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This chapter updates earlier information about interactive radio instruction over the past five years, and introduces two cases where IRI has had an impact in Africa in two ways not captured in the past. In Guinea, IRI has gone to scale on an unprecedented level in West Africa to reach students and teachers on a… Read more
This is a chapter that looks at diarrhoeal diseases in the book: disease control priorities in developing countries. The chapter covers: Transmission Laboratory diagnosis Syndromic diagnosis Diarrhoea, environment and poverty Public health significance of diarrheal illnesses Preventive strategies Case management Cost-effectiveness of interventions Research agenda
This is a chapter that looks at tuberculosis in the book: disease control priorities in developing countries. The chapter covers: Tuberculosis infection, disease and death epidemiological burden and trends Intervention against tuberculosis Alternative and complementary approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of active disease cost effectiveness of interventions against tuberculosis cost effectiveness of managing endemic… Read more
This is a chapter that looks at HIV/AIDs prevention and treatment in the book: disease control priorities in developing countries. The chapter covers: obstacles to HIV control action under uncertainty prevention in theory and practice: using epidemic profiles and contextual factors to inform prevention guidelines prevention-care synergy care and treatment research agenda
Dynamics of contraceptive use continuation, switching and failure are important markers of how well programmes are meeting the family planning needs of women and couples. Studying the dynamics of contraceptive use can reveal problems in the use of contraceptive technologies and the gaps in the provision of services and, therefore, provide guidance essential for improving… Read more
This chapter raises two sets of issues. The first is the current status of the level and distribution of measured learning achievement and whether students emerging from schools around the world are ready for the economy of today (much less the next 40 years of their working lives). This breaks into three distinct concerns: (1)… Read more
This chapter reviews the arguments for intervening in the lives of disadvantaged children. It examines the origins of inequality and analyzes policies to alleviate it. Families play a powerful role in shaping adult outcomes. The accident of birth is a major source of inequality. Recent research has shows that in American society, about half the… Read more