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  Averting a malaria disaster in Africa – where does the buck stop?

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

  This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, emphasises the importance of combination therapy as a solution to the growing threat of drug-resistant malaria in Africa. It focuses in particular on artemisinin drugs which have proved effective at combating malaria in south east Asia.
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  The ICPD at ten

  World Health Organization, 2003

  Ten years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was held in Cairo, this issue of Entre Nous magazine, published by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, reviews progress made in implementing the programme of action adopted at the conference.
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  Health care between war and peace: an exploration of issues and strategies

  HealthNet International, 1997

  This is the first discussion paper for HealthNet International (HNI), which delivers health care in post-conflict situations in low-income countries. The paper aims to inform a better policy framework for this organisation, as neither conventional relief nor development policies adequately apply to HNI operations.
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  Dilemmas of post-conflict transition: lessons from the health sector

  Overseas Development Institute, 1995

  This paper, published by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), examines the experience of the health sector in situations of post-conflict transition in Cambodia, Ethiopia, and Uganda.
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  HIV/AIDS and humanitarian action

  Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2004

  Whether you label HIV/AIDS as an emergency or as a long-term crisis, it clearly requires both a humanitarian response to suffering and a long-term perspective. This research report, produced by the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute, examines the implications of HIV/AIDS in emergencies and of the role of humanitarian aid.
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  Learning from Thailand's health reforms

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  Thailand took a "big bang" approach to introducing universal access to subsidised health care. In 2001, after years of debate and slow progress, it extended coverage to 18.5 million people who were previously uninsured (out of a population of 62 million). This move was combined with a radical shift in funding away from major urban hospitals in order to build up primary care.
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  Governance foundations for post conflict situations: UNDP's experience

  United Nations Development Programme, 1999

  During the past decade, there has been an increase in armed conflict, institutional breakdown and social fragmentation in UNDP programme countries.
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  The international response to conflict and genocide: lessons from the Rwanda experience (Chapter 5)

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Danida, Denmark, 1997

  Chapter five of this report, prepared by the Steering Committee for Joint Evaluation of Emergency Assistance to Rwanda, looks at rehabilitating the health sector. By mid-July 1994, Rwanda's entire health delivery system had collapsed and was in complete disarray. Over 80 percent of its health professionals were killed or had fled the country.
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  Heaven or hubris: reflections on the new new poverty agenda

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  The new ‘New Poverty Agenda’ represents a shift in institutional approaches to global poverty reduction, as directed by various new strategies and targets.
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  The influence of aid in situations of violent conflict

  OECD Development Centre, 1999

  Over the past decade, the mandate of aid has been extended significantly. In 2000, the OECD initiated a research process on the way humanitarian and development aid can be used to promote dynamics of peace in recipient countries. This report synthesises and comments on the results of four case studies on Afghanistan, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka.

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