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The Global Health Council

The Global Health Council is the largest membership alliance dedicated to improving the quality of and access to health worldwide. Our diverse membership is comprised of health-care professionals and organizations that include NGOs, foundations, corporations, government agencies and academic institutions that work to ensure global health for all.

http://www.globalhealth.org/

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The Global Initiative for Partnerships (PPP) in Handwashing

There is a huge unmet need for handwashing with soap in poor communities in developing countries. The World Bank and the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and other partners, launched a global initiative aimed at satisfying this need through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP). In 2001, the program launched a PPP initiative to promote handwashing in the state of Kerala, India and in Ghana. The ongoing activities in these countries are documented on this website. It is planned for the initiative to be expanded to other states and countries. Hand washing is an effective means of combating diarrhoeal disease. Cleaning hands with soap after contact with faecal material (after the toilet or after cleaning up a child) prevents the transmission of the bacteria, viruses and protozoa that cause diarrhoeal diseases.

http://www.worldbank.org/watsan/topics/handwashing.html

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The Health, Nutrition & Population Millennium Development Goals Country Data Sheets

This World Bank webpage provides country data sheets for relating to the Health, Nutrition and Population Millennium Development Goals.

http://www1.worldbank.org/hnp/MDG/mdg_data.asp

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The Institute for International Health

The Institute for International Health conducts an international program of health research, development and training. The aim of this program is to facilitate the prevention of premature death, serious ill health and disability from common causes of non-communicable diseases and injury. The program is orientated towards: health issues of global significance, including those that affect people in lower income and newly industrialised countries the prevention and treatment of heart and vascular diseases, injury and trauma, and mental illness. The Institute is formally associated with the University of Sydney (Australia) and is a designated Research Department within the Faculty of Medicine.

http://www.iih.usyd.edu.au/

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The Pacific Institute for Women's Health

The Pacific Institute for Women's Health believes that women's health is a human right, and that access to contraception, reproductive freedom and gender equality are central to women's empowerment and social justice. Our mission is to increase the ability of women to make informed decisions about their sexuality and reproduction. We advance reproductive choice and defend sexual and reproductive rights for women and girls around the world.

http://www.piwh.org

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The People's Health Assembly-2

The Second People's Health Assembly will meet in 18-23 July, 2005 in Cuenca, Ecuador.

http://phmovement.org/pha2/

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The Population Communication Services (PCS) project

PCS provides technical assistance, training and financial support to agencies in more than 65 countries. Their technical foci includes support to People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), destigmatization of HIV/AIDS, youth reproductive health, qualitative research and analysis, HIV/AIDS counseling, interpersonal communication and counseling (IPC/C), democracy & governance and IEC training. The Population Communication Services (PCS) project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Academy for Educational Development (AED), as a sub-contractorto the Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP), is responsible for: materials development, national level IEC strategy development, girls' education, youth initiatives, research and evaluation, maternal & child health, displaced populations and new technology.

http://pcs.aed.org/

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The Public Health Disparities : Geocoding and Monitoring US Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health

Harvard School of Public Health. 2004 These pages present an introduction to geocoding and using area-based socioeconomic measures with public health surveillance data, based on the work of the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project at the Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health. The Introduction provides a more in-depth look at the history of geocoding and area-based measures, the objectives of our project, and our main findings. We include a glimpse of what routine public health surveillance of socioeconomic disparities in health could look like if conducted over a variety of health outcomes over the lifecourse, from birth to death, using a single area-based socioeconomic measure at the census tract level. We also provide a primer on the basics of Geocoding, including descriptions of the many options and services available, and the nitty-gritty details of address cleaning, address formatting, and evaluation of geocoding accuracy. In Generating ABSMs we describe the concepts, methods, and measures behind creating area-based socioeconomic measures, including a summary table of the 19 theoretically justified area-based socioeconomic measures we created based on 1990 U.S. Census data. Under Analytic Methods, we provide details on how to merge geocoded surveillance data with Census derived population denominators and area-based socioeconomic measures. We also present basic epidemiologic methods for generating descriptive statistics, including directly age-standardized incidence rates, incidence rate ratios and rate differences, the relative index of inequality, and population attributable fraction. Examples are provided for each of these techniques, and each section is further linked to a comprehensive Case Example.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/thegeocodingproject/webpage/monograph/

