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  The economic burden of illness for households: A review of cost of illness and coping strategy studies focusing on malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS

  Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland, 2003

  This paper from the Project on Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (DCPP) reviews and summarise studies that have measured the economic costs and consequences of illness for patients and their families, focusing on malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
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  Investing in development: a practical plan to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

  Millennium Project, 2005

  Investing in development is the final report of the UN Millennium Project. It presents the findings and recommendations of the project, which will be reported directly to the UN Secretary-General and the Administrator of the UNDP.The report makes ten key recommendations:developing country governments should adopt development strategies bold enough to meet the MDG targets for 2015.
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  Poverty and labour market markers of HIV+ households: an exploratory methodological analysis

  Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2004

  This study provides a tentative analysis of the relationship between HIV, poverty and labour markets. The author illustrates that the relationship between poverty, labour markets and HIV is not homogenous but multi-dimensional in character.
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  World Youth Report 2005

  United Nations [UN] Programme on Youth, 2005

  This report presents an overview of the global situation of young people.The report highlights the following issues: the impact of globalisation on young women and men; the use of and access to ICTs; the impact of HIV/AIDS on young people; the active involvement of young people in armed conflict, both as victims and as perpetrators; and the increased importance of addressing intergenerational
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  The public budget and maternal mortality in Mexico: an overview of the experience

  International Budget Partnership, 2004

  During 2002, Fundar, a center for analysis and research working on budget issues in Mexico, engaged in a project aimed at evaluating the extent to which public resources were being allocated to the reduction of maternal mortality.
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  Interim report of task force 4 on child health and maternal health

  Millennium Project, 2004

  Important gains were made in the area of child survival during the second half of the twentieth century. However, in many parts of the world, mortality declines have slowed or stagnated; in others they have reversed. Inequalities in health status and in access to health care are wide and deep.
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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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  Challenges in the social sector: confronting Caribbean SIDS

  United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004

  This paper identifies those areas which ECLAC believes lead to the most pressing social problems in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
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  Fear and want: obstacles to human security

  Social Watch, 2004

  Acknowledging that it is impossibe to answer many specific questions on current events, this report aims to make its own contribution to the debate by examining which grassroots organisations around the world are engaged in the frontline of the battle against poverty and discrimination.
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  Malaria: a major cause of child death and poverty in Africa

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2004

  This document, produced by UNICEF and Roll Back Malaria (RBM), reviews the malaria burden in Africa and examines the role for UNICEF in taking forward the RBM initiative. The document focuses particularly on the critical importance of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for malaria control and outlines UNICEF’s approach to increasing the use of ITNs.

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