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  Rehabilitation under fire: health care in Iraq 2003-7

  Medact, 2008

  This Medact report describes how the war in Iraq and its aftermath continue to have a disastrous impact on the physical and mental health of the Iraqi people and sets out the measures that are needed to improve health and health services. It assesses the current state of the health system, including the impact of insecurity, and the workforce, supplies, medicines and equipment it lacks.
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  A systematic review of delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

  BMC Public Health, 2008

  This paper in BMC public health reviews 58 studies that assess the delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB). Delay in diagnosis can affect disease prognosis at the individual level and enhance transmission of TB within the community. The paper identifies the main factors associated with diagnostic delay.
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  Achieving child survival goals: potential contribution of community health workers

  The Lancet, 2007

  This Lancet article assesses the role, impact and cost-effectiveness of community health workers (CHW) focusing on their potential for improving child survival rates. The paper looks at who community health workers are and the interventions that can be delivered in community settings.
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  Informal health workers: to be encouraged or condemned?

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2006

  This editorial published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization argues for expanding the professional category of formal health care workers to include home-based informal caregivers, political community leaders, shop vendors of health products, and traditional health practitioners.
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  Community health workers: what do we know about them? The state of the evidence on programmes, activities, costs and impact of health outcomes of using community health workers

  World Health Organization, 2007

  This World Health Organization paper reviews evidence on the feasibility and effectiveness of community health worker (CHW) programmes in providing basic health services and addressing the shortage of health workers in low-income countries. The report uses published and grey literature since the 1970s to draw out consensuses on a number of issues. It finds that:
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  From targeted to universal social protection: Vietnam’s reality

  Department for International Development, UK, 2007

  The paper examines Vietnam's move from a targeted to a unified social insurance programme which has been approved by the National Assembly in 2006. To promote inclusion the social insurance programme is designed to:
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  The costs and benefits of health worker migration from East and Southern Africa

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2007

  This EQUINET discussion paper reviews the literature on health worker migration from East and Southern African (ESA) countries to developed nations. It finds that most research ignores the benefits, both financial and knowledge-related, which countries enjoy when their health professionals emigrate. Instead, it focuses almost entirely on costs.
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  New data on African health professionals abroad

  Human Resources for Health, 2008

  This article in Human Resources for Health journal presents data on the extent of African health workers’ working in developed countries. It uses destination-country census data to estimate the number of African-born doctors and professional nurses working abroad in the year 2000, and compares this to the stocks of these workers in each country of origin.
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  Knowledge about HIV/AIDS and policy knowledge in a South African state hospital

  Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, 2007

  This article published in the SAHARA Journal investigates what level of HIV/AIDS knowledge medical staff have in a state hospital in South Africa. In particular it looks at their knowledge about and practical use of current HIV/AIDS policy and counselling programmes within their hospital. The conclusions are applicable to other hospitals in South Africa.
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  Equity and health sector reform in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995-2005: approaches and limitations

  International Society for Equity in Health, 2006

  This report from the International Society for Equity in Health reviews health sector reforms (HSR), begun during the period from 1995 to 2005 in Latin America, examining their impact on equity in the access and delivery of services. Findings show that in countries such as Brazil, inequity in healthcare systems persists, such as preference for richer urban populations.

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