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    The role of misoprostol in making home births safer

    Future Health Systems research consortium, 2009
    According to the World Health Organization a woman dies every minute from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. This research in focus paper by Future Health Systems provides an introduction to the use of misoprostol to make home births safer and explains the relevance of new learning from Future Health Systems to what is known.
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    Implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Tanzania: success and challenges

    Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems, 2009
    This CREHS research report analyses the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) policy in Tanzania. Two districts in North-Western Tanzania, Bunda and Tarime, in Mara region, were picked to examine the issues around introduction, planning and implementation by district health managers and at facility levels. The paper finds that: 
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    Implementing IMCI in Kenya: challenges and recommendations

    Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems, 2008
    This policy brief, by the Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems (CREHS), looks at the challenges of implementing the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy in Kenya.
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    Lessons learned from complex emergencies over past decade

    The Lancet, 2004
    Major advances have been made during the past decade in the way the international community responds to the health and nutrition consequences of complex emergencies. The public health and clinical response to diseases of acute epidemic potential has improved, especially in camps. Case-fatality rates for severely malnourished children have plummeted because of better protocols and products.
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    Guidelines for estimating the month and year of birth of young children

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008
    A child’s age is an essential piece of information for evaluating the many facets of the child’s nutritional status. Several core food security and nutrition indicators relating to children require age for their construction. However, in many countries, there is no custom of recording children’s date of birth, so it becomes necessary to estimate their age.
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    Improving evidence-based policymaking in maternal and neonatal health: strategies for researchers and policymakers

    Towards 4+5 Research Programme Consortium, 2008
    This briefing paper, by the Towards 4+5 Research Programme Consortium, focuses on the Evidence-Based Policymaking (EBPM) movement which currently dominates public health research, policy and practice.  It finds that EBPM has been successful in raising awareness about the importance of research for policy.
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    Training guide for community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM)

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2008
    A significant gap remains between need and capacity for management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children. This is despite clear advances in the development and implementation of international and national protocols for the management of SAM, as well as guidelines and training for inpatient care of severely acutely malnourished children.
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    Towards 4+5 Research Programme Consortium

    Towards 4+5 was a five year research programme  on maternal and newborn health.
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    Sexual & reproductive health in the Middle East and North Africa a guide for reporters

    Population Reference Bureau, 2008
    Cultural sensitivities and taboos surrounding sexuality are particularly pronounced in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, and make the role of the media vital in providing objective information about sexual and reproductive health matters.
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    Risk factors for stillbirth in developing countries: a systematic review of the literature

    2007
    Even though stillbirths represent a large proportion of perinatal deaths, direct and indirect causes of stillbirths are poorly understood, particularly in developing countries.

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