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  The forgotten tribe: people with disabilities in Zimbabwe

  Progressio, 2007

  Disabled people in Zimbabwe are more likely to experience poverty and discrimination due to social and cultural norms as well as problems with accessing health, education and employment. Legislation makes no provision for affirmative action or positive discrimination and policies remain vague or unenforced.
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  Unequal, unfair, ineffective and inefficient. Gender inequity in health: why it exists and how we can change it.

  Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network, 2007

  Gender differentials in health related risks and outcomes are partly determined by biological sex differences. Yet they are also the result of how societies socialise women and men into gender roles.
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  Coping with the burden of the costs of maternal health

  Nepal Safer Motherhood Project, 2004

  This paper, from the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project, funded by DFID, examines the costs associated with maternal health seeking behaviour in Nepal. The study is based on a survey of women who recently delivered at home and in health facilities, and a willingness-to-pay study that was used to investigate women’s preferences for, and valuation of, alternative delivery care services.
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  Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: getting on with what works

  The Lancet, 2006

  This Lancet paper is the second in a series of articles on maternal survival. It examines different strategies to reduce maternal mortality. These include single interventions close to a life-threatening complication and preventative measures. The paper finds that whilst there are numerous interventions for maternal health, few have maternal mortality as an outcome.
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  Overcoming barriers to health service access and influencing the demand side through purchasing

  World Bank, 2004

  This study, from the Health, Nutrition and Population family of the World Bank, reviews literature on demand barriers to accessing health services and surveys studies that report and evaluate methods for overcoming these barriers.
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  The road to health

  International Forum for Rural Transport and Development, 2002

  This article, published in Forum News, looks at issues relating to the accessibility of health and reproductive services in rural Nepal and the effects of road construction in improving access these services. It finds that the provision of roads has led to an overall increase in the use of regional facilities; however this trend has varied markedly between communities.
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  Posting of trained birthing attendants: a comparison of home- and facility based obstetric care

  Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh, 2005

  This article, published in Health and Science Bulletin, reports on a study conducted between 1987 and 2001 in Matlab, Bangladesh, where both home- and facility-based obstetric care approaches have been implemented. It examines whether a home-based approach to professional birth attendance is associated with a more equitable utilisation pattern than a facility-based approach.
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  Health warning: why Europe must act now to rescue the health Millennium Development Goals

  Action for Global Health, 2007

  This report, by Action for Global Health (AFGH), examines the level of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for health that is needed to accelerate progress towards achieving the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The paper is in two main sections: the first looks at overall actions needed to rescue the health MDGs and the second focuses on the role Europe can play in this.
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  Emergency medical care in developing countries: is it worthwhile?

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2002

  This paper from the World Health Organization (WHO) reviews evidence indicating the need to develop and/or strengthen emergency medical care systems in developing countries. It looks at emergency medical care in the community, during transportation, as well as at first contact and in regional referral facilities.
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  Health issues in transport and the implications for policy

  Department for International Development, UK, 2001

  This paper produced by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) reviews current literature on the relationship between health and transport and poor communities. In particular, it focuses on the benefits of facilitating improved access to health and the negative side effects of the spread of disease through transport sector workers and the problem of road accidents.

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