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Central Asia: hotspot in the worldwide HIV epidemic
The Lancet, 2010This paper, published in the Lancet, posits that the HIV epidemic in central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) has accelerated since 2000. The authors argue that this expansion in the epidemic is largely attributable to escalating injection drug use, reflecting central Asia's geographic position along major drug trafficking routes.DocumentIs Haiti's health system any better?
Merlin, 2011Whereas all disasters are a health issue with national health workers at the heart of every response, this report on the role of national and international health workers after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti signals a need to rethink how the humanitarian community works with national health system and stresses how a strong health system offDocumentGetting health workers to rural areas: innovative analytic work to inform policy making
World Bank, 2010Globally, decision makers face serious challenges in attracting health workers to rural areas. According to the authors, while decision makers have access to a wide range of policy options, the effectiveness of interventions is highly contingent on context.DocumentSupport the workforce
World Health Organization, 2010This briefing note posits that boosting the capacity of the health workforce is an integral part of health systems strengthening, and has to be a priority for achieving MDGs 4 and 5.DocumentStrengthening the research to policy and practice interface: exploring strategies used by research organisations working on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2011As part of the Sexual Health and HIV Evidence into Policy (SHHEP) project researchers and communications experts came together to share and analyse the strategies they used to influence policy.DocumentA human health perspective on climate change
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2010This report, published by the the Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health, highlights 11 key categories of diseases and other health consequences that are occurring or will occur due to climate change.DocumentImpacts of climate change on public health in India: future research directions
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2011Building on the information presented at the 2009 Joint Indo–U.S. Workshop on Climate Change and Health in Goa, India, this paper reviews relevant literature and data, to address gaps in knowledge, and identify priorities and strategies for future research in India. The authors argue that:DocumentNGOs and government partnership for health systems strengthening: A qualitative study presenting viewpoints of government, NGOs and donors in Pakistan.
BioMed Central, 2011This paper captures the perceptions by the government functionaries, NGO representatives and donor community of the role and position of NGOs in health systems strengthening in Pakistan's context.DocumentHIV. Now – more than ever; Key 2011 UNGASS Messages
International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2011This paper posits that progress is being made towards the MDG targets for HIV, which is to have halted and begun to reverse the epidemic by 2015. The authors argue that during the last decade, the HIV response has been transformed by increased political commitment and a wider multi-sectoral response.DocumentEmpowering Women: The effect of women’s decision making power on reproductive health services uptake. Evidence from Pakistan
World Bank, 2011What correlations are there between women’s autonomy and their uptake of reproductive health services in Pakistan? This policy research working paper suggests that women’s decision making power has a significant positive impact on services uptake, while influential males’ decision making power has the opposite effect.Pages