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CHAPTER 1

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Figures derived from:
Harford Thomas (ed), A Picture of Poverty, (he 1979OXFAM Report, OXFAM, Oxford,
1979.
Life expectancy at birth in developing countries: 1935-39: 32 years 1965-70: 49 years
World Bank, World Development Report 1980, Washington DC, 1980. (Low income
countries, life expectancy at birth 1978 average 50 years - 1978)

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OXFAM Field Directors' Handbook, Guidelines and Information for assessing projects,
revised February 1980, pp.3-2, 3-3.
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) Health for All - an alternative strategy, Report of a study group set
up jointly by ICMR/ICSSR, Indian Institute of Education, Pune, 1981, p.5.
Dr. Tony Klouda, "Prevention is more expensive than cure, a Review of Health Problems
for Tanzania 1971-81", February 1982. (mimeo)

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WHO, Drug Policies Including Traditional Medicines in the Context of Primary Health Care,
Report and Background Documentation of the Technical Discussions held during the 32nd
Session of the WHO Regional Committee for SE Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, November
1979, Table 1, p.28.

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OX FA M Field Directors' Handbook, op.cit., p.26-1.

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U NI DO, Global Study of the Pharmaceutical Industry, prepared by the Secretariat of U NI DO
for the First Consultation meeting on the pharmaceutical industry, Lisbon, 1 -5 December 1980,
(1D/WG-33116) 22 October 1980, p.8.

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Dr. David .Vtorley, Professor of Tropical Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University
of London, "Severe Measles: A Barometer of Childhood Nutrition", (mimeo)

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Yemen General Grain Corporation, Ministry of Supply and Ministry of Health with the
assistance of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centre
for Disease Control and USAID, Yemen Arab Republic National Nutrition Survey, November
1980. Definition of anaemia: ll.Og/dl for pregnant women and below 12.0g/dl for all other
women, lactating and non-lactating.

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Prof. G. Peters, Rapport Mission au Mozambique du 8 au 19 octobre 1980, lnstitut de
Pharmacologie de l'Universite de Lausanne, 26 March 1981, p.5.

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Abram S. Benenson (ed), Control of Communicable Diseases in Man, twelfth edition, an official
report of the American Public Health Association, 1975.

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Dr. K.M.S. Aziz of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh,
in interview with the author, October 1980.

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OXFAM Field Directors' Handbook,
1CSSR/ICMR Report, op.cit., p.5.
Klouda, 1982, op.cit.

op. cit., p.22-1.

Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Population
Control, Health Information Unit, Bangladesh Health Profile 1977, 1978.
ICSSR/ICMR, op.cit., p.7.

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