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Date: 16 Mar 2007Author: Ted LankesterThere is a big discussion at the moment about whether the best way to reduce maternal mortality rates is to have higher qualified skilled birth attendants supervising deliveries in health facilities, or to train tradi...
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Date: 16 Nov 2007 Author: Nick HenwoodWhere do you think most infants in the world are born, where do most die? This figure was created using software derived from that which is freely available on-line. The software changes the sizes of countries to rep...
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Date: 26 Mar 2007Author: Nick HenwoodWe should all be aware of the quiet revolution in dealing with this, known as Community Based Therapeutic Care.
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Date: 31 Jan 2007Author: Nick HenwoodAcross the world, young people experience a disproportionate share of unplanned pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, and other sexual and reproductive health problems.
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Date: 11 Jun 2007Author: Ted LankesterFor more than a quarter of a century Primary Health Care (PHC) has been recognized as one of the key components of an effective health system. Experiences in more-developed and less-developed countries alike have demo...
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Date: 24 Sep 2007Author: Ted LankesterThis Code sets out a number of Guiding Principles which apply a human rights approach to the range of HIV/AIDS-specific health, development and humanitarian work undertaken by NGOs responding to HIV/AIDS.
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Date: 05 Jan 2007Author: Nick HenwoodMore than 300 religious leaders signed in commitment to the new CHAHAMA network – bringing together diverse Muslim and Christian sects from 20 Arab countries, joining men and women religious leaders responding as a u...
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Date: 29 Jan 2007Author: Nick HenwoodThe Strategies for Hope Trust announces the launch of 'Time to Talk: a guide to family life in the age of AIDS'. This is the third title in the 'Called to Care' toolkit of handbooks, designed for use by churches and fa...
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Date: 17 Aug 2007Author: Ted LankesterWorldwide interest continues to grow in the role of community health workers and more developing countries are opting to scale up their use. A health model which has been pioneered by church-related groups and other c...
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Date: 27 Jul 2007Author: Ted LankesterThose of us who have been involved in TB programmes have probably wondered how often a diagnosis has been missed because of poor sputum quality. Women tend to test smear positive less often than men, for several reaso...
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Date: 27 Jun 2007Author: Nick HenwoodWHO and the journals Education for Health and Human Resources for Health are now accepting papers for joint special issues addressing the critical need for a skilled, sustainable health workforce in the developing worl...
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Date: 14 Apr 2007Author: Nick HenwoodWorld Population will increase by 2.5 billion by 2050 (to reach 9.2 billion).
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Date: 17 Jul 2007Author: Ted LankesterDr Margaret Chan, the recently appointed Director General of the World Health Organization has set up a task force on PHC and next year's World Health Report will bring these experiences together and propose the way f...
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Date: 05 Jul 2007Author: Nick HenwoodCheap and effective drugs exist but are not accessible to most patients. In many settings epilepsy is a low priority health issue. Do CHGN members have experience of good practice in the care of epilepsy? We'd be glad...
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Date: 15 May 2007Author: Nick Henwood28 MARCH 2007 | PARIS/GENEVA -- In response to the urgent need to reduce the number of new HIV infections globally, WHO and the UNAIDS Secretariat convened an international expert consultation to determine whether male...
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Date: 13 Jan 2007Author: Ted LankesterA study from Medicins sans Frontieres in Malawi concludes:
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Date: 03 Aug 2007Author: Nick HenwoodWhile the world's urban population grew rapidly over the 20th century, the next few decades will see an unprecedented scale of urban growth in the developing world. This will be particularly notable in Africa and Asia ...
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Date: 11 Apr 2007Author: Nick HenwoodThis paper presents an overview of debates surrounding the different definitions and conceptual approaches to empowerment. Discussions around empowerment are commonly limited to activities associated with the term, nam...
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Date: 27 Oct 2006Author: Ted LankesterRural Malawian women meeting in participatory groups showed a developed awareness of maternal health problems and the concern and motivation to address them. Community mobilisation strategies, such as women's groups, ...
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Date: 28 Aug 2006 Author: Nathan Grills"....Developing countries which invest in better education, healthcare, and job training for their record numbers of young people between the ages of 12 and 24 years of age, could produce surging economic growth and...
