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  Constructed wetlands: a promising wastewater treatment system for small localities. Experiences from Latin America

  UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, 2008

  Concentrating on experiences with constructed wetland schemes in Central and South America, this report provides an overview of how constructed wetlands serve as natural wastewater treatment systems.
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  Writing about equity in health in east and southern Africa: a writing skills manual

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2008

  Equity in health implies addressing differences in health status that are unnecessary, unavoidable and unfair. Equity-motivated interventions seek to allocate resources preferentially to those with the lowest health status.
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  Fresh and alive, WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2008

  World Health Organization, 2008

  Tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death in the world today. Yet, tobacco use is common throughout the world due to low prices, aggressive and widespread marketing, lack of awareness about its dangers, and inconsistent public policies against its use.
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  Handwashing for preventing diarrhoea

  Cochrane Library, 2008

  Diarrhoea is a common cause of morbidity and a leading cause of death among children aged less than five years, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Hand washing is one of a range of hygiene promotion interventions that can interrupt the transmission of diarrhoea-causing pathogens.
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  Training of HIV/AIDS committees at local government authorities

  Tanzania Commission for AIDS, 2007

  Tanzania is one of the countries hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Tanzania Commission for AIDS was established as part of the government response to the HIV epidemic.This manual is part of the Tanzania Commission for AIDS strategic plan to coordinate and strengthen the efforts of stakeholders involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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  Towards effective programming for WASH in schools: a manual on scaling up programmes for water, sanitation and hygiene in schools

  IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2007

  To be successful, water, sanitation and hygiene education (WASH) programmes in schools should focus on providing both effective facilities and effective education.
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  Linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS: an annotated inventory

  World Health Organization, 2005

  This online annotated inventory published by the World Health Organization (WHO) reviews tools that link HIV/AIDS with sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programmes (sexual health, maternal health, family planning and STI management) and those that link SRH with HIV/AIDS programmes (prevention, treatment, care and support).
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  Global perspectives on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents: patterns, prevention, and potential

  The Lancet, 2007

  This is the second in the series of six Lancet articles about adolescent health. The article discusses the patterns and prevalence of adolescents’ sexual behaviours and reproductive health outcomes, all of which show huge regional and country-level variation.
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  Behaviour change in perinatal care practices among rural women exposed to a women's group intervention in Nepal

  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2006

  This article, in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, examines the behaviour changes in pregnancy, childbirth and newborn care of women in rural Nepal who attend participatory women’s groups which focus on improving care before, during and after childbirth.
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  A community-based health education programme for bio-environmental control of malaria through folk theatre (Kalajatha) in rural India

  Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2006

  This article, published in the Malaria Journal, examines the effectiveness of Kalajatha events as a medium for educating rural communities about malaria control and prevention strategies. Kalajatha refers to a traditional form of folk theatre which delivers key messages in local dialects and cultural settings.

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