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    Inside and out: tackling environmental health risks in developing countries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Poor people’s livelihoods depend on good health, but their home and work environments often threaten their wellbeing. Environmental risk factors account for 21 per cent of the overall burden of disease worldwide. Research for the UK Department for International Development examines the major risk factors and the strategies available to tackle them.
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    Are two better than one? Combining drugs for intestinal infections in Zanzibar

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How can we combat the intestinal infections caused by roundworms (nematodes), Ascaris, whipworms and hookworms in children and women of childbearing age?
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    Access denied! Doctors in India and Yemen struggle to get the latest information

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Evidence-based medicine is central to medical education and clinical practice in wealthy nations. Meanwhile, lack of information is a major barrier to better healthcare in developing countries. Researchers from the UK University of Southampton explore the obstacles to and opportunities for updating medical knowledge in the developing world.
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    Ceiling fans: changes in house design reduce the risk of malaria

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Anopheles gambiae is the main malaria- carrying mosquito in Africa. It enters houses through the open eaves of over-hanging roofs. Could changes in house design reduce the spread of malaria? Researchers from the UK University of Durham and the Medical Research Council tested different hut modifications in the Gambia.
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    Getting the low-down – rates of RTIs in rural Bangladesh

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Good baseline data are essential for planning reproductive health programmes. But we know very little about levels of reproductive tract infections (RTIs) in rural Bangladesh. Researchers from Dhaka’s International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research investigated RTIs in the Matlab area.
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    Planning together: women, decision-making and health in Egypt

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What is the best way to make sure women’s health projects actually meet the needs of the target groups?  Does community involvement in the planning process make a difference? The Salammbo Group considered the effectiveness of ‘collaborative planning’, a process involving many different groups in the decision-making process, in women’s health projects in Egypt.
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    Tapping into the problem: water shortages in Nigeria

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Do people living in Nigerian villages have clean drinking water?  Do they have enough water to meet their daily hygiene requirements?  The University of Edinburgh, UK, together with the Federal Polytechnic in Bauchi, Nigeria, looked at the supply of water to people living in rural communities in Taraba State, in eastern Nigeria.
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    Probing the public purse – the role of public funds in reducing child mortality

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What chance do poor countries have of reducing child mortality by two thirds between 1990 and 2015? What contribution can public spending make to meeting this Millennium Development Goal (MDG)? Research by the Overseas Development Institute suggests the need for a greater pro-poor focus in public health expenditure.
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    Distant memory – new dementia test allows international comparisons

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    It is difficult to diagnose dementia in societies with limited education. So comparison of levels of the condition in different countries may not be valid. A study involving the UK Institute of Psychiatry aimed to develop and assess a culturally and educationally unbiased test for dementia.
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    Sticking with tradition: patients with mental disorders seek help from healers

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Traditional healers are a widely-used source of primary care in most African countries. What is their role in the treatment of common mental disorders (CMD)? Researchers from the UK Institute of Psychiatry investigated the levels of CMDs among people attending primary health clinics and traditional healer centres in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania.

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