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    Helpdesk Report: Institutional strengthening of parastatal organisations

    Department for International Development, UK, 2012
    Capacity building is mainly seen as a way for organisations to become better equipped to support themselves and to increase their productivity and, thereby, their competitiveness.  Few rigorous evaluations that have sought to compare different capacity development strategies, rather than the outcomes of specific projects and the evaluative literature in this field is weak.  An importa
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    Helpdesk Report: Cost effectiveness of budget support and technical assistance for the health sector

    Department for International Development, UK, 2012
    The 2005 Paris Declaration grew out of a consensus on the importance of ‘country ownership’ to the success of development efforts. In other words, it came to be recognised that the effectiveness of aid depends critically on whether or not a country’s leadership is really committed to development.
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    Helpdesk Report: Nutrition data and accountability

    Department for International Development, UK, 2012
    This report includes the following sections: Use of community scorecards (CSCs) to improve nutrition services:
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    Helpdesk Report: Selective vs. integrated support for maternal and newborn health

    Department for International Development, UK, 2012
    This Helpdesk report provides a literature summary review of the evidence for interventions to reduce maternal and newborn mortality, including evidence of the impact of selective interventions such as training and equipment provision and the extent to which context is influential. Include cost benefit findings where relevant.
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    Helpdesk research report: Mobile telephony for improved health service and data management

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2012
    There is significant potential for the use of mobile telephony to improve health service outcomes and data management. Opportunities include: serving as a less costly substitute for existing interventions; providing interactive functions that multiply the power of existing interventions; and serving entirely new functions.
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    Partnership for Reviving Routine Immunisation in Northern Nigeria – Maternal Newborn and Child Health Initiative, PRRINN - MNCH: project completion review

    Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2015
    The Partnership for Reviving Routine Immunisation in Northern Nigeria and Maternal Newborn and Child Health Initiative (PRRINN-MNCH), is a maternal, newborn and child health programme implemented in four States in Northern Nigeria (Jigawa, Yobe, Katsina and Zamfara).
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    The men’s health gap: men must be included in the global health equity agenda

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2013
    In most parts of the world, health outcomes among boys and men continue to be substantially worse than among girls and women, yet this gender-based disparity in health has received little national, regional or global acknowledgement or attention from health policy-makers or health-care providers.
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    Understanding CBHI hospitalisation patterns: a comparison of insured and uninsured women in Gujarat, India

    BMC Medicine, 2014
    Community-based health insurance has been associated with increased hospitalisation in low-income settings, but with limited analysis of the illnesses for which claims are submitted.
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    What does universal health coverage mean?

    The Lancet, 2013
    The recent UN General Assembly resolution calling for universal health coverage (UHC) was testimony to the continuing high-level political commitment to achievement of global health goals—an achievement that has the potential to transform health systems, especially for the poorest people.
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    Health systems and gender in post-conflict contexts: building back better?

    Conflict and health, 2014
    The post-conflict or post-crisis period provides the opportunity for wide-ranging public sector reforms: donors fund rebuilding and reform efforts, social norms are in a state of flux, and the political climate may be conducive to change. This reform period presents favourable circumstances for the promotion of gender equity in multiple social arenas, including the health system.

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