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The Roll Back Malaria Partnership

To provide a coordinated international approach to fighting malaria - a disease that kills more than a million people each year, most of them children - the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Global Partnership was launched in 1998 by the World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNDP and the World Bank. RBM's goal is to halve the burden of malaria by 2010.

http://www.rollbackmalaria.org

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The State of Child Health and Human Rights in Nepal

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world. The high-intensity (more than 1,000 deaths per year) conflict between the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) rebels and the government forces led by the Royal Nepalese Army has affected the health, education, and other rights of the most vulnerable members of society, especially women and children. The conflict, which began in 1996, has resulted in widespread human rights violations by both parties as it draws the population into the conflict as both soldiers and victims. This article examines the evidence on the current state of child health and human rights in Nepal. The authors argue that time is running out for the children of Nepal, as they face an uncertain future if their health and human rights concerns are not addressed by local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the international community in a timely manner. They also suggest possible solutions to the current problem. (Sonal Singh, Erik Bøhler, Khagendra Dahal, Edward Mills, Public Library of Science Medicine, July 2006)

http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030203

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The WHO Child Growth Standards

These standards were developed using data collected in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study. The site presents documentation on how the physical growth curves and motor milestone windows of achievement were developed as well as application tools to support implementation of the standards. The standards, adjusted for ethnicity, tell us about how healthy a child is.

http://www.who.int/childgrowth/standards/en/

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The World Health Report 2005

WHO, April 2005. The World Health Report 2005 - Make Every Mother and Child Count, says that this year almost 11 million children under five years of age will die from causes that are largely preventable. Among them are 4 million babies who will not survive the first month of life. At the same time, more than half a million women will die in pregnancy, childbirth or soon after. The report says that reducing this toll in line with the Millennium Development Goals depends largely on every mother and every child having the right to access to health care from pregnancy through childbirth, the neonatal period and childhood.

http://www.who.int/whr/2005/en/index.html

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Three Books by the Disease Control and Priorities Project

The Disease Control and Priorities Project reviews, generates, and disseminates population health information for use by low- and middle-income countries and by national and international organizations as they develop and refine health priorities to decrease disease burdens locally and globally. Its three core publications are part of an ongoing initiative to provide technical resources to improve the health systems, and ultimately the health of people, in developing countries. They suggest some 'best health buys' - proven, cost-effective steps developing countries can take to improve health, focusing on diseases most prevalent in developing countries. The three books - Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, Priorities in Health and Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors - are available online for free download chapter by chapter. (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, World Health Organization, US National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center, launched April 2006)

http://www.dcp2.org/page/main/ViewPublications.html

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Tostan

Tostan is an international, non-governmental organization based in Senegal, West Africa. Tostan empowers African communities to take charge of their own development. The mission of Tostan is to contribute to the human dignity of African people through the development and implementation of a non-formal, participatory education program in national languages.

http://www.tostan.org/

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Trade in the Americas: Women Central to the Debate (pdf)

This report looks at US plans for trade agreements with Latin American countries. It oulines the common criticisms of these: that they are the wrong model for regional integration; that they lack democracy (accountability, transparency and meaningful dialogue); that they threaten food security, food sovereignty and agriculture; that they threaten human rights, access to essential medicines and essential services such as water; and the effects of foreign investment. It explains how women's vocies are missing from the debate. (Alexandra Spieldoch, Center of Concern, January 2006)

http://www.igtn.org/pdfs//TradeintheAmericas.pdf

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UN Report: Global Action Vital Against Chronic Diseases That Kill Millions Annually

