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“Many Voices One Song.” Health-promoting Schools: Evidence, Strategies, Challenges and Prospects

Globally, a moral imperative exists to ensure that all children are provided with the resources and environment necessary to enable them to reach their individual potential, and the call for investment to improve the health of children is almost universal.

Michael Blake Michael Blake

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South African – Swedish effort on pre-hospital diagnostics of stroke and traumatic injuries

The purpose of the present project is the implementation of cost efficient, easy to use, diagnostic tools for stroke and trauma in the sub-Saharan Africa, where there are very limited resources in terms of medical personnel, hospitals and diagnostic devices.

Mikael Persson Mikael Persson

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South African – Swedish effort on pre-hospital diagnostics of stroke and traumatic injuries

Stroke care represents one of the major global unmet challenges of the global health care system.

Mikael Persson Mikael Persson
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