MDGs
- Health Related Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh: A Reality Check
- Unnayan Onneshan, 2012
- By reviewing literature related to health related Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh issue this paper finds that progress made by Bangladesh on the MDGs, especially those related to health, has been extremely slow. With only f...
- Health Related Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh: A Reality Check
- K. M. M. Rahman / Unnayan Onneshan, 2010
- Globally agreed all eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality rate, improve maternal health,...
- Health systems often too weak to support rapid scale-up of service coverage
- D.B. Evans; C. Etienne / World Health Organization, 2011
- Donor commitments to health have increased more than fourfold since the Millennium Declaration was signed in September 2000. However, the simple act of raising more international funds cannot, by itself, achieve the goals if the healt...
- Ethiopia’s AIDS response and its successful “integrated health system strengthening approach”
- Y. Assefa; A. Alebachew; H. Fassil / Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2010
- Ethiopia’s AIDS response is distinguished by its ‘integrated health system strengthening approach’ to expanding health service-delivery. This study on Ethiopia’s experience in this relevance aims at improving u...
- Innovations to improve the performance of the health workforce
- World Health Organization, 2010
- This briefing note posits that boosting the capacity of the health workforce is an integral part of health systems strengthening, and has to be a priority for achieving MDGs 4 and 5. The authors argue that a strong health ...
- Unmet financial needs for malaria control
- R. Snow; E.A. Okiro; P.W. Gething / The Lancet, 2011
- This article analyses whether or not international funding for malaria control has been equitable and adequate. Has international funding been meeting the required needs both in terms of biological needs and national income? ...
- Incorporating flexibilities of TRIPS to ensure better access to HIV treatment
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2011
- This policy brief describes how the flexibilities contained in the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and reaffirmed by the Doha Declaration provide important opportunities for World Trade Organiza...
- Mobile phone based interventions to improve health care information services
- M. Shanmugavelan; M. Alam; A. Raihan; E. Schoemaker / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011
- This research paper shows new ways of using mobile phones for women to increase their access to information on maternal and child health related issues. D.Net (www.dnet.org.bd) and Panos London (www.panos.org.uk) developed...
- Maternity at Work: A review of national legislation
- International Labour Organization, 2010
- Maternity protection for women workers is essential for ensuring women's access to equality of opportunity and treatment in the workplace. It also contributes to the health and well-being of mothers and their babies. Therefore, it is ...
- Progress on MDGs 4 and 5: Getting there but more work needed
- J. Requejo (ed); J. Bryce / Countdown to 2015, 2010
- This report reviews progress on MDGs 4 and 5 over the period of 2000–2010. The Countdown to 2015 initiative collects and analyses data from the 68 countries that account for at least 95 per cent of maternal and child death...
- Health Related Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh: A Reality Check
- Unnayan Onneshan, 2012
- By reviewing literature related to health related Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh issue this paper finds that progress made by Bangladesh on the MDGs, especially those related to health, has been extremely slow. With only f...
- Health Related Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh: A Reality Check
- K. M. M. Rahman / Unnayan Onneshan, 2010
- Globally agreed all eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality rate, improve maternal health,...
- Health systems often too weak to support rapid scale-up of service coverage
- D.B. Evans; C. Etienne / World Health Organization, 2011
- Donor commitments to health have increased more than fourfold since the Millennium Declaration was signed in September 2000. However, the simple act of raising more international funds cannot, by itself, achieve the goals if the healt...
- Ethiopia’s AIDS response and its successful “integrated health system strengthening approach”
- Y. Assefa; A. Alebachew; H. Fassil / Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2010
- Ethiopia’s AIDS response is distinguished by its ‘integrated health system strengthening approach’ to expanding health service-delivery. This study on Ethiopia’s experience in this relevance aims at improving u...
- Innovations to improve the performance of the health workforce
- World Health Organization, 2010
- This briefing note posits that boosting the capacity of the health workforce is an integral part of health systems strengthening, and has to be a priority for achieving MDGs 4 and 5. The authors argue that a strong health ...
- Unmet financial needs for malaria control
- R. Snow; E.A. Okiro; P.W. Gething / The Lancet, 2011
- This article analyses whether or not international funding for malaria control has been equitable and adequate. Has international funding been meeting the required needs both in terms of biological needs and national income? ...
- Incorporating flexibilities of TRIPS to ensure better access to HIV treatment
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2011
- This policy brief describes how the flexibilities contained in the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and reaffirmed by the Doha Declaration provide important opportunities for World Trade Organiza...
- Mobile phone based interventions to improve health care information services
- M. Shanmugavelan; M. Alam; A. Raihan; E. Schoemaker / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011
- This research paper shows new ways of using mobile phones for women to increase their access to information on maternal and child health related issues. D.Net (www.dnet.org.bd) and Panos London (www.panos.org.uk) developed...
- Maternity at Work: A review of national legislation
- International Labour Organization, 2010
- Maternity protection for women workers is essential for ensuring women's access to equality of opportunity and treatment in the workplace. It also contributes to the health and well-being of mothers and their babies. Therefore, it is ...
- Progress on MDGs 4 and 5: Getting there but more work needed
- J. Requejo (ed); J. Bryce / Countdown to 2015, 2010
- This report reviews progress on MDGs 4 and 5 over the period of 2000–2010. The Countdown to 2015 initiative collects and analyses data from the 68 countries that account for at least 95 per cent of maternal and child death...
- Countdown to 2015
- The Countdown to 2015 Initiative tracks coverage levels for health interventions proven to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality.It calls on governments and development partners to be accountable, identifies knowledge gaps and proposes new actions to reach Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. The Countdown Initiative is a supra-institu...
- Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina (CPC, UNC)
- The Carolina Population Center is a community of scholars and professionals collaborating on interdisciplinary research and methods that advance understanding of population issues. Based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the center extends its resources to path-breaking work across the US and in more than 85 other countries and makes its findings available to a global audience. A...
- Towards 4+5 Research Programme Consortium
- Towards 4+5 is a five year research programme on maternal and newborn health. It aims to support evidence based policy and practice for maternal and newborn health to facilitate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. Research is concentrated in five developing countries. These are Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Nepal. It foc...
