...
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Desenvolvimento Econômico, Equity, Living Conditions, Advocacy
Does inequality matter?
The new rich may worry about envy, but everyone should worry about poverty "It's the same the whole world over, It's the poor wot gets the blame. It's the rich wot gets the pleasure..." What would the...
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50334, Pobreza, Advocacy, Equity, Living Conditions
Giving something back
"The rich are getting increasingly active in philanthropy and the political world. The political side is more difficult and less important than what is going on in philanthropy." The Boston study expe...
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Obtenção de Fundos, Advocacy
Exploring the biological contributions to human health does sex matter?
The explosion in the growth of new biological information over the past decade has made it increasingly apparent that many normal physiological functions-and, in many cases, pathological functions-are...
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Equidade em Saúde, Equity, Living Conditions
Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health Report
Although average mortality has fallen over the past 50 years, unacceptable inequalities in health persist. For many measures of health, inequalities have either remained the same or have widened in re...
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Medicina Baseada em Evidências, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions