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  Reducing the burden of childhood malaria in Africa: the role of improved diagnostics

  Nature [journal], 2006

  This paper examines the potential impact of improved malaria diagnostic tests on children up to five years old in sub-Saharan Africa. Presently, most malaria illnesses are diagnosed on clinical grounds resulting in over treatment. This is harmful because it delays diagnoses of other illnesses, contributes to the development of drug resistance and results in a waste of scarce resources.
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  Household and community socioeconomic and environmental determinants of child nutritional status in Cameroon

  BMC Public Health, 2006

  This article, published in BMC Public Health, examines the household and community level social, economic and environmental factors that influence nutritional status among children under three years old in Cameroon, and assesses the changes in the effects of these factors during the 1990s economic crisis.
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  Relationship between household wealth inequality and chronic childhood under-nutrition in Bangladesh

  2006

  This paper, published in the International Journal of Equity in Health, examines the relationship between household wealth inequality and chronic child under-nutrition. The paper finds that 43 per cent of Bangladeshi children aged between 0 and 5 years have failed to grow to normal heights for their age.
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  Ending child marriage: a guide on global policy action

  International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2006

  This action paper calls on policy makers to improve the quality of life of girls and young women forced into child marriages.
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  Opportunities for Africa’s newborns: practical data, policy and programmatic support for newborn care in Africa

  The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, 2006

  This report, published by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, provides an overview of the continuum of care for maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in Africa. The report investigates the prevalence and causes of neonatal deaths and highlights the gaps in coverage of care through the pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period.
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  The impact of AIDS on early childhood care and education

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2003

  This UNESCO policy brief examines the impact of the AIDS on early childhood care and education, focusing on the results of a study in Botswana. Parents who had to give care to children or adults with HIV were significantly more likely to report that they were worried about the quality of child care their children receive, than other parents.
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  Child and adolescent health and development progress report 2004-2005

  World Health Organization, 2006

  This report gives an overview of the accomplishments and directions of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development during 2004-2005. A priority health and development issue that the department identifies is improving newborn care and survival.
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  Malaria during pregnancy resource package: tools to facilitate policy change and implementation

  JHPIEGO Consortium, 2005

  This resource package, published by JHPIEGO, provides tools to help implement programmes that will reduce malaria during pregnancy and provide effective treatment for pregnant women with malaria. The authors estimate that there are 23 million pregnant women living in areas where malaria is common, but only a fraction of these women have access to effective interventions.
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  Can biomedical and traditional health care providers work together?: Zambian practitioners' experiences and attitudes towards collaboration in relation to STIs and HIV/AIDS care: a cross-sectional study

  Human Resources for Health, 2006

  This paper, from Human Resources for Health, explores biomedical and traditional health practitioners’ experiences of, and attitudes towards, collaboration. The paper also identifies obstacles and potential opportunities for collaboration in the care of patients with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and AIDS.
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  Distributing insecticide-treated bednets during measles vaccination: a low-cost means of achieving high and equitable coverage

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005

  This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, reports on a campaign in Ghana to achieve high and equitable coverage of insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) by integrating their distribution into a measles vaccination campaign.

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