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    Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina (CPC, UNC)

    The Carolina Population Center is a community of scholars and professionals collaborating on interdisciplinary research and methods that advance understanding of population issues.
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    Coverage of selected services for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment in low-and middle-income countries in 2005

    Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2005
    This report from Constella Futures Policy Project presents the results of an assessment of the coverage of several key services for the prevention, care and treatment of HIV and AIDS in 2005. It updates similar reports on coverage in 2001 and 2003.
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    Health and conflict: a review of the links

    Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2009
    The four horsemen of the Apocalypse – Pestilence, Famine, War and Death –illustrate in many ways obvious connection between health and armed conflict. The purpose of this paper is to show how these four horsemen work together, and particularly, how pestilence, famine and death interact with war.
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    How can health systems respond to population ageing?

    World Health Organization, 2009
    All countries in Europe face ageing populations. This review examines the impact of ageing populations on health systems, demonstrating that it will give rise to a number of challenges. However, the paper deems that much of this impact will depend on whether elderly people can be enabled to remain in good health.
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    Economic assessment of a women's group intervention to improve birth outcomes in rural Nepal

    The Lancet, 2005
    Of the 4 million neonatal deaths worldwide every year, most occur in developing countries. In Nepal, the burden of neonatal mortality is especially high, and over 90 percent of births take place at home without a trained attendant. Because of geographic and financial realities, achieving a substantial increase in facility-based deliveries is unlikely to be feasible in the short-term.
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    Women's groups' perceptions of maternal health issues in rural Malawi

    The Lancet, 2006
    Improvements in preventive and care-seeking behaviours to reduce maternal mortality in rural Africa depend on the knowledge and attitudes of women and communities. Surveys have indicated a poor awareness of maternal health problems by individual women. This article in The Lancet reports the perceptions of women's groups to such issues in the rural Mchinji district of Malawi.
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    Working with the non-state sector to achieve public health goals

    World Health Organization, 2005
    In both urban and rural settings, private for-profit and non-profit health care providers and suppliers of health related commodities serve both the rich and the poor. This paper from the World Health Organisation aims to start developing consensus about key challenges and effective strategies in working with the non-state sector to achieve public health goals.
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    A basic package of health services for Afghanistan, 2005/1384

    Management Sciences for Health, 2005
    Since the creation of the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in Afghanistan in 2003 the country has seen many positive changes in its health care system. This document from the Ministry of Public Health defines the key elements of the health system being built in the country.
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    Support to the health sector in Helmand Province, Afghanistan

    Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2008
    How can aid funds best be spent in areas of high instability? This scoping study from the British Department for International Development (DFID) argues that development funds would have the most impact on improving health outcomes in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, a country where health is consistently ranked among the top 5 priorities of the general public.
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    Afghanistan health sector balanced scorecard national and provincial results

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2006
    The Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has adopted the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) for use as a tool to measure and manage performance in delivery of the Basic Package of Health Services throughout Afghanistan.

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