African countries are placed in a disadvantaged position for technology development because professional, highly educated cadres of people are needed to develop, operate and maintain these technologies and lead scientific endeavors.
This resonates with Clatterbaugh's [ 20] argument that, as men participate in the construction of powerful masculinities and patriarchies, they often place themselves in a disadvantaged position when it comes to health care access.
1Using data from a small survey of immigrants in the early 1990s, Vitkovskaya (1998) finds that migrants were in a disadvantaged position while searching for a place of residence and for a job, partly due to the limitations imposed by the regional authorities.
This situation may have affected the vaccination coverage for basic childhood vaccines (National Immunization Schedule at the time of the study is given in Table 1), placing IDPs at a disadvantaged position relative to the general Sri Lankan population which have had a very high vaccination coverage for a considerable period of time [ 2][ 3].
The treatment option(s) preferred by a patient may place others, particularly his caregivers, in a disadvantaged position.
Certainly many English remain flummoxed; some also nurse a grudge because they say their tax pounds go to support a more economically disadvantaged place.
And suppose a city was assigned a set number of high-risk (economically disadvantaged) places, a set number of low-risk (highly prosperous) places, and some in between.
In a detailed critique of the policy, the influential health thinktank has found that disadvantaged places in the north, Midlands and inner London with the greatest need for social care will lose out because they will be able to raise too little extra revenue from it to make any difference.
Once these girls understand that they have these commonalities, and we can forge these alliances and build these bridges... Can you imagine in 10 years if we were to have 50 Global Girl Media News Bureaus operating in the most economically disadvantaged places in the world, and those girls connect and form almost a network of support, education, and power?
This paper systematically identifies, classifies and maps disadvantaged places in the nation's largest cities – Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
