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From: "Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)" <ruglucia at PAHO.ORG>

Indigenous peoples' health and well being



Compiled and edited by Fiona Bristow
Health Unlimited
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM),  2003



Available online as PDF [17p.] at:
http://www.healthunlimited.org/aboutus/HU_IPbooklet_final_b+w.pdf
<http://www.healthunlimited.org/aboutus/HU_IPbooklet_final_b+w.pdf>

Website: 
http://www.healthunlimited.org/aboutus/indigenous%20peoples.htm
<http://www.healthunlimited.org/aboutus/indigenous%20peoples.htm>



"....As the International Decade of the World's Indigenous people nears
its
close, a new study by Health Unlimited and the London School of Hygiene
and
Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) reveals that, far from seeing improvements in
their situation over the last ten years, the plight of the world's
indigenous peoples has actually worsened.



There are 350 million indigenous people in the world, representing over
5,000 languages and cultures in more than 70 countries on every
continent.
Yet indigenous peoples are still dying prematurely, are unable to
access the
health services to which they are entitled and are routinely
discriminated
against and dismissed by health staff, who lack training and
understanding
of their needs.



In this document indigenous people from different parts of the world
describe their beliefs and attitudes to health and well being and what
they
do when they have problems with their health.  It aims to provide
further
evidence of the health challenges facing indigenous peoples so that
policy
makers and service providers can work more effectively with them to
improve
their health and well being....."