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Child Survival Publications

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A toolkit for developing integrated campaigns to encourage the distribution and use of long lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs)
September 2008

This toolkit, published by the Alliance for Malaria Prevention (AMP), represents the accumulated wisdom of those who have been most closely involved in rapid ITN scale-up. By collecting their experience and making it available to others, it provides the best guide available to campaign implementation. It provides generic lessons that can be applied to achieving the targets of universal coverage although it has been developed based on experience with vaccination/nutrition campaigns targeting children under five as primary platforms. The authors have spent enormous effort to assure that the best practices are presented in a clear and concise manner. It is hoped that the Toolkit is able to both answer common questions and provide a general approach to answer questions specific to each campaign.

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Forum on Engaging the Private Sector in Child Health
April 2007

There has been a growing recognition that private providers, and the private sector more broadly, constitute a huge resource for improving community health outcomes. In Africa, it has been estimated that nearly 80% of treatments for uncomplicated illness, such as fever, are provided through the private sector. However, these services are frequently unregulated and too often involve inappropriate or substandard care. The potential of the private sector for providing quality services and commodities is great, though it remains largely untapped. Over recent years, a growing body of experience demonstrates the important role of the private provider in community health. With the aim of learning from these experiences, a forum was conducted to review the different approaches and strategies that have been used and to identify strategies to move the agenda forward at international, regional and country levels. Groups of public and private sector representatives from eight African countries with experiences to share (Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda) were joined by representatives of several technical and development agencies for the forum.

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Opportunities for Africa's Newborns
2006

This publication helps to bridge the gap between policy and action by bringing together technical experts and leaders in material, newborn and child health in Africa. The book includes a basic situation analysis of maternal, newborn and child health for 46 countries in Africa, the continuum of care, details on how key MNCH programs can be strengthened, and lessons learned from six country that are making progress.

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Complete book (opens the Partnership website)