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  • Organisation

    Health Research for Action (HERA)

    HERA is an international multidisciplinary team of public health professionals, epidemiologists, pharmacists, anthropologists and health economists with experience in both industrialised and low-incom
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    Wireless technology for social change: trends in NGO mobile use

    United Nations Foundation, 2008
    This report, published by the UN Foundation, examines real life examples of and trends in wireless technology solutions being used to drive change in the areas of health, humanitarian assistance, and environmental conservation. Largely using case studies, the authors find that NGOs’ use of mobile technology is very widespread and indispensable.
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    A doctor in your pocket

    The Economist, 2009
    This special report on health care and technology, published by The Economist, describes how developing countries are using mobile phones to provides personalised medicine. Drawing from experiences of various countries, the authors demonstrate how new technologies help to tackle the health problems of the world’s poorest.
  • Document

    HIV drug policies and south markets: settling controversies

    Future Medicine, 2009
    Despite progress, antiretroviral therapy coverage in low- and middle-income countries remains poor: only 31% of HIV-infected people in need were receiving treatment in 2007.
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    Global Health Promotion

    Global Health Promotion, is the official publication of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE).
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    Financing for HIV, AIDS, TB and malaria in Uganda: An equity analysis

    EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2009
    Global health initiatives (GHIs) are an emerging and global trend in health that focus on partnerships. The introduction of GHIs in Uganda has had significant impacts on the overall financing of the health system, though there has been no assessment of their impact on equity in health sector financing in Uganda.
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    The effects of global health initiatives on country health systems: a review of the evidence from HIV/AIDS control

    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 country health systems in middle and low income countries.
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    World Drug Report 2009

    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2009
    This annual report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) analyses market trends, and compiles detailed statistics on illicit drug markets for cocaine, cannabis, amphetamines, and opiates among others.
  • Organisation

    Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA)

    The Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA) has 76 member hospice programmes present in all nine provinces, and with hospice outreach programmes reaching many more areas.
  • Document

    A basic package of health services for Afghanistan, 2005/1384

    Management Sciences for Health, 2005
    Since the creation of the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in Afghanistan in 2003 the country has seen many positive changes in its health care system. This document from the Ministry of Public Health defines the key elements of the health system being built in the country.

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