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  Encouragement of new clinical drug development: the role of data exclusivity

  International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations, 2000

  Paper asserts that for the pharmaceutical industry to invest the billions of dollars, Euros, yen, etc. in these highly risky health care solutions, intellectual property protection is essential. However, patent and trade-mark protections are not the entire story.
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  A patent policy proposal for global diseases

  Brookings Institution, 2001

  This policy brief outlines a proposal that would lower the price of pharmaceuticals that treat important global diseases in developing countries, while at the same time allowing patent protection to increase where it is most likely to lead to the creation of new products. The proposal requires no changes in international treaties, only minor changes to U.S.
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  In the shadow of death: HIV/AIDS and children's rights in Kenya

  Human Rights Watch, 2001

  This article explores the problem of HIV/AIDS among the childhood population in Kenya.The article finds that:HIV prevalence in the population of Kenya increased steadily and consistently by about 1 percentage point a year from 1990 to 1999.
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  Human resources in agricultural and rural development

  Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2001

  Papers on several main developments and issues that either persist or are emerging in the area of human resources for agricultural and rural development.
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  Threats of AIDS and condom use in a Nigerian urban community: implications for fertility regulation in Nigeria

  Union for African Populations Studies / Union pour l’Etude de la Population Africaine, 1999

  Results of a study into condom use that aims to identify conditions that will increase acceptance of condom among couples of reproductives ages.
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  The impact of armed conflict on children

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2000

  This document reviews the wide-ranging series of actions taken in response to the recommendations of the 1996 Machel Report. Many of the significant achievements are woven into this text, which constitutes an early summary of a book that will be published in early 2001.
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  Condom gap in Africa: evidence from donor agencies and key informants

  British Medical Journal, 2001

  Assesses the provision on condoms in Africa. It obtained data from UNFPA on condoms paid for by donors and further refined it with information from United States Agency for International Development's commodity tracking system.
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  Working Document on Health and Family Planning Indicators: A Tool for Results Frameworks

  Africa Bureau Information Center, USAID, 1999

  Draws on technical reviews of USAID mission documents, with the aim of providing an introduction to the results framework (a hierarchical model consisting of strategic objective, supporting intermediate results, and key performance indicators; presenting and defining key indicators; and offering guidance on difficulties in collecting and interpreting data for these indicators.
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  Improving Reproductive Health: The Role of the World Bank

  Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1999

  Reproductive health is not merely the absence of disease or disability. It is a state of physical, mental, and social well-being in all matters related to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes. Reproductive health therefore implies that women and men have a right to a safe sex life, and to reproduce if and when they wish.
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  Mortality by cause for eight regions of the world: Global Burden of Disease Study

  The Lancet, 1997

  Reliable information on causes of death is essential to the development of national and international health policies for prevention and control of disease and injury. Medically certified information is available for less than 30 percent of the estimated 50.5 million deaths that occur each year worldwide. This paper, from The Lancet, reports on the five-year Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD).

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