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  Maternal care practices among the ultra poor households in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative exploratory study

  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2011

  Although many studies have been carried out to learn about maternal care practices in rural areas and urban-slums of Bangladesh, none have focused on ultra poor women. Understanding the context in which women would be willing to accept new practices is essential for developing realistic and relevant behaviour change messages.
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  Can Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes? Evidence from El Salvador’s Comunidades Solidarias Rurales

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011

  Although conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are traditionally evaluated in relation to child schooling and nutrition outcomes, there is growing interest in examining maternal and reproductive health impacts.
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  A Systematic Review of African Studies on Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women: Prevalence and Risk Factors

  PLoS ONE, 2012

  Although Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is very high in Africa, information obtained from the increasing number of African studies on IPV among pregnant women has not been scientifically analysed. This paper presents a systematic review summing up the evidence from African studies on IPV prevalence and risk factors among pregnant women.
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  Factors associated with teenage marital pregnancy among Bangladeshi women

  Reproductive Health, 2011

  Teenage pregnancy is a public health concern both in developed and developing world. In Bangladesh, most of the first pregnancies occur immediately after marriage, especially among teenagers. Although women aged 15-29 years are the most fertility contributing women in Bangladesh, studies are not yet conducted on teenage pregnancy within this group of women.
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  Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)

  WWDA addresses disability within a social model, which identifies the barriers and restrictions facing women with disabilities as the focus for reform.
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  Sputum induction for microbiological diagnosis of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis in a community setting

  Ingenta, 2011

  Sputum induction has increasingly enabled microbiological confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in hospitalised children, but it has not been evaluated in a community setting. This paper aims to investigate the yield, feasibility and safety of sputum induction for the diagnosis of TB in children in a primary health care facility.
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  Treatment outcomes for children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2012

  This paper aims to assess existing evidence for the treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in children. It highlights that MDR clinical management is especially challenging because there is much variation in the characteristics of patients and programmes, including time to appropriate treatment, average duration of treatment and duration of follow-up.
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  Rapid advice: treatment of tuberculosis in children

  World Health Organization, 2010

  The aim of this guideline is to establish standards for high-quality treatment of tuberculosis in children by providing evidence-based recommendations.
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  Diagnosing and preventing TB in children

  Aidsmap, 2012

  This document looks at efforts to improve tuberculosis (TB) case detection and prevention in children. It highlights that most children get TB from a family member, and families or households where HIV is present pose a particularly high risk of TB for children.
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  Exploring new health markets: experiences from informal providers of transport for maternal health services in Eastern Uganda

  BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2011

  Although a number of intermediate transport initiatives have been used in some developing countries, available evidence reveals a dearth of local knowledge on the effect of these rural informal transport mechanisms on access to maternal health care services, the cost of implementing such schemes and their scalability.

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