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  Constructions of masculinity and femininity and sexual risk negotiation practices among women in urban Ghana

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2014

  Women’s ideas of masculinity and femininity, notions of sexual and reproductive risks and sexual negotiation practices are poorly understood. Yet understanding how individuals construct gender and sexuality is key to making sense of how they perform in relation to these issues.
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  Factors affecting actualisation of the WHO breastfeeding recommendations in urban poor settings in Kenya

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2014

  Poor breastfeeding practices are widely documented in Kenya, where only a third of children are exclusively breastfed for 6 months and only 2% in urban poor settings. This study aimed to better understand the factors that contribute to poor breastfeeding practices in two urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya.
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  Immunization coverage in India

  2007

  Immunization forms the major focus of child survival programmes throughout the world. Roughly 3 million children die each year of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) with a disproportionate number of these children residing in developing countries.
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  South African Health Review / Health Systems Trust

  The South African Health Review (SAHR) provides both current and longer-term analysis and assessment of health policy developments and their implementation in South Africa, and monitors changes and ch
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  All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health (APPG on Global Health)

  The APPG on Global Health focuses on the underlying, cross-cutting health issues which affect us all wherever we live.
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  Indian innovation systems and emergence of biopharmaceutical sector: issues and prospects

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007

  With the advent of biotechnology in the pharmaceutical sector, the Indian innovation system seems to get set for a major paradigm shift.
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  Improving family planning services in public health facilities to reach more women

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2014

  Nearly half of the pregnancies that occur annually in Kenya are unintended due to unmet needs for contraceptives. Women with unintended pregnancies are less likely to receive adequate antenatal care, and more likely to terminate their pregnancy through unsafe methods.
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  Cost effectiveness analysis of family planning services offered by mobile clinics versus static clinics in Assiut, Egypt

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012

  Outreach clinical services –like mobile clinics– can play an important role by providing services to clients living in remote rural areas. This study reports cost effectiveness (CE) information of family planning (FP) services gathered from the mobile clinics and a comparable number of the static clinics in Assiut Governorate, Egypt.
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  IPR, R&D capability and health care: key issues before India

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2009

  Growing concerns relating to access to health care, stemming from the high costs of medicines, health services and diagnostics have become a major source of concern in India.
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  Childhood mortality and health in India

  Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2008

  Childhood is a significant stage of life and deprivation during this period can have a long-term adverse impact on the wellbeing of children. Reduction in infant and child morality is likely the most important of the millennium development goals, as children are the most important assets of a nation.

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