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  Mobilising financial resources for maternal health

  The Lancet, 2006

  This paper is part of a Lancet series of articles about maternal survival. It begins by making the case for investment in maternal health and then considers how financial resources can be channeled to maternal health within countries. The paper examines the limitations and successes of conventional financing mechanisms including user fees; tax revenue; and insurance.
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  The lost children of universal access: issues in scaling up HIV testing and counselling

  Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 2006

  This paper, by Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, reviews national HIV testing and counselling (HTC) policies and technical guidelines aimed at children in countries with a high prevalence of HIV. HTC is essential for increasing access to treatment, care, support and prevention. However there are gaps in current tools and guidance on providing HTC to infants and children.
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  Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies for maternal and neonatal health in developing countries

  British Medical Journal, 2005

  This paper examines the costs and benefits of interventions for maternal and newborn health in developing countries. The analysis includes 21 interventions which target the health related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the effects of these interventions are estimated through their impact on incidence, remission and case fatality of maternal and neonatal conditions.
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  Behaviour change in perinatal care practices among rural women exposed to a women's group intervention in Nepal

  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2006

  This article, in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, examines the behaviour changes in pregnancy, childbirth and newborn care of women in rural Nepal who attend participatory women’s groups which focus on improving care before, during and after childbirth.
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  Child health inequities in developing countries

  2006

  This paper, in the International Journal for Equity in Health, compares the magnitude of inequities in child malnutrition across urban and rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and investigates the extent to which disparities within urban areas are accounted for by the characteristics of communities, households and individuals.
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  Can biomedical and traditional health care providers work together?: Zambian practitioners' experiences and attitudes towards collaboration in relation to STIs and HIV/AIDS care: a cross-sectional study

  Human Resources for Health, 2006

  This paper, from Human Resources for Health, explores biomedical and traditional health practitioners’ experiences of, and attitudes towards, collaboration. The paper also identifies obstacles and potential opportunities for collaboration in the care of patients with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and AIDS.
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  Accelerating progress towards achieving the MDG to improve maternal health: a collection of promising approaches

  Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2005

  This discussion paper, produced by the World Bank Health, Nutrition, and Population department, examines some approaches that have been used to improve maternal health around the world, drawing on field research and practice.
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  Analytic and strategic review paper: international perspectives on early child development

  Commission on Social Determinants of Health, WHO, 2005

  This paper, published by the World Health Organization Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, focuses on early child development and education (ECD) as a determinant of health. It describes three sets of factors that influence ECD. The first set, factors within the family, includes stimulation, support, and nurture.
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  Iraq Health Update

  Medact, 2006

  This update reviews the Iraq health situation since 2005. The paper highlights the following health related consequences of the war: The author argues that the disastrous security situation has paralysed the Iraqi health sector.
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  Skilled attendant at birth 2006 updates

  World Health Organization, 2006

  This factsheet, published by the World Health Organization, reports the latest data on the proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel, for countries, regions and sub-regions. Along with maternal mortality rates, this data is used as an indicator of progress towards the fifth Millennium Development Goal, which aims to improve maternal health.

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