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WHO knows best? A new treatment for children with diarrhoea
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Is the standard treatment with oral rehydration salts (ORS) the best way to help children with diarrhoea? Researchers from the University of Reading and partner institutions compare the standard ORS solution recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) with one containing less sodium.DocumentFighting motor madness: rethinking urban transport through a poverty lens
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002How should planners respond to increased travel demand in the developing world’s burgeoning cities? Can transport policies contribute to poverty reduction? What is the impact of government expenditure on transport infrastructure? What are the health and education outcomes of improvements / deterioration in transport conditions?DocumentUnlimited companies: the developmental impacts of an investment agreement at the WTO
ActionAid International, 2003This paper presents Actionaids response to the issues surroundings the Cancun Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), to be held in September 2003.ActionAid is concerned that an investment agreement negotiated at the WTO could inflict lasting damage on the livelihoods of poor people in developing countries.DocumentFHI/UNAIDS best practices in HIV/AIDS prevention collection
Family Health International, 2001This collection of work is centred on HIV/AIDS prevention in the non-industrialised world and is based on studies performed by FHI's international and local partners in an international HIV prevention, the AIDS Control and Prevention (AIDSCAP) Project.The book offers case studies, models and lessons learnt to assist individuals, communities, municipalities, non-governmental organisations, businDocumentCase studies of private sector programmes to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
Global Health Initiative, 2002Series of papers and background materials on private sector efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.DocumentGlobal Health Forum I: creating global markets for neglected drugs and vaccines: a challenge for public-private partnership
Institute for Global Health, 2000Efforts to put the health gap between rich and poor countries at the top of the development political agenda have been renewed in recent years.DocumentFinancing education: investments and returns
OECD Education and Skills, 2002This report seeks to analyse the education indicators developed through the OECD/UNESCO World Education Indicators (WEI) programme.DocumentDistance education for basic education in the E9 countries
2002This paper explores the successes or otherwise of the use of distance education to increase levels of basic education in the E-9 countries which share similar issues in terms of high population and relatively low levels of basic education completion.The document details the ways in which countries have used distance education:it has occasionally been used either as an alternative to foDocumentTeacher education through distance learning: technology, curriculum, costs, evaluation
Education Sector, UNESCO, 2001Distance and open learning has been identified by UNESCO as a way of increasing teacher numbers and capacity. This document synthesises case studies commissioned in order to find how best this form of learning might be used.Each of the ten case studies is presented separately and findings and recommendations for further research are synthesised.DocumentPartnership Menus
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2002The Partnership menu is a tool to help the private sector find innovative HIV/AIDS partnership opportunities in developing countries.Created jointly by UNAIDS, World Economic Forum’s Global Health Initiative and the UN Foundation, the menus provide potential donors with a list of HIV/AIDS projects they can sponsor at the country level, ranging from youth-friendly health services, to home-baPages