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    Manual for the health care of children in humanitarian emergencies

    World Health Organization, 2008
    The acute phase of an emergency is defined by crude mortality rate and persists as long as the crude mortality rate is at least double the baseline mortality rate, that is, as long as there are twice as many people dying per day compared to the normal rate of death.
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    The role of misoprostol in making home births safer

    Future Health Systems research consortium, 2009
    According to the World Health Organization a woman dies every minute from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. This research in focus paper by Future Health Systems provides an introduction to the use of misoprostol to make home births safer and explains the relevance of new learning from Future Health Systems to what is known.
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    Implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Tanzania: success and challenges

    Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems, 2009
    This CREHS research report analyses the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) policy in Tanzania. Two districts in North-Western Tanzania, Bunda and Tarime, in Mara region, were picked to examine the issues around introduction, planning and implementation by district health managers and at facility levels. The paper finds that: 
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    Implementing IMCI in Kenya: challenges and recommendations

    Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems, 2008
    This policy brief, by the Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems (CREHS), looks at the challenges of implementing the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy in Kenya.
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    Health in fragile states: an overview note

    High-Level Forum on the Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2005
    Progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) requires that more attention be paid to the situation of countries in which often, but not exclusively, as a result of prolonged conflict, governments cannot, or will not provide the stewardship needed.
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    Achieving the Health Millennium Development Goals in fragile states

    High-Level Forum on the Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2004
    The success of the Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) requires major improvements in health systems and health outcomes across the developing world.
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    Everybody's business: strengthening health systems to improve health outcomes: WHO’s framework for action

    World Health Organization, 2007
    It will be impossible to achieve national and international goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), without greater and more effective investment in health systems and services. The World Health Organization (WHO) faces many of the same challenges being tackled by countries.
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    A guide for monitoring and evaluation of Avian Influenza programs in Southeast Asia

    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 mindset to a mid- to long-term perspective. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems form a critical element in these longer-term approaches.
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    Public health in crisis-affected populations: a practical guide for decision-maker

    Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2007
    Never before has it been clearer what interventions must be implemented to mitigate the adverse health consequences of wars and natural disasters, and what standards those interventions must strive to achieve. Political considerations often obstruct the delivery of appropriate relief.
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    World health statistics 2008

    World Health Organization, 2008
    This report presents the most recent health statistics for the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s 193 Member States. This fourth edition includes 10 highlights in health statistics in addition to an expanded set of over 70 key health indicators. It includes, for the first time, trend data.

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