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    Efforts underway to stem "brain drain" of doctors and nurses

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005
    This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) outlines actions that are being taken to combat the problem of developing countries losing healthcare professionals through migration to wealthier countries.
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    Human resources for obstetric care in northern Tanzania: distribution of quantity or quality?

    Human Resources for Health, 2005
    This article from Human Resources for Health assesses the availability and distribution of healthcare professionals delivering emergency obstetric care in Northern Tanzania. The research found that there are adequate numbers of suitably trained healthcare workers in Tanzania to meet the national standards for healthcare delivery.
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    Why invest in communications for immunisation?: evidence and lessons learned

    Center for Communication Programs, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2005
    This report makes a case for revitalizing investments in communication for immunization. It considers communication in a broad sense, including advocacy, social and community mobilization, and information, education, and communication (IEC) activities. Without well-planned, adequately funded strategic communication, immunization programs fall short of meeting and sustaining coverage goals.
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    The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015

    Stop TB Partnership, 2006
    This document, produced by the Stop TB Partnership, assesses the action and resources needed to make an impact on the global burden of tuberculosis (TB). It describes the main achievements in global TB control since 2000, the TB situation today, and the challenges that lie ahead.
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    Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies to combat malaria in developing countries

    British Medical Journal, 2005
    This article, published in the British Medical Journal, examines the cost effectiveness of selected malaria control interventions in the context of reaching the Millennium Development Goals for malaria. The article reports that high coverage with artemisinin based combination treatments is the most cost-effective strategy in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
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    Time for action on TB communication

    Panos Institute, London, 2005
    This briefing, published by Panos, argues that communication needs to be placed centrally on the tuberculosis (TB) agenda. It notes that, whilst many logistical and medical components of the global response to TB are relatively robust, the communication part is lacking.
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    Editorial: the Global Fund at three years – flying in crowded air space

    Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2005
    This Tropical Medicine and International Health editorial outlines the issues surrounding the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria between 2002 and 2005, and looks at the challenges it will have to face in future.
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    Developing a human rights-based approach to addressing maternal mortality

    DFID Health Resource Centre (HRC), 2005
    This paper, published by the DFID Health Resource Centre, looks at how approaches based on human rights could accelerate a reduction in maternal mortality, drawing on evidence from case studies.
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    Gender and health equity resource guide

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
    The purpose of this resource guide, produced by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), is to give an overview of gender sensitive interventions and initiatives directly or indirectly related to health that have been tried at macro and micro levels.
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    Review of DFID approach to social marketing

    DFID Health Resource Centre (HRC), 2003
    This review, from the DFID (Department for International Development) Health Systems Resource Centre, argues that DFID should continue to expand its use of social marketing as a strategy for delivering healthcare interventions. DFID primarily funds social marketing initiatives for HIV prevention, family planning and malaria control.

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