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This paper presents the results of the analysis of teaching and learning activities in state subsidized schools in Chile. The study is based on the data collected through a national survey applied to all state subsidized schools (census) and a sample of private schools and examines teachers’ and students’ reported teaching and learning activities in… Read more
This paper presents a comparison between South African and Chilean results on SITES (Second Information Technology in Education Study) 2006 study, aiming to show and discuss both disparities and similarities, and trying to explain them through an analysis of their ICT in Education policies and national contexts. Firstly, these policies and contexts portray national backgrounds… Read more
Although many countries are aggressively implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper presents the impact of the first large-scale randomised evaluation of the OLPC program, using data collected after 15 months of implementation in 319 primary schools in rural Peru. The results indicate… Read more
This research report provides an evaluation of the “UNA LAPTOP POR NIÑO” program in Peru. It states that the effective implementation of the “One Laptop per Child” program was not enough to overcome the difficulties of a design that places its trust in the role of technologies themselves. The use of technologies in education is… Read more
Increasing contraceptive use in developing countries has cut the number of maternal deaths by 40% over the past 20 years, merely by reducing the number of unintended pregnancies. By preventing high-risk pregnancies, especially in women of high parities, and those that would have ended in unsafe abortion, increased contraceptive use has reduced the maternal mortality… Read more
The data presented here is described as generally consistent with the Annex Tables published in the WHO report “Global burden of disease: 2004 update”. Some revisions have been carried out for a number of countries following a consultation with Member States which took place during late 2008. Comments or data provided by Member States were… Read more
This report identifies exclusion as a key feature of inequity as well as a key constraint to progress. In many countries, universal access to the care all women and children are entitled to is still far from realization. Taking stock of the erratic progress to date, the report sets out the strategies required for the… Read more
This analysis looks at the costs and benefits of adding family planning services to programs for the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in fourteen high HIV prevalence countries. The benefits of PMTCT programs are discussed. They are further enhanced by the addition of family planning services which by 2007 could avert an… 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 study models the potential benefits and costs of adding family planning to national strategies for achieving universal access to programs to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission. The analysis assumes a service delivery perspective and estimate the cost-effectiveness of programs to reduce the number of HIV-infected children through using antiretroviral prophylaxis to prevent perinatal transmission, and… Read more
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