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  Huge poor–rich inequalities in maternity care: an international comparative study of maternity and child care in developing countries

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2007

  This paper, in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, describes poor–rich inequalities in use of professional delivery during birth and antenatal care in 45 developing countries. It compares these to other types of health care and seeks possible explanations for the inequalities observed in maternity care.
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  Timor-Leste: Health sector resilience and performance in a time of instability

  School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, 2007

  This study documents the health sector response to the civil conflict and political violence in Timor-Leste during April and May 2006 and continuing into 2007. During this time around 15 per cent of the entire population were displaced.
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  Changes in access to health care in China, 1989-1997

  Health Policy and Planning, 2005

  This paper published in Health Policy and Planning, examines changes in several indicators of access to health care across communities in during the period of 1989 to 1997.
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  Pay and non-pay incentives, performance and motivation

  Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, 2003

  This chapter in the book ‘Towards a Global Health Workforce Strategy’ provides an overview of the current evidence on the effect of pay and non-pay incentives on health workers’ performance and motivation.
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  Health systems in East Asia: what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian Tigers?

  World Bank, 2005

  The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan), and the recent reforms to them, provide many potentially valuable lessons to East Asia’s developing countries. This World Bank working paper provides an overview of the health systems in these countries/territories.
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  The forgotten tribe: people with disabilities in Zimbabwe

  Progressio, 2007

  Disabled people in Zimbabwe are more likely to experience poverty and discrimination due to social and cultural norms as well as problems with accessing health, education and employment. Legislation makes no provision for affirmative action or positive discrimination and policies remain vague or unenforced.
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  Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: getting on with what works

  The Lancet, 2006

  This Lancet paper is the second in a series of articles on maternal survival. It examines different strategies to reduce maternal mortality. These include single interventions close to a life-threatening complication and preventative measures. The paper finds that whilst there are numerous interventions for maternal health, few have maternal mortality as an outcome.
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  Posting of trained birthing attendants: a comparison of home- and facility based obstetric care

  Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh, 2005

  This article, published in Health and Science Bulletin, reports on a study conducted between 1987 and 2001 in Matlab, Bangladesh, where both home- and facility-based obstetric care approaches have been implemented. It examines whether a home-based approach to professional birth attendance is associated with a more equitable utilisation pattern than a facility-based approach.
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  Emergency medical care in developing countries: is it worthwhile?

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2002

  This paper from the World Health Organization (WHO) reviews evidence indicating the need to develop and/or strengthen emergency medical care systems in developing countries. It looks at emergency medical care in the community, during transportation, as well as at first contact and in regional referral facilities.
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  Getting evidence into practice: what works in developing countries?

  International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2005

  This paper, published in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care, presents a literature review on the effectiveness of interventions designed to change health-professionals behaviour in order to bring evidence into practice in developing countries. The paper assesses the effectiveness of different types of interventions.

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