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Out of the reach of children? Young people’s health-seeking agency in Africa’s newly-emerging therapeutic landscapes
University of Durham, 2011The dominant view within Western biomedicine is that children are vulnerable and in need of adult protection, while medicines are powerful, dangerous and should be controlled by experts, however, a growing literature suggests that children and adolescents (in both Western and developing-country contexts) often take active roles in health-seeking.DocumentGeographical access to care at birth in Ghana: a barrier to safe motherhood
BMC Public Health, 2012Appropriate facility-based care at birth is a key determinant of safe motherhood but geographical access remains poor in many high burden regions. Despite its importance, geographical access is rarely audited systematically, preventing integration in national-level maternal health system assessment and planning.OrganisationTowards 4+5 Research Programme Consortium
Towards 4+5 was a five year research programme on maternal and newborn health.DocumentDistributing insecticide-treated bednets during measles vaccination: a low-cost means of achieving high and equitable coverage
Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, reports on a campaign in Ghana to achieve high and equitable coverage of insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) by integrating their distribution into a measles vaccination campaign.DocumentSaying one thing and doing another? Donors and reproductive health
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006While donors say they are committed to supporting integrated reproductive health services, evidence suggests that their actions cause programmes to remain as separate vertical programmes. What factors influence how donors operate and what are the implications for reproductive health services?DocumentAccelerating reproductive and child health program development: the Navrongo initiative in Ghana
Population Council, USA, 2005The Navrongo initiative is a reproductive and child health programme which uses research to accelerate policy implementation.DocumentThe effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: the Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project
Population Council, USA, 2005This working paper, published by the Population Council, examines the impact on child mortality of two strategies for delivering primary health care in rural Ghana. The first strategy involved using village-based community nurses to deliver services, while the second centred around community involvement and training of a local health volunteer.DocumentAssessing care: progress towards the measurement of selected childcare and feeding practices, and implications for programs
Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2002This report, published by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, discusses measurement of childcare and feeding practices, drawing on insights from a study conducted in Ghana in 1997.DocumentInto good hands: progress reports from the field (a companion to the Maternal Mortality Update 2004)
United Nations Population Fund, 2004This booklet, a companion to the Maternal Mortality Update 2004, documents research and interventions to improve skilled care at birth throughout the developing world.DocumentRecognizing childhood illnesses and their traditional explanations: exploring options for care-seeking interventions in the context of the IMCI strategy in Ghana
Medline, 2003The capacity of carers to recognise the symptoms of serious illness is only one of many reasons why sick children are not being taken to health facilities in poor countries.Pages
