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  Mobilising financial resources for maternal health

  The Lancet, 2006

  This paper is part of a Lancet series of articles about maternal survival. It begins by making the case for investment in maternal health and then considers how financial resources can be channeled to maternal health within countries. The paper examines the limitations and successes of conventional financing mechanisms including user fees; tax revenue; and insurance.
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  Joint review of the maternal and child survival strategy in China

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2006

  This UNICEF report reviews maternal and child health (MCH) strategies in China. It analyses the factors that affect maternal and child mortality, recent trends and the impact of health related interventions on mortality rates. The report finds that between 1996 and 2004 there was a significant reduction in maternal mortality, child mortality and malnutrition.
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  Neonatal and perinatal mortality: country, regional and global estimates

  World Health Organization, 2006

  This report provides estimates of the number of deaths that occur during childbirth and the newborn period by country, regional groupings and globally. It describes different ways of measuring these death rates and explains the methods used to obtain the estimates.
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  Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries

  The Lancet, 2007

  This Lancet paper is the first in a series on child development in developing countries. The paper identifies two factors – the prevalence of early childhood stunting and the number of people living in absolute poverty - to use as indicators of poor development.
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  Child health in complex emergencies

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2006

  This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, examines literature on child health in complex emergencies and reviews guidelines used by organisations engaged in child health activities in these situations. Complex emergencies are defined as situations of armed conflict, population displacement, and/or food insecurity.
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  The lost children of universal access: issues in scaling up HIV testing and counselling

  Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 2006

  This paper, by Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, reviews national HIV testing and counselling (HTC) policies and technical guidelines aimed at children in countries with a high prevalence of HIV. HTC is essential for increasing access to treatment, care, support and prevention. However there are gaps in current tools and guidance on providing HTC to infants and children.
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  Progress for children: a report card on water and sanitation

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2006

  This issue of Progress for Children by UNICEF reports on whether the world is on course to reach Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7, and the 2015 targets of reducing by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
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  Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies for maternal and neonatal health in developing countries

  British Medical Journal, 2005

  This paper examines the costs and benefits of interventions for maternal and newborn health in developing countries. The analysis includes 21 interventions which target the health related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the effects of these interventions are estimated through their impact on incidence, remission and case fatality of maternal and neonatal conditions.
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  Behaviour change in perinatal care practices among rural women exposed to a women's group intervention in Nepal

  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2006

  This article, in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, examines the behaviour changes in pregnancy, childbirth and newborn care of women in rural Nepal who attend participatory women’s groups which focus on improving care before, during and after childbirth.
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  Child health inequities in developing countries

  2006

  This paper, in the International Journal for Equity in Health, compares the magnitude of inequities in child malnutrition across urban and rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and investigates the extent to which disparities within urban areas are accounted for by the characteristics of communities, households and individuals.

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