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        <description>Population and Health InfoShare : Newest 15 Documents. Sharing Knowledge to Improve Public Health Worldwide</description>
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            <title>Youth InfoNet 57</title>
            <link>http://www.youthwg.org/pubs/YouthInfoNet/YIN57.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This month's issue of the e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention features 10 program resources with Web links, and 17 journal article summaries on research from China, Ethiopia, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.]]></description>
            <author>news@fhi.org (Family Health International)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:49:25 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Full list of publications from projects</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/7438_Full_Publications_List_AIDS_OP_projects.DOC</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Lists all publications from the NIA funded research projects focusing on AIDS and older persons in Thailand and Cambodia which John Knodel and/or his co-investigators were involved]]></description>
            <author>jknodel@umich.edu (AIDS and Older Persons: Studies of the Impact in Thailand and Cambodia)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:24:01 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>SLOW GAINS IN REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY  IN NIGERIA</title>
            <link>http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2009/05/28/MotherhoodNigeria.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With 1,100 women dying during pregnancy or childbirth for every 100,000 live births, Nigeria has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. In 1994, the Nigerian government committed to reducing maternal mortality by 75% by year 2015 when it signed on to the Program of Action at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo. Yet, a new analysis finds that policies aimed at reducing maternal mortality have not been implemented effectively and are seriously underfunded. 

The study, Barriers to Safe Motherhood in Nigeria, found that the provision of prenatal care—critical to reducing maternal mortality—has not improved over time. More than 40% of Nigerian women still do not visit a trained health care provider during pregnancy. And while the proportion of women whose delivery is attended by a trained provider has increased—from 30% in 1990 to 37% in 2003—Nigeria still has one of the lowest rates of professional-assisted births in West Africa. 

Click here to read the full news release: http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2009/05/28/index.html]]></description>
            <author>info@guttmacher.org (Guttmacher Institute)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:20:23 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Teen pregnancy on the rise in Nigeria</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TEEN PREGNANCY ON THE RISE IN NIGERIA 

 

Between 1990 and 2003, Nigeria made large improvements in young women's educational attainment, but the country experienced only modest declines in early marriage and adolescent childbearing, while the unintended birthrate increased (from 10% to 16%). 

The report, Meeting Young Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs in Nigeria, also found that the proportion of sexually active young women who knew where to obtain family planning services dropped by nearly half between 1990 and 2003, from 32% to 18%.  

