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  Measuring the effects of behaviour change interventions in Burkina Faso with population-based survey results

  JHPIEGO Consortium, 2004

  This evaluation, from the John Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (JHPIEGO), assesses the impact on behaviour change of a maternal and neonatal health (MNH) programme in Burkina Faso.
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  World Health Report 2005 policy brief two: rehabilitating the workforce: the key to scaling up MNCH

  World Health Organization, 2005

  This policy brief from the World Health Report argues that it will not be possible to effectively scale up Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) care without confronting the global health workforce crisis. It argues that the low number of health professionals is one of the main factors in the exclusion from care and high mortality rates for mothers and newborns.
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  Tackling health inequalities: new approaches in public policy

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004

  This article, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), argues that a multi-sectoral approach to policy design and implementation is needed to confront persistent infectious disease epidemics and rising non-communicable disease burdens in developing countries.
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  Health equity in transition from planned to market economy in China

  Health Policy and Planning, 2002

  This paper, published in Health Policy and Planning, examines the impact of economic transition and health sector reform on health equities in the urban and rural populations of China in the 1990s. The analysis reveals that general mortality and infant mortality rates are decreasing in both urban and rural populations.
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  80 million lives: meeting the Millennium Development Goals in child and maternal survival

  Save the Children Fund, 2003

  This report, produced by Save the Children on behalf of the Grow Up Free from Poverty Coalition, analyses the progress made towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals on infant and maternal survival. It reveals that the goal of reducing under-five mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015 is unlikely to be met; sub-Saharan Africa is particularly off-track.
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  Assessing the impact of health centre committees on health system performance and health resource allocation

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2004

  This Equinet discussion paper explores the relationship between Health Centre Committees (HCCs) in Zimbabwe as a mechanism of participation. Findings show that HCCs are associated with improved health outcomes and have acted on and improved primarily health care standards.
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  A review of experience in implementing medium term expenditure frameworks in a PRSP context: a synthesis of eight country studies

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This study, published by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), reviews experiences with medium term expenditure frameworks (MTEFs) and the links being made to national poverty reduction strategies (PRSPs), in Albania and eight African countries. It finds that the explicit focus on poverty reduction generated by PRSPs has helped to strengthen new and faltering MTEFs.
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  Poverty: assessing the distribution of health risks by socioeconomic position at national and local levels

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This guide from the World Health Organization addresses the influence of socioeconomic status on environmental and other risk factors for ill-health. The guide describes a method to "map" health risk factors by socioeconomic position.
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  Approaches to improving the delivery of social services in difficult environments

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  This working paper, produced by the Poverty Reduction in Difficult Environments Team in the UK Department for International Development, explores the challenges of service delivery in difficult environments (SDDE) for external actors.
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  Health as a human security priority for the 21st century

  Helsinki Process, 2004

  This paper considers equitable global health and development as a human security challenge for the 21st century. It is based on the deliberations, findings and recommendations of the Commission on Human Security. The author reviews the key findings of the commission and highlights the importance of health-security linkages.

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