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Oil for health in sub-Saharan Africa: health systems in a 'resource curse' environment

Calain, Philippe.
Global Health; 4 (10), 2008
Background In a restricted sense, the resource curse is a theory that explains the inverse relationship classically seen between dependence on natural resources and economic growth. It defines a peculiar economic and political environment, epitomised by oil extraction in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods Bas...
Aceites, Explotación de Recursos Naturales, 28423, Salud Pública, Impactos de la Polución en la Salud/análisis, Conflicto de Intereses, Ética en los Negocios, Gestión Ambiental, África del Sur del Sahara
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Saharan dust - a carrier of persistent organic pollutants, metals and microbes to the Caribbean?

Garrison, V. H; Foreman, W. T; Genualdi, S; Griffin, D. W; Kellogg, C. A; Majewski, M. S; Mohammed, A; Ramsubhag, A; Shinn, E. A; Simonich, S. L; Smith, G. W.
Rev. biol. trop; 54 (supl.3), 2006
An international team of scientists from government agencies and universities in the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), Trinidad & Tobago, the Republic of Cape Verde, and the Republic of Mali (West Africa) is working together to elucidate the role Saharan dust may play in the degradation of Carib...
África del Norte, Polvo, África del Sur del Sahara, Desierto, Contaminantes Ambientales, Contaminantes Orgánicos
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