The impact of a conditional cash transfer programme on the utilisation of maternity services in Nepal (2009-01-06 11:40:39)This briefing paper, by the Towards 4+5 Research Programme Consortium, reports on the impact of the Safe Delivery Incentive Programme (SDIP) in Makwanpur, ...
How to monitor and evaluate national avian influenza programmes (2008-12-16 10:59:27)As the world enters its sixth year of responding to the challenges posed by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the international community has ...
How to design projects and write successful proposals (2008-12-16 11:14:44)This guide unites the processes of project design and proposal writing for two purposes: to help with the design a project that is results-oriented and ...
How to involve marginalised people in health and development communication programmes (2008-12-08 06:31:07)Participation in health and development communication programmes can strengthen the voice of ordinary citizens and ensure their involvement in decisions ...
Implementation of the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention will help improve the preventative safety and health culture in countries worldwide (2008-12-02 07:09:17)This report, by the International Labour Organization (ILO), is an introductory report from the 18th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work which ...
Death due to work-related accidents and illness represent 3.9 percent of all deaths (2008-12-02 07:11:43)This background paper was written by the International Labour Organization (ILO) for World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The paper highlights some ...
More systematic and representative study of emergency care in Pakistan is needed (2008-12-02 07:12:27)Emergency medical care is an important component of effective health care systems. Unfortunately it is often overlooked in low-income countries, where ...
Developing strategies to meet the needs posed by emergency medical services requires innovation and reorientation of public health planning (2008-12-02 07:13:23)This chapter is part of a book called Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, published by the Disease Control Priorities Project. The chapter ...
Prompt provision of emergency care and rapid movement of victims to a health care facility can save lives, reduce short-term disability and improve long-term outcomes (2008-12-08 05:58:22)This manual, published by the World Health Organization, focuses on the most promising interventions and components of pre-hospital trauma care systems, ...
Improvements in organisation and planning can result in improvements to trauma treatment services with minimal increases in expenditures (2008-12-08 06:04:23)Injury has become a major cause of death and disability worldwide and organised approaches to its prevention and treatment are needed. The goal of these ...
Health care systems should be involved in addressing intimate partner violence (2008-12-08 06:04:34)Intimate partner violence is widespread and has serious health consequences. This commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal reflects on the ...
A study of men's perpetration of violence against female partners in South Africa (2008-12-08 06:04:46)This study, published in the Canadian Medical Association journal, is based on data from the South Africa Stress and Health Study and designed to identify ...
Countries such as Pakistan have only just begun to systematically address injury control in policy and programmes (2008-12-08 06:04:59)This article from BMC Public Health journal estimates the annual incidence, patterns and severity of unintentional injuries among people aged over five ...
Injuries are among the leading cases of death in children who survive beyond their first birthday (2008-12-08 06:05:10)Every year, millions of children all over the world die from preventable causes, a figure toward which injuries and violence significantly contribute. ...
World youth assembly report on road safety (2008-12-08 06:05:30)This report outlines the main outcomes of the first World Youth Assembly for Road Safety held at the UN in Geneva in 2007. It was organised and led by ...
A scientific approach to the prevention and control of injuries must be implemented (2009-01-05 11:47:44)This chapter on Unintentional Injuries and Violence from the book 'International Public Health' examines issues relating to a number of ...
Violence between young people, or the abuse of women, children and the elderly holds back economic and social development (2008-12-08 06:09:06)In many developing countries violence between young people or the abuse of women, children and the elderly seriously hampers economic and social development. ...
Over 90 percent of all violence-related deaths occur in low and middle income countries (2008-11-24 10:56:28)This chapter is part of a book called Diseases Control Priorities in Developing Countries, published by the Disease Control Priorities Project. This chapter, ...
Unintentional injuries cause more than 3.5 million deaths and more than 113 million disability-adjusted life years annually (2008-11-24 12:51:51)This chapter is part of a book called Diseases Control Priorities in Developing Countries, published by the Disease Control Priorities Project. The chapter ...
A global picture of biosolids and waste water sludge (2008-12-05 10:54:48)The objective of this Atlas is to provide a global picture of the current status of information and opportunities for wastewater biosolids, sludge disposal ...
Child injury in Asia (2008-12-03 11:21:24)This special Innocenti series on Child Injury, developed jointly by UNICEF and TASC, presents recently acquired evidence from surveys in five Asian countries: ...
New strategic tools and treatment strategies are required for visceral leishmaniasis (2008-11-24 01:25:10)The article, published in Nature, describes the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). VL is a vector-borne protozoan ...
World diabetes day should encourage all nations to develop national policies for the prevention, are and treatment of diabetes (2008-11-24 01:25:34)This document, written by Unite for Diabetes, provides information about World Diabetes Day which was set up in 2007 and occurs on the 14th of November. ...
Recent data, trends and statistics on the status of the malaria in the world (2008-11-24 01:25:59)This World Malaria Report 2008, written by the World Health Organisation, summarises the most up to date information on malaria worldwide. It is divided ...
Unacceptably slow progress against hunger and malnutrition (2008-12-11 07:34:29)This paper examines the consequences of climate change and rising bioenergy demand for sustainable development, food security and nutrition throughout ...
Monitoring Anemia on a global level (2008-11-10 09:32:40)Anaemia is a public health problem that affects populations in both rich and poor countries. Its primary cause is iron deficiency, but a number of ...
Calculating still birth risk factors (2008-11-10 09:29:24)Even though stillbirths represent a large proportion of perinatal deaths, direct and indirect causes of stillbirths are poorly understood, particularly ...
Twelve best practices for targeted advocacy from Advocacy to Control Tuberculosis Internationally (ACTION) (2008-12-22 06:45:47)Tuberculosis (TB) is the number one opportunistic infection for people who are HIV-positive and the leading infectious killer of people with AIDS – ...
How to eliminate congenital syphilis across the globe (2008-11-10 09:26:31)In every society, congenital syphilis (CS) has significant medical, economic, societal and emotional burdens. Inexplicably, the elimination of CS has ...
How do mothers fair across the globe? (2008-11-10 09:30:32)Worldwide, more than 200 million children aged under five do not get the basic health care they need. This contributes to highly preventable or treatable ...