Health

Sharing experiences: sustainable sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific

This online book documents approaches that non-governmental organisations have devised to promote water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives in South East Asia and the Pacific. It provides an opportunity for those in the region to share experiences and to highlight practical issues they face and lessons they learn.

Factsheet on combating congenital syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection. If left untreated it can lead to irreversible damage to the cardiovascular and nervous systems, cause stillbirths and miscarriages and can be transmitted to the unborn child.

Syphilis still constitutes a huge public health burden in many middle and low income countries, hampering efforts to meet the Millennium Goals 4 and 5 on child and maternal health.

The Realising Rights Research Programme Consortium has produced a factsheet on congenital syphilis that outlines how the disease can be prevented and areas for action. More information…

Latest Additions

A policy guide to ending girl child marriage: ( International Center for Research on Women, USA , 2007); Girls who marry as children (younger than 18 years of age) are often more susceptible to the health risks associated with early sexual initiation and childbearing, including HIV and obstetric fistula....
A life course approach to tackling obesity: ( P. Musingarimi / International Longevity Centre , 2008); Obesity in England is a major public health problem among both adults and children which shows no signs of abating. predictions suggest that predicts that by 2050, if current trends persist, 60 percen...
The International Year of Sanitation 2008: achieving sanitation for all: ( UN-Water , 2008); The UN General assembly declared 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation (IYS). The IYS provides the global community with an opportunity to raise awareness and accelerate actions for the achieve...