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The HEART professional development reading packs provide thought-provoking introductions by international experts to health, education, nutrition, social protection and WASH topics and the emerging issues and debates within them. Most packs are accompanied by video presentations.

Gender
Health
Social Protection
Quality of Maternal & Newborn Services
Reading Pack
December 11, 2018

This resource provides an overview of the key issues in relation to Quality of Maternal and Newborn (MNH) Services, and signposts key resources for further reading. Originally designed for the cadre of Health Advisers at DFID, it has been adapted to suit a broad range of actors involved in strengthening policy and programming interventions. This resource has been collaboratively produced by… Read more

maternal and newborn health, Maternal Child and Newborn Health, Maternal Health
Health
Malaria: Key challenges and potential solutions
Reading Pack
April 20, 2018

The K4D professional development Reading Packs provide thought-provoking introductions by international experts and highlight the emerging issues and debates within them. They aim to help inform policies that are more resilient to the future. For any enquiries, please contact [email protected] The current malaria burden Great progress has been made in reducing the global burden of malaria… Read more

Health, K4D, Malaria
Health
Emerging issues in tuberculosis
Reading Pack
April 20, 2018

The K4D professional development Reading Packs provide thought-provoking introductions by international experts and highlight the emerging issues and debates within them. They aim to help inform policies that are more resilient to the future. For any enquiries, please contact [email protected] Key concepts Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that can cause disease in any part of… Read more

health. K4D, tuberculosis
Health
The global challenge of NTDs: The classic interface of poverty, health and development
Reading Pack
April 20, 2018

The K4D professional development Reading Packs provide thought-provoking introductions by international experts and highlight the emerging issues and debates within them. They aim to help inform policies that are more resilient to the future. For any enquiries, please contact [email protected] Introduction The concept of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) emerged more than a decade ago and has… Read more

Global health, Health, K4D, neglected tropical diseases, NTDs
Health
Emerging issues in HIV
Reading Pack
April 20, 2018

The K4D professional development Reading Packs provide thought-provoking introductions by international experts and highlight the emerging issues and debates within them. They aim to help inform policies that are more resilient to the future. For any enquiries, please contact [email protected]  Key concepts HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a viral infection of humans that can be transmitted… Read more

Health, HIV, HIV/AIDS, K4D
Health
Social Protection
Pollution and Poverty
Reading Pack
October 20, 2017

K4D is facilitating a learning journey on pollution and poverty. This learning journey is designed to raise awareness of the huge impact of pollution across different sectors of international development and to encourage the integration of pollution control solutions into policymaking and programming, in a multidisciplinary approach. The journey starts by raising awareness of the… Read more

GAHP, K4D, Pollution, pollution and poverty, Pollution control, Poverty, Pure Earth, The Lancet
Health
Social Protection
Urban health reading pack C: interventions and pro-poor service provision
Reading Pack
August 4, 2016

Introduction to the topic This is the third in the series of urban health reading packs. It builds on the urban heath reading pack A on the data and evidence available on urban health, and on the experiences and challenges of inter-sectoral responses outlined in reading pack B. This pack focuses on service provision within… Read more

Pro-Poor, urban health, Urbanisation
Health
Urban health reading pack B: improving population health – strategies for inter-sectoral action
Reading Pack
August 4, 2016

Introduction to the topic The multi-dimensional nature of the factors affecting urban health is highlighted in the reading pack on data and evidence. Urban infrastructure such as housing, water and sanitation, green space, crime and security, transport and traffic planning, social welfare schemes, and health and education services have direct and indirect impacts on health…. Read more

population health, urban health, Urbanisation
Health
Urban health reading pack A: data and evidence
Reading Pack
August 2, 2016

Introduction to the topic  The year 2007 marked a key event in urbanisation with more than half of the world’s population living in urban areas for the first time. This proportion continues to grow, and by 2050, 66 per cent of the world’s population are expected to be urbanites. This means an extra 2.5 billion… Read more

health data, health evidence, urban health, Urbanisation
Education
Integrated early childhood development (ECD) as a framework for research, policy and service development
Reading Pack
July 29, 2016

Brief introduction to the topic Integrated early childhood development (ECD) is a comprehensive starting point for research, policy and service development. As the HEART Early Childhood Development Topic Guide (Woodhead et. al., 2014) points out, ECD spans the period from conception through to eight years and covers a range of sectors including early learning and… Read more

Early Childhood Development, ECD
Education
Social Protection
Early childhood development (ECD) and children with disabilities
Reading Pack
July 29, 2016

Introduction to the topic This reading pack briefly highlights some of the research and programme work that are showing positive benefits for young children with disabilities in low-resource settings. The international evidence that high quality early childhood development (ECD) programmes benefit all children’s development, life experiences, and life chances is overwhelming. The evidence comes from… Read more

Children, disabilities, Early Childhood Development, ECD
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