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    Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: a toolkit for service providers in the comprehensive care centres

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2007
    Comprehensive care for HIV/AIDS is a complete package of care for HIV infected people, which includes clinical, psychosocial, social, legal and nursing care.
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    Rehabilitation under fire: health care in Iraq 2003-7

    Medact, 2008
    This Medact report describes how the war in Iraq and its aftermath continue to have a disastrous impact on the physical and mental health of the Iraqi people and sets out the measures that are needed to improve health and health services. It assesses the current state of the health system, including the impact of insecurity, and the workforce, supplies, medicines and equipment it lacks.
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    Food assistance programming in the context of HIV

    Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2007
    This guide from the FANTA project outlines key steps for integrating food assistance and nutrition into HIV programmes.
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    Continuum of care for maternal, newborn, and child health: from slogan to service delivery

    The Lancet, 2007
    This article from The Lancet revisits the idea of a ‘continuum of care’ for mothers, children and newborns. The term, often used as a slogan, usually refers to continuity of individual care and of places of care. However, the authors point out that there are half a million maternal deaths, four million newborn deaths and six million child deaths each year.
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    Saving children’s lives: why equity matters

    Save the Children Fund, 2008
    This Save the Children report considers why millions of children under the age of five continue to die every year, even though proven remedies and practical measures are available to help save them.
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    Achieving child survival goals: potential contribution of community health workers

    The Lancet, 2007
    This Lancet article assesses the role, impact and cost-effectiveness of community health workers (CHW) focusing on their potential for improving child survival rates. The paper looks at who community health workers are and the interventions that can be delivered in community settings.
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    Euthanasia in legal limbo in Colombia

    The Lancet, 2008
    Euthanasia has been practised informally by some doctors in Colombia for over 10 years, but proponents say that the practice still needs to be regulated to reduce opportunities for abuse.
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    The state of the worlds children 2008: child survival

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2008
    The State of the World’s Children 2008 provides a wide-ranging assessment of the current state of child survival and primary health care for mothers, newborns and children. The report argues that these issues serve as sensitive barometers of a country’s development and wellbeing and as evidence of its priorities and values, and states that investing in the health of children and t
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    Primary health care for older people: a participatory study in 5 Asian countries

    HelpAge International Asia, Pacific Regional Development Centre, 2008
    This study documents the perceptions of older people, care-givers, and health service providers in terms of knowledge of active and healthy ageing, access and quality of Primary Health Care (PHC) services.  It particularly looks at the increasing experiences of older people in managing stroke and diabetes conditions.
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    Department of Health, Government of South Africa

    Government Department of South Africa.  Web site includes fact sheets, policy document, details of ministry structure.

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