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  Non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: context, determinants and health policy - Miranda - 2008 - Tropical Medicine & International Health - Wiley Online Library

  2008

  The rise of non-communicable diseases and their impact in low- and middle-income countries has gained increased attention in recent years. However, the explanation for this rise is mostly an extrapolation from the history of high-income countries whose experience differed from the development processes affecting today’s low- and middle-income countries.
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  Poverty in a rising Africa: overview

  World Bank, 2015

  Poverty in a Rising Africa is the first of a two-part volume on poverty in Africa aimed at better understanding progress in poverty reduction in Africa and articulating a policy agenda to accelerate it.
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  Going universal: how 24 developing countries are implementing universal health coverage reforms from the bottom up

  World Bank, 2015

  This publication is about 24 developing countries that have embarked on the long journey toward universal health coverage (UHC) following a bottom-up approach, with a special focus on the poor and vulnerable.
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  Testing disgust-and shame-based safe water and handwashing promotion in urban Dhaka , Bangladesh

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015

  Diarrheal disease is one of the two leading killer diseases in the world. An estimated 2.2 million children under the age of 5 years die from diarrheal disease each year. Most of these deaths are from middle- and low-income countries. Improvements in sanitation, water quality, and hygiene could reduce the burden of diarrheal diseases by about one-fourth.
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  Improving maternal and child health in India: evaluating demand and supply side strategies (IMATCHINE)

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015

  Over the past decade, the Central government and various State governments in India have introduced a range of programs aimed at improving maternal health indicators. A central feature of several of the new programs is to encourage pregnant women to deliver their babies in designated medical facilities rather than at home.
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  Impact of malaria control and enhanced literacy instruction on educational outcomes among school children in Kenya: a multi-sectoral, prospective, randomised evaluation

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015

  Improving the health of school-aged children can yield substantial benefits for cognitive development and educational achievement. However, there is limited experimental evidence on the benefits of school-based malaria prevention or how health interventions interact with other efforts to improve education quality.
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  “If we eat well, we can study”: Dietary diversity in the everyday lives of children in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India

  Young Lives, 2015

  Dietary diversity refers to the number of foods consumed over a specific period of time. Research shows that dietary diversity is associated with the appropriate intake of essential macronutrients (carbohydrates, fats and proteins) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), as well as with better nutritional outcomes in both children and adults.
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  Thirty-five years later: evaluating effects of a quasi-random child health and family planning programme in Bangladesh

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015

  Improving the health and nutrition of young children is important not only for immediate well-being, but also because it is believed to reduce poverty in the long-run through improved human capital. Many programs such as Head Start and Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs rely on this postulated link.
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  Education for pregnant girls and young mothers

  Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2015

  This helpdesk report responses to the questions 'how do Kenya, Nigeria and the UK deal with girls who get pregnant at school?' 
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  Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

  World Health Organization, 2013

  Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes – are the biggest cause of death worldwide. More than 36 million die annually from NCDs (63% of global deaths), including 14 million people who die too young before the age of 70.

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