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'''<big>Welcome to Appropedia's Portal page for Health and safety</big>'''
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'''"Those who have health have hope,<br />and those who have hope have everything."''' ''<br />-Arabian Proverb''
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An individual’s health greatly influences their ability to support themselves, provide for their family, and contribute to the community. Because of this, access to care and the health of a community is central to any development effort.
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Unfortunately, health care is poorly distributed around the world. Southern hemisphere countries are much more likely to suffer from lack of access to care. One aspect of this disparity is the health technology gap between developed and developing nations. While developed countries continue to invest in high technology equipment, developing countries often lack the most basic health care tools. Appropriate Medical Technologies (AMT's) can help communities, governments and development agencies create simple, low-cost, and culturally appropriate responses to health care problems.
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The use of appropriate technologies is less common in healthcare than other fields such as [[:Category:Construction and materials|construction]] or [[:Category:Food and Agriculture|agriculture]]. However, there is significant crossover between the [[:Category:Public health|public health field]] and the [[:Category:Water|water]] and [[:Category:Sanitation|sanitation]] fields, areas that are more familiar with appropriate technologies. Appropriate technology is often used to develop [[:Category:Mobility and rehabilitation|mobility and rehabilitation equipment]] as well as tests used to [[:Category:Diagnostics|diagnose diseases]].
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*[[:Category:Public Health| Public Health]]
*[[:Category:Mobility and rehabilitation| Mobility and Rehabilitation]]
*[[:Category:Medical care| Medical Care]]
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*[[:Category:Diagnostics| Diagnostics]]
*[[:Category:Health education| Health Education]]
*[[:Category:Health infrastructure| Health Infrastructure]]
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*[[Appropriate technology hand wash station, Thailand]]
*[[Community-led total sanitation]]
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*[[HSU Bike powered washing machine]]
*[[Photovoltaic vaccine refrigeration]]
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*[[Recycling and dengue fever in Sukunan, Indonesia]]
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*[[Health care by region]]
*[[Herbal Remedies of the Deep Tropics]]
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*[[Pau d'arco]]
*[[Quake Safe]]
*[[The Herb Garden]]
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==Organization and users==
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*[http://www.path.org/ Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)]
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*[http://www.ssilink.org/ Sustainable Sciences Institute]
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*[http://www.talcuk.org/ Teaching-aids At Low Cost (TALC)]
*[http://www.hesperian.org/ The Hesperian Foundation]


==See also==
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