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  Unreported births and deaths, a severe obstacle for improved neonatal survival in low-income countries; a population based study

  BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2008

  This paper, published in BMC International Health and Human Rights, analyses to what extent births and neonatal deaths are unreported in Vietnam and discusses the consequences at local and international levels for efforts to save newborn lives.
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  Final evaluation of SRV 0038: rural development in coastal areas of Trieu Phong District, Quang Tri Province

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2007

  This report is an evaluation of the Rural Development project, located in the Coastal Areas of Trieu Phong District, Quang Tri Province, Viet Nam. The overall objective of the project is to improve the living conditions of the people, especially the poor, in seven coastal Communes of Trieu Phong District.
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  The value of investing in MSM programmes in the Asia-Pacific region

  US Agency for International Development, 2008

  This policy brief from USAID compares the overall expenditure in Asia Pacific on HIV prevention with the expenditure for men who have sex with men (MSM) programmes alone, discusses the sources of funds and resource requirements for MSM programs and shows the gap between current expenditures and resources needed for an effective prevention programme for MSM.
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  Managing droughts instead of floods in Viet Nam

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008

  The Mekong River in Southeast Asia floods regularly and flood management has been an integral part of local people's lives for many years. But changes to the climate mean that the area now also experiences drought. Can people learn to adapt to droughts as well as floods?
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  Civil society perspectives on HIV/AIDS policy in Nicaragua, Senegal, Ukraine, the United States, and Vietnam

  Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2007

  This report from the Open Society Institute examines groups that are excluded or marginalised from the design, implementation, and evaluation of national HIV/AIDS policies and programmes due to stigma. These groups such as injecting drug users, sex workers, men who have sex with men, prisoners, and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by the epidemic.
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  Intimate partner violence against women in rural Vietnam – different socio-demographic factors are associated with different forms of violence: need for new intervention guidelines?

  BMC Public Health, 2008

  This population-based study published in BMC public health, investigates the different forms, magnitude and risk factors of men’s violence against women in intimate relationships in a rural part of northern Vietnam and whether a difference in risk factors affected the different forms of violence.
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  Can well-regulated private education help achieve Education for All?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008

  The privatisation of schools in developing countries is expanding rapidly. Does private education just benefit elite groups? Or should it be seen as a support to governments constrained by limited public budgets, low quality education and persistent schooling gaps? How should it be regulated? Should private providers receive state support?
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  Rural income generating activities: whatever happened to the institutional vacuum? Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007

  An increasing number of empirical papers and reports have provided evidence that point to the importance of the rural non-farm (RNF) economy in developing countries. In parallel, the livelihoods approach, recognises that households use a range of agricultural and non-agricultural activities as paths out of poverty.
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  Drought-management considerations for climate change adaptation: focus on the Mekong region

  Oxfam, 2007

  This paper presents a study on the impacts of recurring droughts on communities in the Ninh Thuan province of Viet Nam. It examines the root causes of drought in the region, people's perceptions of drought-related vulnerabilities in relation to climate change, and what action is most appropriate to combat the problem.
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  Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis patients in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study

  BMC Public Health, 2007

  This paper in BMC public health looks at the factors that delay people’s access to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in Vietnam.

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