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  Partnerships for malaria control: engaging the formal and informal private sectors

  HLSP Institute, UK, 2006

  This review, conducted by the HLSP institute, examines the role of the private sector in malaria control. The private sector comprises all providers who exist outside the public sector whether their aim is philanthropic or commercial.
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  Mobilising financial resources for maternal health

  The Lancet, 2006

  This paper is part of a Lancet series of articles about maternal survival. It begins by making the case for investment in maternal health and then considers how financial resources can be channeled to maternal health within countries. The paper examines the limitations and successes of conventional financing mechanisms including user fees; tax revenue; and insurance.
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  Has the 2005 measles mortality reduction goal been achieved? A natural history modelling study

  The Lancet, 2007

  This article, published in the Lancet, describes efforts and progress towards the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children goal to reduce deaths owing to measles by half by the end of 2005, compared with 1999 estimates. It assesses trends in immunisation against measles and the provision of a second opportunity for measles immunisation.
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  Bangladesh: NGO and public sector tuberculosis service delivery – rapid assessment results

  Quality Assurance Project, 2004

  This paper by the Quality Assurance Project presents the results of a rapid assessment of the Bangladesh service delivery system for TB-DOTS (directly observed treatment for tuberculosis).
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  The lost children of universal access: issues in scaling up HIV testing and counselling

  Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 2006

  This paper, by Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, reviews national HIV testing and counselling (HTC) policies and technical guidelines aimed at children in countries with a high prevalence of HIV. HTC is essential for increasing access to treatment, care, support and prevention. However there are gaps in current tools and guidance on providing HTC to infants and children.
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  Does a competitive voucher program for adolescents improve the quality of reproductive health care?: a simulated patient study in Nicaragua

  BMC Public Health, 2006

  This study, published in BMC Public Health, evaluates the impact and sustainability of a competitive voucher programme on the quality of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care for poor and underserved female adolescents. Vouchers were distributed to adolescents in disadvantaged areas that gave free-of-charge access to SRH care in four public, ten non-governmental and five private clinics.
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  Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies for maternal and neonatal health in developing countries

  British Medical Journal, 2005

  This paper examines the costs and benefits of interventions for maternal and newborn health in developing countries. The analysis includes 21 interventions which target the health related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the effects of these interventions are estimated through their impact on incidence, remission and case fatality of maternal and neonatal conditions.
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  Behaviour change in perinatal care practices among rural women exposed to a women's group intervention in Nepal

  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2006

  This article, in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, examines the behaviour changes in pregnancy, childbirth and newborn care of women in rural Nepal who attend participatory women’s groups which focus on improving care before, during and after childbirth.
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  A community-based health education programme for bio-environmental control of malaria through folk theatre (Kalajatha) in rural India

  Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2006

  This article, published in the Malaria Journal, examines the effectiveness of Kalajatha events as a medium for educating rural communities about malaria control and prevention strategies. Kalajatha refers to a traditional form of folk theatre which delivers key messages in local dialects and cultural settings.
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  Child health inequities in developing countries

  2006

  This paper, in the International Journal for Equity in Health, compares the magnitude of inequities in child malnutrition across urban and rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and investigates the extent to which disparities within urban areas are accounted for by the characteristics of communities, households and individuals.

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