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  A new approach to social assistance: Latin America’s experience with conditional cash transfer programs

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper reviews the experience of the Latin America and Caribbean region in introducing conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes which provide money to poor families conditional upon investments in human capital, usually sending children to school and/or bringing them to health centers on a regular basis.
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  TB and poverty: are we doing enough?

  EQUI-TB Knowledge Programme, 2006

  This report, published by Equi-TB, describes the outcomes of a 2005 meeting on tuberculosis (TB) and poverty. Topics discussed at the meeting included defining and measuring poverty; ensuring that tools for TB control such as “DOTS” – the World Health Organization’s recommended strategy – reach the poor; and service delivery issues.
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  State of the world's cities 2006/7

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2006

  It is generally assumed that people living in the urban areas of developing countries are healthier, more literate and better off than their rural counterparts.
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  Self-perceived health of ultra poor women: the effect of an inclusive development intervention

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006

  This paper reports on the health component of the BRAC project entitled "Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor" (CFPR/TUP). The paper examines changes in the self-reported health status of these ultra poor women in northern Bangladesh over a period of one and half years.
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  Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY): providing social support, savings, and microcredit opportunities for young women in areas with high HIV prevalence

  Population Council, USA, 2006

  Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY) is a multiphase initiative whose overall aim is to reduce adolescents' vulnerabilities to adverse social and reproductive health outcomes, including HIV infection, by improving their livelihoods options. The project operates in low-income and slum areas of Nairobi, Kenya, where rates of HIV infection are high and where young women are disproportionately affected.
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  Reviewing ten years of the School Nutrition Programme

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005

  The South African School Nutrition Programme was established in 1994 to address the food needs of impoverished school children. However, researchers are divided about the policy value of the school nutrition programme, with one group wishing to expand the programme whilst the other advocates limiting its scope.
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  The triad of poverty, environment and child health in Nairobi informal settlements

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2002

  This paper explores how community members from Nairobi’s informal settlements understand the linkages between urban poor environments and childhood illnesses.Key findings include: children’s illnesses is mainly due to their impoverished status and environment rather than mothers’ lack of biomedical conceptualization of disease processescommunity’s knowledge of their children’s illne
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  Evaluation of NPA's support to Mutuelle, a voluntary health insurance scheme in Rwanda

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005

  Following the withdrawl of donor support for health services after the emergency period, the government of Rwanda introduced user fees. This led to a decrease in the demand for health services, and it is from this background that Mutuelle emerged. Introduced in 1999, Mutuelle is a community based health insurance scheme.
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  Challenges and experiences in extending social protection

  Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social / Inter-American Conference on Social Security, Mexico, 2005

  Extending social protection to groups that are economically weak or groups that have been excluded from social protection is a topic of permanent concern for governments of almost every developing country.
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  Progress for children: a report card on immunization

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This volume of Progress for Children reports on the progress of immunisations by countries and region.The report finds that East Asia/Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean and Middle East/North Africa are almost achieving the 90 per cent target for DPT3 (national and district coverage).

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