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  West African Ebola epidemic after one year — slowing but not yet under control

  New England Journal of Medicine, 2015

  This correspondence from the WHO Ebola Response Team focuses on the West African Ebola epidemic after one year. It explains how the uneven success of Ebola control measures to date, in the face of shifting geographic patterns of transmission, illustrates the continuing threat posed by the Ebola virus 1 year after the start of the epidemic.
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  India Health Report: Nutrition 2015

  Public Health Foundation of India, 2015

  This report surveys the trends in maternal and child undernutrition in India. It looks at trends and disparities in these outcomes across geographical regions, socio-economic classes, and demographic groups.
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  Expecting the unexpected: applying the Develop-Distort Dilemma to maximize positive market impacts in health

  Health Policy and Planning, 2012

  Although health interventions start with good intentions to develop services for disadvantaged populations, they often distort the health market, making the delivery or financing of services difficult once the intervention is over: a condition called the ‘Develop-Distort Dilemma’ (DDD).
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  Stakeholder narratives on trypanosomiasis, their effect on policy and the scope for one health

  2015

  This paper explores the differing opinions of various stakeholders in relation to trypanosomiasis, a widespread and potentially fatal disease spread by tsetse flies which affects both humans and animals.
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  Helpdesk report: school feeding

  Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2016

  This report identifies research on the outcomes of school feeding programmes which are mixed but largely positive. Some programme costs and design considerations are presented which provide lessons for sustainability and affordability. Some cost-benefit analyses are also included and trade-offs discussed. Key points for consideration in programme design include:
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  Resource needs for addressing noncommunicable disease in low- and middle-income countries current and future developments

  World Health Organization, 2012

  Low and middle income countries are faced with a range of challenges related to providing efficient and affordable health care. With non-communicable diseases (NCD) on the rise, there is a growing need to be able to estimate resource requirements, costs and expected impact associated with various investment strategies related to prevention and control of NCD.
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  Barriers to scaling-up prevention of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis

  Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2015

  This report aims to identify the medical, health service, economic, social and policy barriers to the scale up of the prevention of mother to child transmission of syphilis among pregnant women in low-income countries.
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  Situational analysis of FGM/C stakeholders and interventions in Somalia

  Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2015

  The overall aim of the situational analysis in Somalia is for government, donors and the UN to gain a greater understanding of existing interventions towards ending female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and to identify gaps so as to be able to strengthen the current interventions and inform future programming.
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  Engaging men and boys in changing gender-based inequity in health: evidence from programme interventions

  World Health Organization, 2007

  This review assesses the effectiveness of programmes seeking to engage men and boys in achieving gender equality and equity in health.
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  Team of researchers from Bayero University Kano receives grant to compare feeding practices of mothers of stunted and non-stunted children

  Operational Research and Impact Evaluation, 2015

  In March 2015, a team in the Department of Community Medicine of Bayero University Kano led by Professor Zubairu Iliyasu received a research grant for a new research project to compare the feeding practices of mothers with stunted and non-stunted children.

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