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  Political support is crucial for health policy reform in South Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Debates about the best way to fund the South Africa's health system have run for over a decade. Plans for social health insurance have not received enough support to become law. In contrast reform of private health insurance regulations have been passed.  Why has the pace of reform between the private and public sectors differed?
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  No cry at birth: global estimates of intrapartum stillbirths and intrapartum-related neonatal deaths

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

  This article from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization presents the first systematic global estimates for the number of intrapartum stillbirths (babies who die during labour). The estimates show that intrapartum-related neonatal deaths accounted for 23 per cent of the total of 4 million annual neonatal deaths in 2000, or 9 per cent of all deaths among children under 5.
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  Toolkit on hygiene, sanitation and water in schools

  World Bank, 2005

  This toolkit makes available information, resources, and tools that provide support to the preparation and implementation of hygiene, sanitation, and water policies and projects within schools.The toolkit gives the reader an insight into the basic principles of hygiene, sanitation and water policies in schools.
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  Preventive measures for elimination of female foeticide

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This document looks at the trends of female foeticide in India. It explores the legal initiatives which prohibit female foeticide, but emphasises that legislation is not enough.
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  Working with street children: a training package on substance use sexual and reproductive health including HIV/AIDS and STDs. Module 10: implemting a street children project

  World Health Organization, 2000

  This training guide aims to describe the steps that should be followed when implementing a street children project; and outline a strategic plan for a selected street children project.The main steps in implementing a street children project should be systematic and must follow a series of steps.
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  Promises, promises: how can the Millennium Development Goals be met?

  Save the Children Fund, 2005

  This briefing explores the progress to date of the health and education MDGs, their implications for children, and makes recommendations for change.The briefing states that a key target - to eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2005 - has been missed, and that this has not been recognised.
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  Health and the millennium development goals

  World Health Organization, 2005

  This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) asserts that if trends established in the 1990s continue, the majority of developing countries will not achieve the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
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  Breastfeeding: frequently asked questions series

  LINKAGES Project, 2004

  This series from the Linkages Project provides programmatic guidance on breastfeeding and maternal and infant nutrition, focusing on developing countries. The first three documents respectively cover transmission of HIV via breastfeeding; breastfeeding and maternal nutrition; and breastfeeding as a source of water for young infants.
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  Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trial

  The Lancet, 2005

  This article from The Lancet reports on a study in Karachi, Pakistan which examined how promotion of handwashing with soap affected the incidence of acute respiratory infection (pneumonia), impetigo and diarrhoea among children living in squatter settlements. The authors randomly assigned 25 neighbourhoods to handwashing promotion, with 11 neighbourhoods as controls.
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  Maternal mortality in the rural Gambia: a qualitative study on access to emergency obstetric care

  BioMed Central, 2005

  This article, published in the journal Reproductive Health, reports on a study into socio-cultural and health service factors associated with maternal deaths in rural Gambia. Interviews with healthcare staff and other key witnesses using the verbal autopsy technique revealed that in seven out of 32 cases, pregnant women delayed seeking medical attention after becoming aware of a complication.

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