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  The International Centre for Human Resources in Nursing

  The International Centre for Human Resources in Nursing (ICHRN) was established in 2006 by the International
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  Getting research into policy, or out of practice, in HIV?

  The Lancet, 2010

  Globally, health policy has been dominated by calls for getting research into practice. This notwithstanding, this paper argues that many health interventions are based on hypotheses that are best guesses or gut feelings.
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  Getting the politics right for the September 2011 UN high level meeting on non communicable diseases

  Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2011

  This report contends that the UN General Assembly’s decision to convene a “high-level meeting on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide” in September 2011 creates a major, timely opportunity to elevate chronic diseases onto the global stage.
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  Partners in health guide to chronic care integration for endemic NCDs - Rwanda edition

  Partners in Health, 2011

  This guide, published by Partners in Health, is written for district-level health care providers and policy makers dealing with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in rural Rwanda or similar settings.
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  UN high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases:addressing four questions

  The Lancet, 2011

  This paper, published in the Lancet, posits that non-communicable diseases (NCDs), principally heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases, are a global crisis and require a global response.
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  National policy-makers speak out: are researchers giving them what they need?

  Health Policy and Planning, 2010

  This empirical study, published in the Health Policy and Planning journal, was undertaken to better understand the perspectives and attitudes of policy-makers towards the use and impact of research in the health sector in low- and middle-income countries.
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  System-wide effects of the Global Fund in Malawi: baseline study report

  2005

  In January 2002, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF) was established as an additional financial instrument to address these three diseases. Malawi has so far received a substantial GF grant for HIV/AIDS, and another grant for malaria has been approved, although the grant agreement with the GF has not yet been signed.
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  Integrating HIV and sexual and reproductive health: A pacific specific mapping

  Family Planning International, 2010

  This report identifies linkage and integration activity around HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in the Pacific region. Using a review of existing literature and interviews from Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Kiribati, the report outlines barriers to, and entry points for, advancing HIV and SRH linkages and integration in the Pacific region.
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  Chronic care of HIV and noncommunicable diseases: How to leverage the HIV experience

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2011

  This report, published by UNAIDS, explores options for leveraging the HIV experience to inform chronic care for people living with HIV and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Key findings include:
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  Retrospective Analysis of School Based Malaria Treatment Programme and Impact on Health and Education Outcomes in Mangochi District, Malawi

  2010

  This paper presents the findings of a retrospective evaluation of a school-based malaria treatment programme implemented in Mangochi district in Malawi, where malaria accounts for 40 per cent of outpatient visits, and eighteen per cent of all hospital deaths. It is a major cause of anaemia in children under the age of 5 years.

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