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  Teacher and health care provider absence: a multi-country study

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper looks at the incidence and causes of absenteeism in public health workers and teachers in eight countries. Research was based on unannounced visits to a random sample of health care facilities and schools.
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  Tamil Nadu’s midday meal scheme where assumed benefits score over hard data

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004

  This paper examines Tamil Nadu's noon nutritious meal scheme, India's largest in terms of the number of beneficiaries covered.
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  Health infrastructure and child health in rural Peru

  2004

  This paper examines the effect of expanding health infrastructure on child nutrition in rural Peru.
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  Malaria control at the district level in Africa: the case of the Muheza district in Northeastern Tanzania

  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2004

  This article from the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene reports on an assessment of the contribution made by primary health care services to malaria control in the Muheza district of North-eastern Tanzania since the 1980s.
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  Good practice in legislation and regulation for TB control: an indicator of political will

  Stop TB Partnership, 2001

  The aim of this document, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) Stop TB Partnership, is to encourage and facilitate the updating of legislation and regulation for TB control, particularly in countries with a high incidence of TB.
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  Impacts of Community Health Insurance Schemes on Health Care Provision in Rural Tanzania

  Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn, 2004

  This study examines community health funds (CHF) in Tanzania to evaluate the role of community health funds in lowering the barriers to access health care. The authors found that protection by the community schemes drastically increases participants’ demand for health care.
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  Voluntary HIV counselling and testing: module 5

  World Health Organization, 2003

  This manual, produced by the World Health Organisation, attempts to outline the key activities and information involved in training staff in voluntary HIV counselling and testing, and also provides guidance on how to train trainers. Module 5 of the manual deals with voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) service delivery and programme management. The module is split into eight sub modules.
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  Health rights and realities, an analysis of the ReproSalud project in Peru

  Center for Health and Gender Equity, 2001

  This report, produced by the Centre for Health and Gender Equity, reviews the first five years of the ReproSalud project (a joint initiative of USAID and the Peruvian feminist organisation Movimiento Manuela Ramos) and explores how ReproSalud has contributed to the advancement of women’s sexual and reproductive health rights in Peru.
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  The effect of population health on foreign direct investment

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004

  This paper explores the relationship between a country’s health in relation to overall economic performance.
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  Strategic alliances: the role of civil society in health

  World Health Organization, 2001

  This discussion paper, produced by the WHO Civil Society Initiative (CSI), examines the role civil society organisations (CSOs) play in health programmes, and assesses the risks and benefits of strategic alliances between the state and civil society to improve health.

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