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  Why invest in communications for immunisation?: evidence and lessons learned

  Center for Communication Programs, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2005

  This report makes a case for revitalizing investments in communication for immunization. It considers communication in a broad sense, including advocacy, social and community mobilization, and information, education, and communication (IEC) activities. Without well-planned, adequately funded strategic communication, immunization programs fall short of meeting and sustaining coverage goals.
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  80 million lives: meeting the Millennium Development Goals in child and maternal survival

  Save the Children Fund, 2003

  This report, produced by Save the Children on behalf of the Grow Up Free from Poverty Coalition, analyses the progress made towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals on infant and maternal survival. It reveals that the goal of reducing under-five mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015 is unlikely to be met; sub-Saharan Africa is particularly off-track.
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  Antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants: guidelines on care, treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS and their children in resource-constrained settings

  World Health Organization, 2004

  These World Health Organization guidelines review existing evidence on the use of antiretroviral drugs for preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and recommend specific ARV regimens according to different clinical situations.
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  Measuring health inequality among children in developing countries: does the choice of the indicator of economic status matter?

  BioMed Central, 2003

  This study, published by BioMed Central, compares the impact of four different wealth indices on the measurement of health inequality among children in developing countries. The study uses the World Bank Asset Index and three other indices, all based on household assets, to analyse data from Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chad, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Skilled care during childbirth policy brief: saving women’s lives, improving newborn health

  Safe Motherhood Inter-Agency Group, 2002

  More than half a million women die every year from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. Nearly all maternal deaths (99 per cent) occur in the developing world. In addition to this, more than 50 million women suffer from a serious pregnancy-related illness or disability, and at least 1.2 million newborn infants die from complications during delivery.
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  Young, poor and sick: socioeconomic inequities and child health in rural Tanzania

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  What effect does the degree of a family’s poverty have on the health of young children?  Are girls the losers when it comes to healthcare in Tanzania?  The Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, together with colleagues from research groups in six countries, studied health care for children under five in poor rural areas of southern Tanzania.
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  International perspectives on health inequalities and policy

  British Medical Journal, 2001

  While it is important to target "the poor", inequalities and inequities are not simply about the most deprived members of society. In low-income countries a large minority or even majority of the population live in poverty. In developed countries there are fine inequalities in health status that span the full socioeconomic spectrum.
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  The bitterest pill of all: the collapse of Africa's health system

  Save the Children Fund, 2001

  World leaders are discussing a multi-billion dollar package of initiatives aimed at tackling major diseases in poor countries. However, economic crisis and unsuccessful reforms in the past two decades have left many nations with failing health systems. What groundwork is needed before such vast resources are committed?

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