With a global epidemic of chronic illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes killing some 17 million people prematurely each year, the United Nations health agency today called for global action that could save the lives of 36 million people who would otherwise be dead by 2015. Over the same period these diseases, with the vast majority of cases stemming from a few known and preventable risk factors such as unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and tobacco use, will cause estimated accumulated losses of nearly $1.1 trillion to three of the world's most populous countries, China, India and Russia, according to a new report by the World Health Organization.

http://www.who.int/chp/chronic_disease_report/overview_en.pdf

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UNICEF: State of the World's Children Report 2005 [PDF - 6.5MB]

The UNICEF "State of the World's Children Report 2005 provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the World's Children. As Kofi Annan writes in the forward to the document "The State of the World's Children 2005 makes clear, for nearly half of the two billion children in the real world, childhood is starkly and brutally different from the ideal we all aspire to. Poverty denies children their dignity, endangers their lives and limits their potential. Conflict and violence rob them of a secure family life, betray their trust and their hope. HIV/AIDS kills their parents, their teachers, their doctors and nurses. It also kills them."

http://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/sowc05.pdf

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United Nations Consolidated Appeal for Southern Africa

In July 2003, the United Nations (UN) in collaboration with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and key NGO partners launched a Regional Appeal for US$ 533 million for a multi-sectoral approach to address critical needs in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Appeal was launched to address the needs of 6.5 million people for whom the prospect of survival remained critical in the face of the combined effects of food insecurity, weakened capacity for governance and Human Immune-deficiency Virus / Acquired Immune-deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS).

http://www.un.org/depts/ocha/cap/southafricareg.html

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Vitamin & Mineral Deficiency A Global Progress Report (pdf)

UNICEF/The Micronutrient Initiative, 2004. As many as a third of the world's people do not meet their physical and intellectual potential because of vitamin and mineral deficiencies, according to a report released by UNICEF and The Micronutrient Initiative. The report is accompanied by individual Damage Assessment Reports that present the most comprehensive picture to date of the toll being taken by vitamin and mineral deficiency in 80 developing countries. Unless action against vitamin and mineral deficiencies moves onto a new level, the developing world's children will remain at risk of never reaching their full potential, the report concludes. The report calls for the food industry to develop, market and distribute low-cost fortified food products and supplements and for governments to create a supportive legislative environment and standards enabling environments for the control of vitamin and mineral deficiency through education and legislation.

http://www.unicef.org/media/files/vmd.pdf

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Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency: A Partnership Drive to End Hidden Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa (pdf)

INICEF, 2004. For a number of economic, social, geographic and cultural reasons, millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa are affected by vitamin and mineral deficiency. This report has been prepared for political leaders and major media in the belief that controlling vitamin and mineral deficiency is an affordable opportunity to improve the lives of millions in Sub-Saharan Africa and to strengthen the pulse of its economic development.

http://www.unicef.org/media/files/Africa_DAR.pdf

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West Africa: New approach to malaria recommended

A World Health Organization evaluation of West African countries' progress in controlling malaria has recommended that donors allocate more funds to indoor spraying and to helping countries purchase the latest anti-malarial drugs. (West Africa Weekly Roundup, 28th October)

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74954

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WHO Infectious Diseases Report 2002, "Scaling up the Response to Infectious Diseases: A Way Out of Poverty"

Contains figures about HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria and informs about health services in developing countries, effective strategies and resources.

http://www.who.int/infectious-disease-report/2002/index.html

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World Health Organization (WHO)

http://www.who.int/en/

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World Health Report 2004 (pdf)

This year's report, changing history, calls for a comprehensive HIV/AIDS strategy that links prevention, treatment, care and long-term support. At a crucial moment in the pandemic's history, the international community has an unprecedented opportunity to alter its course and simultaneously fortify health systems for the enduring benefit of all.

http://www.who.int/whr/en/

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World Health Report 2000

The World Health Report 2000 Health Systems: Improving Performance is an expert analysis of the increasingly important influence of health systems in the daily lives of people worldwide.

http://www.who.int/whr/en/

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