L48 Anthro 3283 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate, Halloween, Philip Gourevitch
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Pastor wrote a note saying we wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families . About social experience of rwandan genocide when 1 million people were killed in 100 days. India has a high rate of suicide, mostly women. Suicide rate is usually a barometer of mental health. There are cultural forms of suicide, in india farmers drink pesticide. Women commit because they can"t pay dowry for wedding. Former soviet union countries have highest rates. Suicide in china leading cause of death among young adults, especially women. Shift away from the community- based phc model to a market-based system. Said a lot of waste is happening in the field of global health; need more cost-effective interventions. Economist way of thinking about global health. Disability-adjusted life years (dalys) invented in 1993 by economists. Attempt to capture years of life lost to disability and mortality in a comparative perspective.
