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    Freeing up healthcare: a guide to removing user fees

    Save the Children Fund, 2008
    Evidence shows that user fees prevent people accessing health services, and that poor people are affected the most. This guide argues that it is both necessary and feasible to remove user fees in order to help poorer people access basic healthcare. It describes five steps to follow to successfully remove user fees and maximise utilisation of health services.
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    The need and plan for global elimination of congenital syphilis

    2007
    In every society, congenital syphilis (CS) has significant medical, economic, societal and emotional burdens. Inexplicably, the elimination of CS has failed to attract international attention.
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    State of the worlds mothers 2008: closing the survival gap for children under five

    Save the Children Fund, 2008
    Worldwide, more than 200 million children aged under five do not get the basic health care they need. This contributes to highly preventable or treatable ailments such as diarrhoea and pneumonia. This ninth annual State of the World’s Mothers report by Save the Children shows countries progress in terms of reaching children with basic health measures.
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    Child survival, poverty and policy options from DHS surveys in Kenya: 1993-2003

    Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2008
    Will Kenya achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on child survival by 2015? While child and infant mortality rates declined massively following Kenyan independence, progress since 1990 has slowed down – particularly on infant mortality - making it seem increasingly unlikely. This is the conclusion of new report brought out by the Poverty and Economic Policy Network (PEP).
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    Broken promises: human rights, accountability and maternal death in Nigeria

    Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 2008
    The number of maternal deaths in Nigeria is second only to that of India. The majority of these maternal deaths, as in the rest of the world, are preventable, and while the causal factors can be multiple and complex, many believe that governments must be held accountable when their actions or inaction contribute to this ongoing loss of women’s lives.
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    Last chance for the world to live up to its promises?: why decisive action is needed now on child health and the MDGs

    World Vision, 2008
    This short briefing paper considers child health in the context of the three health-focused MDGs, identifies concrete steps needed in the coming months to put the MDGs back on track, and summarises World Vision’s own efforts to contribute to their achievement.
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    Gender difference in the long-term impact of famine

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    An increasing literature examines the association between restricted fetal or early childhood growth and the incidence of diseases in adulthood. Little is known, however, about gender difference in this association.
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    Community pathways to improved adolescent sexual and reproductive health: a conceptual framework and suggested outcome indicators

    United Nations Population Fund, 2007
    Involving communities in development is good practice, because community members know their own needs and understand issues that influence their health. For more than 35 years, community involvement has been seen as essential to the success and sustainability of development programmes, including public health.
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    How to end child marriage: action strategies for prevention and protection

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2007
    Girls who marry as children (younger than 18 years of age) are often more susceptible to the health risks associated with early sexual initiation and childbearing, including HIV and obstetric fistula. Lacking status and power, these girls are often subjected to domestic violence, sexual abuse and social isolation.
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    Mapping hunger in Ecuador: a report on mapping malnutrition prevalence

    Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, 2007
    The Government of Ecuador has made a commitment to eradicating childhood hunger, and is presently undertaking steps to develop policies and programmes to achieve that goal. This paper argues that the first step toward realising the goal of reducing malnutrition is to identify the places where the problem is the most severe, allowing resources to be targeted appropriately.

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