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- Australian assistance improved health outcomes in three Pacific poor countries, but some opportunities missed
- ( M. Foster;R. Condon;K. Janovsky / Australian Agency for International Development , 2009)
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New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are poor countries that represent very challenging developmental environments. This report examines the effectiveness of Australian Agency for International ...
- Donors address HIV epidemic for women and girls
- ( K. Ashburn;N. Oomman;D. Wendt / Center for Global Development, USA , 2009)
- In the 1980s, at the beginning of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, it was estimated that about a third of all people infected worldwide were women. After just one decade this had risen to more than half and...
- How global health initiatives impact upon national health systems
- ( Regien G Biesma;Ruairı´ Brugha;Andrew Harmer / Health Policy and Planning , 2009)
- This paper, published by the Health Policy and Planning journal, reviews country-level evidence about the impact of global health initiatives (GHIs), which have had profound effects on recipient count...
- Guidelines on mental and psychological support in emergency settings
- ( Inter-Agency Standing Committee , 2007)
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Armed conflicts and natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering to affected populations. The psychological and social impacts of emergencies may be acute in short term, b...
- How can aid mechanisms best support health sector early recovery?
- ( P. Vergeer;A. Canavan;I. Rothmann / Royal Tropical Institute , 2009)
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States emerging from protracted crises struggle to provide basic services. This is no more crucial than in the health sector where vulnerable ‘post-conflict’ populations are frequently ...
- Finance for HIV/AIDS in three African countries
- ( D. Hailu;S. Singh / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth , 2009)
- With increasing demand for resources to tackle the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, questions arise as to where such resources are to be found and whether they can be fully absorbed and spent. One major sour...
- How to monitor and evaluate national avian influenza programmes
- ( E. Eckert;N. Hoffman;A. Hyslop / MEASURE Evaluation , 2008)
- As the world enters its sixth year of responding to the challenges posed by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the international community has recognized the need to move from an emergency mind...
- Health aid coordination initiatives
- ( Action for Global Health , 2008)
- In a period when aid effectiveness is supposed to be a priority, many European donors have launched different and competing health aid coordination mechanisms. This short briefing paper by Action for ...
- Focus on implementing the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness
- ( S. Burall;S. Maxwell;A. R. Menocal / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2006)
- This Overseas Development Institute working paper describes the characteristics and constraints of the current international aid architecture. It also summarises the perceptions in developing countrie...
- Projecting the size of the funding gap for health
- ( M. Pearson / HLSP Institute, UK , 2007)
- This HLSP paper maps out how overall funding flows for health in developing countries might evolve over the coming years. It considers the key factors that affect levels of spending including governme...
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