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    Safe and sound? Testing anti-malarial drug combinations in African children

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is the first choice drug for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in much of Africa. But increasing resistance means it might not remain useful for long. Research involving Liverpool University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine looked at the safety of an alternative drug combination, chlorproguanil-dapsone (CD), in five African countries.
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    The impact of HIV/AIDS on humanitarian assistance

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    HIV/AIDS and emergencies are now at the top of the humanitarian policy agenda. The combined effect of climatic, economic and social issues led to a crisis in several countries in southern Africa during 2002–2003. This crisis brought to the forefront the complex interactions between HIV/AIDS, food security, livelihoods and humanitarian action.
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    Get moving: better access to public transport

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    Encouraging greater access to transport, including public transport, can transform the lives of disabled people. Improved mobility is crucial to alleviating poverty throughout the developing world as it allows people with disabilities to play an active role in society both economically and socially.
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    Improving the quality of malaria diagnosis and laboratory services in resource poor countries

    Malaria Knowledge Programme, 2005
    This policy brief from the Malaria Knowledge Programme highlights the need for improved laboratory testing and accurate diagnosis of malaria at community level in order to save lives and avoid wastage of valuable resources.
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    Malawi: why HIV raises the risk of malaria during pregnancy

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    HIV infection increases the risk of malaria in pregnant women. For the first time, a study in Malawi suggests why this happens. The results have implications for the development of anti-malaria vaccines and further justify increasing access to anti-retroviral treatment for HIV.
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    Going from bad to worse: Malawi’s maternal mortality

    Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2004
    This paper, from the Health Systems Trust, is an analysis of the clinical, health systems and underlying reasons for the drastic deterioration in maternal health in Malawi.
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    Report of the Southern Africa civil society consultation

    Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004
    This paper reports on the Southern Africa regional consultation conference on the Commission for Africa (CFA). Participants came from civil society groups from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Zambia. At the conclusion of the two day meeting the participants released a communiqué of the meeting and its deliberations.
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    Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters

    Climate Change, World Bank, 2004
    This study examines the short and long term economic and financial impacts of natural disasters. It relies in part on in-depth case studies of overall sensitivity to natural hazards in the small island economy of Dominica; public finance consequences of disasters in Bangladesh; and the economic consequences of climatic variability and the use of climatic forecasting in Malawi and southern Africa.
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    Putting access on the agenda: ensuring mobility for people with disabilities

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    Whilst developed countries have made progress in making transport services more accessible for people with disabilities, developing countries have lagged behind. However, the human rights approach to disability – seeing every citizen as entitled to be included in social and economic opportunities – is slowly gaining acceptance.
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    GM crops and the politics of international trade

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    National experiences, whether in Africa, Asia or Latin America, must be considered in the wider context of international trade politics. This is highlighted by the ongoing World Trade Organisation dispute between the United States (US) and the European Union (EU). This presents many risks and opportunities for developing countries.

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