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    Australian aid to health service delivery in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

    Australian Agency for International Development, 2009
    New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are poor countries that represent very challenging developmental environments. This report examines the effectiveness of Australian Agency for International Development’s support to improve the delivery of essential health services in these three countries.
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    Ageing in the Caribbean: exploring some major concerns for family and society

    Global Action on Aging, 2010
    At the start of the 21st century, the Caribbean population of older persons - those 60 years and older - was larger than ever before in the history of the region.
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    Survival and retention strategies for Malawian health professionals

    EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2005
    Malawi, like many southern African countries, is facing a critical human resources for health (HRH) crisis, preventing it from delivering acceptable quality health care services to its population. This report discusses the challenges and survival strategies of health care workers and suggests policy recommendations to tackle these difficulties.
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    Midwifery provision in two districts in Indonesia: how well are rural areas served?

    Health Policy and Planning, 2007
    Attention has focused recently on the importance of adequate and equitable provision of health personnel to raise levels of skilled attendance at delivery and thereby reduce maternal mortality.
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    Improving health outcomes of the poor

    World Health Organization, 2002
    This Report describes the priority interventions that can do most for the health of the poorest billion of the world’s populations. The authors believe that priority health interventions offer a peculiarly effective tool in the fight against poverty.Key interventions include:
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    Cataract surgery: ensuring equal access for boys and girls

    Community Eye Health Journal, 2009
    Surgical intervention is necessary if children with cataract are to regain their sight. In many low- and middle-income countries, cataract is the leading cause of avoidable blindness among children.
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    Trachoma and women: latrines in Ethiopia and surgery in Southern Sudan

    Community Eye Health Journal, 2009
    Trachoma is an infectious disease of the eye caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Bacteria can spread via an infected person’s hands or clothing and may be carried by flies that have come into contact with discharge from the eyes or nose of an infected person.
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    Reaching women in Egypt: a success story

    Community Eye Health Journal, 2009
    In Egypt women are not using eye care services as frequently as men, especially in rural areas. Therefore women in Egypt are more likely than men to suffer from low vision or blindness from avoidable causes. This article in Community Eye Health Journal considers how women can be reached within the community and their level of access to eye health services improved.
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    Working with women to improve child and community eye health

    Community Eye Health Journal, 2009
    In the slums and rural areas of India, visual impairment, blindness, and childhood blindness are usually more prevalent.
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    Why are we addressing gender issues in vision loss?

    Community Eye Health Journal, 2009
    Increasingly it is evident that women are affected by blindness and visual impairment to a much greater degree than men. In 1980 a systematic review of global population-based blindness surveys carried out showed that blindness is about 40 per cent more common in women compared to men. This short article from the Community Eye Health Journal explores the gender dimensions of vision loss.

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