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    Lessons learned from mainstreaming HIV into the poverty eradication action plan in Uganda

    John Snow International UK, 2003
    In 1991 Uganda was the first country to adopt a multi-sectoral approach to HIV. It has since been hailed as a Sub Saharan African success story. HIV prevalence has declined from a high of 20% in 1992 to 6.1% in 2001.
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    Macedonia: health briefing paper

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2003
    Around 20% of the population of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia lives below the poverty line, an increase from 1996. Unemployment is high at 32%. The health of the population is affected by slow economic growth and poor environmental health. However, infant mortality rates experienced a sharp fall from 22.7 per 1000 live births in 1995 to 11.9% in 2001.
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    Global Equity Gauge Alliance: reflections on early experiences

    Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh, 2003
    The paper traces the evolution and working of the Global Equity Gauge Alliance (GEGA) and its efforts to promote health equity. GEGA places health equity squarely within a larger framework of social justice, linking findings on socioeconomic and health inequalities with differentials in power, wealth, and prestige in society.
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    Romania: health briefing paper

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2003
    Romania embarked on an economic and political transition in 1989 from a lower point than many other Central Eastern European countries. However, transition has been associated with deepening poverty. Approximately 33.8% of the population was living below the poverty line by 1998, up from 7% in 1989.
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    Running out of breath: TB care in the 21st century

    Médecins Sans Frontières, 2004
    This paper, produced by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), examines current TB control efforts, focusing on the internationally recommended DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course) programme strategy. It also reviews diagnostic tools and TB treatments, and considers research and development (R&D) needs.
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    Impact of a community-based comprehensive primary healthcare programme on infant and child mortality in Bolivia

    Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh, 2003
    This article, published by ICDDR, B: Centre for Health and Population Research, reports on a study which examined the impact of a community-based comprehensive primary health care programme on child survival in Bolivia.
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    Bulgaria: health briefing paper

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2003
    Bulgaria is classified by the World Bank as a ‘heavily indebted lower middle income country’. The economic deterioration after 1989 was accompanied by deterioration in a number of health indicators. Infant mortality rates stagnated during the 1990’s, premature mortality remained at a high level and the incidence of several severe illnesses rose.
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    Croatia: health briefing paper

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2003
    Croatia suffered five years of war after declaring independence in 1991, which resulted in considerable damage to its housing and public services infrastructure.
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    The economics of priority setting for health care: a literature review

    World Bank, 2003
    The traditional approach to priority setting in health care implies ranking programmes according to their cost-effectiveness ratio. This review from the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, argues that this approach raises difficulties in regard to three crucial areas: the incorporation of equity principles, practical constraints and the limitation of economic evaluation.
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    Who infects whom? Migration and the HIV epidemic in South Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    High rates of population movement fuel the spread of HIV in Southern Africa. Urban migrants returning home to their rural communities can help drive the epidemic. However, is this migration pattern the main cause of the spread of infection within rural communities? The South African Medical Research Council investigated this issue in Hlabisa, a rural district of KwaZulu/Natal.

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