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Advancing reproductive health rights
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2016Civil society monitoring and advocacy that is vertically integrated across different levels of action is one strategy for seeking government accountability. This case study summary is one of a set of seven from the Philippines. Each discusses a civil society campaign in a different sector, and draws out lessons for vertical integration.DocumentmHealth compendium, volume five
US Agency for International Development, 2016This fifth volume of the mHealth Compendium, produced by the African Strategies for Health Project for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is a collection of 41 case studies submitted by various implementing partners which document a range of mHealth applications being implemented mainly throughout Africa, but also in other regions of the world.DocumentmHealth Compendium Special Edition 2016: Reaching Scale | The HIV/AIDS Network - Africa
US Agency for International Development, 2016The mHealth Compendium Special Edition 2016: Reaching Scale presents ten in-depth profiles of mHealth programmes that have grown in scale over time. This edition follows on from a series of five mHealth Compendiums which were produced by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Africa Bureau project, African Strategies for Health (ASH), to help USAID missions, goveDocumentFamily planning: the key to sustainable development
2015January 2016 saw the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which comprised of 17 objectives that will guide the development agenda until 2030. At the same time, the International Conference on Family Planning met in Indonesia in an event which was intimately tied to the SDGs through the fundamental importance of family planning to so many of the proposed goals.DocumentThe importance of mental health in the Sustainable Development Goals
British Journal of Psychiatry, 2015This paper argues that, in the context of a growing burden of disease due to mental disorders and psychosocial disabilities, there needs to be the inclusion of a clear mental health target and indicators in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).DocumentEbola, politics and ecology: beyond the ‘Outbreak Narrative'
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015The origin of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been traced to the likely confluence of a virus, a bat, a two-year-old child and an underequipped rural health centre.DocumentStatus of disability rights in Southern Africa
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012People living with disabilities (PWD) are the most marginalised people in a region where life is already difficult for the majority of the population due to severe poverty, lack of development and high unemployment. In all countries, the rights of PWD are not given any priority by their governments.DocumentCountry profiles report Southern Africa disability rights and Law School project
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012People living with disabilities (PWD) are the most marginalised people in a region where life is already difficult for the majority of the population due to severe poverty, lack of development and high unemployment. In all countries, the rights of PWD are not given any priority by their governments.DocumentIncluding people with disabilities in emergency relief efforts
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014More must be done to ensure the needs and rights of people with disabilities are fully recognised in disaster risk reduction and emergency responses.