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  Committed to health for all? How the G7/G8 rate

  Social Science and Medicine, 2004

  This article, published in Social Science and Medicine, reports on progress towards the goal of health for all, with specific reference to international development commitments made by the G7/G8 nations at the 1999, 2000 and 2001 summits. It argues that the limited progress toward achieving health for all derives largely from the failure of G8 nations to fulfil their development commitments.
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  Health research for equity in global health: statement by the Global Forum for Health Research

  Global Forum for Health Research, 2004

  This statement, published by the Global Forum for Health Research, reports on its eighth annual meeting, held in Mexico City from 16-20 November 2004, which considered how health research could be used to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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  Progress for children: a child survival report card

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2004

  This UNICEF report looks at trends in the indicators for the fourth MDG, which aims for a two-thirds reduction of under-five mortality rates between 1990 and 2015. Tracing back to the 1960s it takes a regional and global analysis to the achievements in reducing child mortality.
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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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  Commitments: youth reproductive health, the World Bank, and the Millennium Development Goals

  The Global Health Council, 2004

  This report from the Global Health Council argues that improving the reproductive health of youth is key to achieving all eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and reducing poverty. It also highlights the World Bank’s vital role in these efforts. Links are made between each youth reproductive health issue and the goal or goals which it affects.
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  Can the millennium development goals be attained?

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This article, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), focuses on health as central to the achievement of all the millennium development goals (MDGs). Key challenges for health improvement include reversing the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and reducing child and maternal mortality. The authors acknowledge the need for more aid but argue that this is only part of the picture.
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  World Development Report 2004: making services work for poor people

  World Development Report, World Bank, 2003

  This issue of the WDR focuses on policies for improving the access of poor people to affordable, better quality services in health, education, water, sanitation, and electricity.The report focuses on the three ways in which services can be improved:By increasing poor clients’ choice and participation in service delivery, so they can monitor and discipline providers: School vouche

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