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  Civil society budget monitoring for national accountability

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004

  This report is based on a three day budget tracking workshop held in Malawi in February 2004 which brought together individuals and representatives of organisations involved in budget monitoring, or developing monitoring processes and tools, with a view to developing a supportive community of practice.Issues highlighted in this report include:budget making is where the real prioritisat
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  Health sector reform: how it affects reproductive health

  Population Reference Bureau, 2003

  This brief discusses the steps health managers need to take to ensure that reproductive health objectives are met within the wider aims of health sector reforms.
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  A force for change: the Global Fund at 30 months

  The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria, 2004

  This review from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a self-evaluation after 30 months of activity. Country profiles of the Fund’s activities in Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Rwanda and Zambia are also provided.
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  Availability, access and usability of land for urban agriculture

  RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine, 2003

  The report by the Urban Agriculture Magazine draws on numerous case studies from around the world in discussing issues of availability, access and usability of land for urban agriculture.Rapid urbanisation has lead to an increasing demand for urban agricultural land.
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  Recognizing childhood illnesses and their traditional explanations: exploring options for care-seeking interventions in the context of the IMCI strategy in rural Ghana

  Medline, 2003

  This paper, published in Tropical Medicine and International Health, examines the importance of poor illness recognition as a barrier to care-seeking for severely ill children in Ghana. Research showed that several danger signs were not recognised by caregivers. These included symptoms of acute lower respiratory infections, dehydration and malnutrition.
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  Advocating for adolescent reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa

  Advocates for Youth, 1998

  This guide, produced by Advocates for Adolescents, is designed to help advocates in sub-Saharan Africa develop the skills to advocate for young people’s reproductive health education and services. It describes the main steps of an advocacy campaign and provides information on developing, implementing and evaluating a successful advocacy strategy.
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  Integrating Gender into Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSPs): The example of Ghana

  2003

  Existing Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) do not use a rights-based approach that focuses on the empowerment of women, and the Ghana PRSP is no different. This study explores three aspects of the PRSP process in Ghana: participation in the PRSP; the national gender policy framework; and gender issues in the PRSP.
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  In this generation: sexual and reproductive health policies for a youthful world

  Population Action International, 2002

  This report, produced by Population Action International, contrasts the way in which policies in Ghana, India, Iran, Mali, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United Sates have supported young people’s sexual and reproductive lives.
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  Creating youth-friendly sexual health services in sub-Saharan Africa

  Advocates for Youth, 2002

  This paper, produced by Advocates for Youth, explores the barriers that frequently deter African youth from obtaining urgently needed sexual and reproductive health services. Research shows that barriers relate primarily to specific aspects of reproductive and sexual health services: the characteristics of the facilities, the design of services, and providers’ attitudes and actions.
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  Working together? The limits of local producer’s groups in Ghana

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Encouraging local producers to form co-operative groups has been an important part of development policy in Africa. Such co-operative projects can help to reduce poverty in remote areas and give members greater control over their livelihoods. However, the benefits may be short-term or not be distributed evenly, and external subsidies can make groups dependent on donors.

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