Life expectancy at birth in relation to GDP per capita (Daniels et al )

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Life expectancy at birth in relation to GDP per
capita (Daniels et al )
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Life expectancy in countries with GDP per capita
above US10.000 (Daniels et al)
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Life expectancy and income distribution in OECD
countries(Wilkinson)
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Infant mortality, GDP per capita and income
inequalities, 1990
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World Bank Report 2000/2001

• Recommendations
• Expand economic opportunities
• Empowerment making institutions accountable
  and responsive to the poor
• Enhance security strengthen support networks

• Poverty Dimensions
• Lack of resources for basic needs
• Lack of voice and power in the institutions of
  the State and Society
• Vulnerability and incapability to overcome
  unexpected shocks

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Health Inequities and the new technologies of IC

• Impact on general determinants of health changes
  of economic, social, cultural and political
  relationships (globalization)
• Redefinition of the concept of community
  creation of virtual communities (social capital)
• Strengthening the participation of the groups
  currently excluded from the decision making
  processes (empowerment)

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Virtual Health Library

• Organized collection of sources of information
  in electronic format with infinite storage
  capacity facilitating universal access in real
  time
• and, at the same time,

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Virtual Health Library
Virtual plataform that allows interactions
between producers, mediators and users of
knowledge in order to identify problems,
establish collaborative networks and exchange
knowledge and information.
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Internet Hosts per 1.000 inhab. (OECD, 2001)