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The Campaign to End Fistula
United Nations Population Fund, 2004This paper outlines the UNFPA's Campaign to End Fistula, a programme begun in 2003. The Campaign is working to improve maternal and child health, alleviate poverty and advance gender equality, bringing us closer to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the targets for the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994).DocumentHeroes of our time: health workers helping children
Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2005This booklet highlights the ways in which health workers are helping children in this time of HIV and AIDS. The booklet acknowledges that health workers often lead the response to the thousands of children made vulnerable in the context of HIV and AIDS.DocumentSexually transmitted infections among adolescents: the need for adequate health services
Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, 2005Produced by the World Health Organization, this paper reviews literature documenting the provision of services for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to adolescents worldwide. Findings show that only a minority of adolescents have access to acceptable and affordable STI services.DocumentBottlenecks and drip-feeds: channelling resources to communities responding to orphans and vulnerable children in southern Africa
Save the Children Fund, 2005This study identifies a number of barriers that are stopping the smooth flow of funds to support community initiatives working with vulnerable children.The report argues that current aid allocations are unable to find their way through to community groups, and it is unlikely that simply increasing aid flows will result in sufficient resources reaching community level.DocumentWomen’s nutrition throughout the life cycle and in the context of HIV and AIDS: training of trainers module
LINKAGES Project, 2005Produced by the Linkages Project, this training module is intended to provide instructors with the basic theory to train health workers on women’s nutrition, with a focus on the complete life cycle.DocumentGuiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child
Pan American Health Organization, 2002This document, published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), provides guidelines for complementary feeding of breastfed children from 6 to 24 months of age.DocumentManagement of severe malnutrition: a manual for physicians and other senior health workers
World Health Organization, 1999This manual from the World Health Organization provides guidelines for the treatment and management of severe malnutrition, intended for use by healthcare staff at both central and district level, including physicians, nurses, midwives and auxiliaries.DocumentFacts for feeding series
LINKAGES Project, 2004Updated in 2004, this series of factsheets from the Linkages Project provides practical guidance on nutrition of infants and young children in developing countries. The first factsheet covers birth, the initiation of breastfeeding, and the first seven days after birth.DocumentDisabled village children: a guide for community health workers, rehabilitation workers and families
Disabilities Information Resources, 1999This guidebook serves as a reference manual for health workers and village rehabilitation workers who regularly work with disabled children.DocumentWorld Health Report 2005 policy brief one: integrating maternal, newborn and child health programmes
World Health Organization, 2005This policy brief from the World Health Organization (WHO) is the first in a series relating to the World Health Report 2005 (WHR05), which focused on improving maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH). The brief revisits the recommendations of the WHR05, which advocated a “continuum of care” for mothers, newborns and children.Pages