Click here to read the full news release:http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2009/06/15/index.html]]></description>
            <author>info@guttmacher.org (Guttmacher Institute)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:19:14 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>African Christian Health Associations: Joining Forces for Improving Human Resources for Health</title>
            <link>http://www.capacityproject.org/images/stories/files/african_christian_health_associations.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Provides an overview of the activities and accomplishments of the African Christian Health Associations Technical Working Group on Human Resources for Health.]]></description>
            <author>jsolomon@intrahealth.org (IntraHealth International)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:13:46 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Bangladesh Final Report: Rapid Assessment 2008 for the Department of Livestock Logistics ...</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/7387_BD_Assess_DLS.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In the Spring and Summer of 2008, the local USAID | DELIVER PROJECT office’s Avian Influenza Team carried out an assessment of the Logistics Management System (LMS) for the Department of Livestock Services (DLS). This report continues an earlier assessment of the Emergency Avian Influenza Logistics Management System (EAILMS) of the Department of Livestock Services, Government of Bangladesh, which the USAID│DELIVER PROJECT conducted for USAID/Washington in August 2007.]]></description>
            <author>askdeliver@jsi.com (USAID | DELIVER PROJECT/John Snow, Inc.)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:48:57 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Planning and Implementing a Logistics System Design Activity</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/7386_PlannImplLogiSyst.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Guidelines for technical advisors on the process of designing a logistics system for health commodities that is sustainable, country specific, and flexible to the program needs and product characteristics.]]></description>
            <author>askdeliver@jsi.com (USAID | DELIVER PROJECT/John Snow, Inc.)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:46:32 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>A Day in the Life: Logistics Support Officers in Bangladesh</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/7385_BD_LSObrief.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[USAID | DELIVER PROJECT staff member Sylvia Ness gives a first hand account of the importance of Logistics Support Officers in Bangladesh.]]></description>
            <author>askdeliver@jsi.com (USAID | DELIVER PROJECT/John Snow, Inc.)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:44:31 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Logistics of Health Care Waste Management: Information and Approaches for Developing Country ...</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/7384_LogiHealtWastMgmt.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This publication considers the reality of health care waste management practices in resource-limited settings, and offers solutions based on actual experience in developing countries.]]></description>
            <author>askdeliver@jsi.com (USAID | DELIVER PROJECT/John Snow, Inc.)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:42:36 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Bangladesh: Government of Bangladesh Contraceptive Procurement Bottleneck Study</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/7383_BD_ContProcBott.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In August 2008, Todd Dickens (PATH), with assistance from the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 1, conducted a review of the IDA-funded procurement of health care commodities under the Health, Nutrition, and Population Sector Program in Bangladesh. The study’s overall objective was to identify bottlenecks and problems that have lead to recent stockouts of contraceptives, and recommend possible actions that the Government of Bangladesh, USAID and development partners can take to address these problems that will improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement process and support contraceptive security in Bangladesh.]]></description>
            <author>askdeliver@jsi.com (USAID | DELIVER PROJECT/John Snow, Inc.)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:39:10 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Zambia: National Quantification of HIV Test Kits (2009-2015)</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/7382_ZM_NatiQuanHIVTest.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In December 2008, the Ministry of Health (MOH), with technical assistance from the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 1, with funds from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). conducted a national long term forecast of rapid HIV tests for 2008 through 2015. The quantification’s overall objective was to calculate rapid HIV test requirements for each year of the forecast period and to use those requirements to mobilize resources for the country. This report presents the findings of the forecast as well as the methodology used and assumptions made to arrive at those findings.]]></description>
            <author>askdeliver@jsi.com (USAID | DELIVER PROJECT/John Snow, Inc.)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:37:16 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Bangladesh Averts a Stock Crisis with Help from the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Success story detailing the supply chain assistance the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, with other partners, gave to the Ministry of Health in Bangladesh to avert a stockout.]]></description>
            <author>askdeliver@jsi.com (USAID | DELIVER PROJECT/John Snow, Inc.)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:34:50 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Quantification of Health Commodities: A Guide for Forecasting and Supply Planning for Procurement</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/7380_QuantHealthComm.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This guide for quantification of health commodities has been developed to assist technical advisors, program managers, warehouse managers, procurement officers, and service providers in (1) estimating the total commodity needs and costs for successful implementation of national health program strategies and goals, (2) identifying the funding needs and gaps for procurement of the required commodities, and (3) planning procurements and shipment delivery schedules to be able to ensure a sustained and effective supply of health commodities.]]></description>
            <author>askdeliver@jsi.com (USAID | DELIVER PROJECT/John Snow, Inc.)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:33:12 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>USAID Launches Avian Influenza Regional Distribution Center in Thailand</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/7379_TH_AI_RDC_press.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Press release announcing launch of AI Regional Distribution Center in Thailand.]]></description>
            <author>askdeliver@jsi.com (USAID | DELIVER PROJECT/John Snow, Inc.)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:33:17 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Uganda: Mapping the Distribution of Commercial Goods to the Last Mile</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In February 2008, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 1, conducted a study of distribution for a sample of common household goods in villages along the north shore of Lake Kwania in the Apac district of Uganda. The purpose of the study was to provide an overview of effective, alternate distribution channels operating in Uganda, their lessons for the future distribution of reproductive health products, and the strategic opportunities for ensuring distribution to the community level.]]></description>
            <author>askdeliver@jsi.com (USAID | DELIVER PROJECT/John Snow, Inc.)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:59:13 +0100</pubDate>
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