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  Unmet reproductive and child-health needs and use of essential services package in urban NGO clinics of Bangladesh

  Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh, 2003

  An important aim of two major health programmes in Bangladesh – the government’s 1998 Health and Population Sector Programme and the USAID-supported 1997 National Integrated Population and Health Programme – was to broaden the range of integrated health and family-planning services available to Bangladeshis.This report focuses on the Urban Family Health Partnership (UFHP), which provides such s
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  The MNPI study: measures of strength for maternal health programs in 55 developing countries

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2004

  This paper, produced by the POLICY Project, reports on research relating to the Maternal and Neonatal Program Effort Index (MNPI), a standardised assessment instrument designed to measure the strength and character of government programmes to improve maternal and newborn health. The index was applied during 1999 and 2002, to 49 and 55 developing countries respectively.
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  Why is child malnutrition lower in urban than rural areas?: evidence from 36 developing countries

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This study from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) examines the socio-economic determinants influencing child malnutrition in both urban and rural areas, using demographic and health survey data from 36 developing countries. The determinants examined are women’s education, women’s status, access to safe water and sanitation, and household economic status.
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  Child health in the community: community IMCI briefing package for facilitators

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This World Health Organization briefing package on child health in the community is aimed at those involved or experienced in implementing community-based child health programmes, or with planning and management experience in implementing programmes at national, intermediary and district levels.
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  Effect of a participatory intervention with women’s groups on birth outcomes in Nepal: cluster-randomised controlled trial

  The Lancet, 2004

  This article, published in The Lancet, reports on the effects of a community-based participatory intervention to reduce neonatal (newborn) mortality in rural Makwanpur district, Nepal. The intervention was conducted among random clusters or groups of local women. In each cluster, a local female facilitator convened nine group meetings each month.
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  Determinants of maternal health care utilisation in India: evidence from a recent household survey

  National Council of Applied Economic Research, India, 2002

  In India, utilisation of basic health services has remained poor. The reasons may include low levels of household income, illiteracy and ignorance, and traditional attitudes to health care.
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  Child survival and the fertility of refugees in Rwanda after the genocide

  Poverty Research Unit, Sussex, 2004

  In the 1960s and 1990s, internal strife in Rwanda has caused a mass flow of refugees into neighbouring countries. This paper explores the effect of violent conflict on the reproductive behaviour of affected populations, particularly on the cumulated fertility of Rwandan refugee women and the survival of their children.
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  Assessing post-traumatic stress disorder in South African adolescents: using the child and adolescent trauma survey (CATS) as a screening tool

  Annals of General Psychiatry [BioMed Central], 2005

  This article from the Annals of General Psychiatry reports on a study which assessed trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adolescents in South Africa. Some of the youths self-reported using the child and adolescent trauma survey (CATS) tool.
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  Sexually transmitted infections: breaking the cycle of transmission

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  This paper from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) provides guidance on the management of sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections (STI/RTI).
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  UNICEF and WHO joint statement on HIV and infant feeding

  World Health Organization, 2004

  In this joint statement, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF advocate stronger support for the UN joint framework on HIV and infant feeding. They highlight the framework’s five priority areas for action.

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