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  Effects of routine prophylactic supplementation with iron and folic acid on admission to hospital and mortality in preschool children in a high malaria transmission setting: community-based, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

  The Lancet, 2006

  Anaemia caused by iron deficiency is common in children younger than 5 years of age in eastern Africa. However, there is concern that the universal coverage of iron and folic acid supplements for children in areas of high malaria transmission might be harmful.
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  Indigenous health part 1: determinants and disease patterns

  The Lancet, 2009

  This article, published by The Lancet, notes that almost 400 million of the world's indigenous people have low standards of health. This poor health is associated with poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding, poor hygiene, environmental contamination, and prevalent infections.
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  Improving maternal health – lessons from the basic health services project in China

  2008

  China’s rural health system has experienced major problems in adapting to the emerging market economy. The central government has recognised that it needs to take action to ensure more equitable access to services.
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  Access to health care in relation to socioeconomic status in the Amazonian area of Peru

  2009

  Good health is recognised by many as being central to individual and national development. However, there is often a disconnect between the access and utilisation of health services by the poor.
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  Mental health aspects of women’s reproductive health: a global review of the literature

  World Health Organization, 2009

  This literature review examines the link between mental health and women’s reproductive health. It explores the key issues affecting women throughout the life cycle and provides an evidence base that highlights the effects of these development processes on women.
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  Exposure to physical and sexual violence and adverse health behaviours in African children: results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2009

  This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, examines associations between exposure to physical violence (PV) or sexual violence (SV) and adverse health behaviours among a sample of children in five African countries.
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  The impact of the AIDS pandemic on health services in Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2009

  This paper, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, documents the impact of the AIDS crisis on non-AIDS related health services in 14 sub-Saharan African countries. The authors, using multiple waves of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for each country, examine antenatal care, birth deliveries, and rates of immunisation for children born between 1988 and 2005.
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  The effects of parental death and chronic poverty on children’s education and health: evidence from Indonesia

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2009

  What are the impacts of of parental death and chronic poverty on children's education and health in Indonesia?
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  Health of women after severe obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: a longitudinal study

  The Lancet, 2007

  Although maternal mortality is widely used as an indicator of development, the many pathways that link maternal health and illness to long-term economic and developmental indicators are under-explored. This article in The Lancet investigates how severe obstetric complications affect a range of health and other outcomes in the year after the end of pregnancy in hospitals in Burkina Faso.
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  Manual for the health care of children in humanitarian emergencies

  World Health Organization, 2008

  The acute phase of an emergency is defined by crude mortality rate and persists as long as the crude mortality rate is at least double the baseline mortality rate, that is, as long as there are twice as many people dying per day compared to the normal rate of death.

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