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Affordability of non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention
Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2015The World Health Organisation (2013) global action plan for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, 2013-2020 outlines a combination of population-wide and individual interventions for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) deemed to be ‘very costeffective’.DocumentOne million community health workers: technical task force report
The Earth Institute, Columbia University, 2013This technical taskforce report focuses on providing broad cost guidance, deployment strategy and operational design considerations for community health worker (CHW) subsystems as part of health system strengthening to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) in Africa. These considerations are summarised in the following 5 themes:DocumentCost-effectiveness of village health workers
Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2015This report reviews the evidence of the cost effectiveness of village health workers (VHWs). It found that the literature tends to use the term community health workers (CHWs) generally to encompass village health workers and other regional variations of a similar role.DocumentCan disgust and shame lead to cleaner water and more handwashing? Impact evidence from Bangladesh
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015Improvements in water quality, sanitation and hygiene are associated with a reduction in risk of diarrhoea. However, treating water and regular handwashing with soap are not common practices in several low- and middle-income countries, including Bangladesh.DocumentDoes building more toilets stop the spread of disease? Impact evidence from India
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015Over one-third of the 2.5 billion people worldwide who do not have access to improved sanitation live in India. Nearly 69 per cent of the population practise open defecation. Typically, the government of India’s national sanitation schemes have focused on building more latrines for reducing open defecation, health-related illness and child malnutrition.DocumentWhat works in expanding the use of chlorine dispensers to purify water? Impact evidence from Kenya
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015According to the World Health Organization, diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death among children under the age of five. Contaminated water is often to blame. Chlorine dispensers installed next to communal water sources are cost-effective means of providing access to safe water treatment. But people have to use the dispensers to treat the water they’ve just drawn.DocumentThe identification and measurement of health-related spillovers in impact evaluations: a systematic review
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015Many interventions delivered to improve global health may benefit not only direct recipients but also people in close physical or social proximity to them. These “spillover effects” are of increasing interest across disciplines. However, methods to estimate spillovers have not been developed systematically or standardized across academic disciplines.DocumentSocial, economic, human rights and political challenges to global mental health
2011The social, economic, human rights and political challenges to global mental health addressed in this paper explore the inextricable relationship between mental health, poverty and debt.DocumentWater and sanitation issues for persons with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries: a literature review and discussion of implications for global health and international development
Journal of Water and Health, 2011The critical importance of unrestricted access to clean drinking water and basic sanitation for all is highlighted in Millennium Development Goal 7, which calls for the reduction by half of the proportion of people without such access by 2015.DocumentThe Gambia demographic and health survey 2013
2014Th3 2013 Gambia Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) was conducted by the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the National Population Secretariat Commission.Pages