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  Considering the contribution of U.S. food and agricultural policy to the obesity epidemic: overview and opportunities

  Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007

  Nearly one in three American adults are now obese and two-thirds are overweight or obese. These proportions have increased steadily over the past 30 years. Direct and indirect costs of obesity alone have been estimated at $117 billion. This paper explores the relationship between US griculture policy and obesity.
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  Progress in global measles control and mortality reduction, 2000-2006

  The Weekly Epidemiological Record, 2007

  This World Health Organization report provides details on measles mortality-reduction activities implemented during 2006 and their estimated impact on the overall global burden of measles relative to the new baseline of 2000. Key findings include: between 2000 and 2006, global mortality due to measles was reduced by 68 per cent
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  Does money matter? The effects of cash transfers on child health and development in rural Ecuador

  World Bank, 2007

  This World Bank paper examines how a government-run cash transfer programme targeted to poor mothers in rural Ecuador influenced the health and development of their children. Unlike other transfer programmes that have been implemented in Latin America, the receipt of the cash transfers was not conditioned on specific parental actions.
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  A review of the impact of cash transfer programmes on child nutritional status and some implications for Save the Children UK programmes

  Save the Children Fund, 2006

  This paper, produced by Save the Children reviews eight cash transfer programmes in Latin America and Africa, and discusses the effectiveness of each in improving the nutritional status of children. It finds that cash transfers to targeted households have the potential to improve children’s diet and nutritional status.
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  Generating political priority for public health causes in developing countries: implications for a study on maternal mortality

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2007

  This Centre for Global Development brief discusses the factors that have influenced the degree to which national leaders have made maternal mortality a political priority. The brief compares five countries - Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia and Nigeria, which have varying levels of political priority for maternal mortality reduction.
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  Towards effective programming for WASH in schools: a manual on scaling up programmes for water, sanitation and hygiene in schools

  IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2007

  To be successful, water, sanitation and hygiene education (WASH) programmes in schools should focus on providing both effective facilities and effective education.
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  Linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS: an annotated inventory

  World Health Organization, 2005

  This online annotated inventory published by the World Health Organization (WHO) reviews tools that link HIV/AIDS with sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programmes (sexual health, maternal health, family planning and STI management) and those that link SRH with HIV/AIDS programmes (prevention, treatment, care and support).
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  Field experiences integrating family planning into programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV

  Studies in Family Planning, 2005

  This article, published in Studies in Family Planning, reviews field experiences of provision of family planning services in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes in ten countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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  Education, health, and development

  American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007

  Why are interactions between education and health important? This paper discusses the connections between education and health and describes how the links might work, looking at conceptual channels between them.
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  Transport, (im)mobility and spatial poverty traps: issues for rural women and girl children in sub-Saharan Africa

  Overseas Development Institute, 2007

  This paper produced for a conference at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) reflects on the experiences of women and girls with poor accessibility to services and markets, and inadequate transport in rural sub-Saharan Africa. It uses examples from field research to look at the impact of these factors on girl’s education before going to examine access to health services.

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