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  Valuing water, valuing livelihoods: guidance on social cost-benefit analysis of drinking-water interventions, with special reference to small community water supplies

  World Health Organization, 2011

  Economic evaluation of drinking-water supply options is crucial. The aim of this book is to give decision-makers, health professionals and analysts a comprehensive view of the arguments and challenges associated with establishing the value of drinking-water interventions. The paper is especially concerned with small-scale drinking-water systems.
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  Hygiene: new hopes, new horizons

  The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2011

  Evidence shows the benefit of improved hygiene (e.g. improved hand-washing and safe stool disposal). However, although promotion of safe hygiene is the single most cost-effective means of preventing infectious disease, investment in hygiene is low both in the health and in the water and sanitation sectors.
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  Climate change, food and water security in South Asia: critical issues and cooperative strategies in an age of increased risk and uncertainty

  Global Water Partnership, 2011

  A key challenge for the South Asian region is achieving food and water security. This publication makes reference to a workshop held in Sri Lanka and examined how the region can best address the threats and opportunities embedded in the nexus between climate change, water security and food security. The paper underlines a couple of facts: 
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  Time to act: save a million lives by 2015: prevent and treat among people living with HIV

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2011

  Tuberculosis (TB) is the main cause of death in people living with HIV. This report is a call that TB should not be a death sentence for a two million people living with HIV and expected to die of TB between 2011 and 2015. The report highlights the following related facts and drawn findings:
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  WHO recommended collaborative TB/HIV activities: evaluation of implementation and performance in a rural district hospital in Cameroon

  National Centre for Biotechnology Information, USA, 2011

  In response to the need of integrating tuberculosis (TB)/HIV activities, the WHO in 2004 mapped out a number of key activities to be implemented by countries to ensure effective collaboration between TB and HIV programmes.
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  Timing and uptake of ART during treatment for active tuberculosis in HIV co-infected adults in Malawi

  Ingenta, 2011

  Malawian policy to invite patients co-infected with tuberculosis (TB) and HIV to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) 2 months after initiating TB treatment changed recently; the new policy shortened the period to 2 weeks instead of 2 months.
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  Born, lived and died - but counted or not?

  Knowledge Services, IDS, 2012

  "Born, lived and died - but counted or not?" is the second in the "Studies of HIV in African communities 'Highlights'" series. It was produced by IDS Knowledge Services with partners in the ALPHA Network and INDEPTH.
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  The cancer burden and cancer control in developing countries

  Envirnomental Health, 2011

  Means to monitor the occurrence of cancer in developing countries are still very limited, and prevention planning relies largely on estimates. The present paper summarises some of the priorities in cancer prevention in developing countries and the underlying evidence base, and addresses some of the challenges. The author draws these conclusions: 
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  Occupational cancer burden in developing countries and the problem of informal workers

  BioMed Central, 2011

  The work environment could be of particular importance in developing countries where cancer mortality is growing. This article discusses the various aspects of occupational cancer in these countries, focusing on the conditions of informal workers and firms. The document describes the situation in developing countries through the following findings:
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  Utilisation of sexual health services by female sex workers in Nepal

  BioMed Central, 2011

  Statistics indicate that more than half of the women with sexually transmitted infections in Nepal sought sexual health services. This study explores female sex workers (FSWs) use of sexual health services in Nepal and the factors associated with their use and non-use of services.

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