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Trends and Inequalities in Young Child Nutrition in Rwanda: Further Analysis of the 2014-15 Demographic and Health Survey

Yourkavitch, Jennifer Rockville, Maryland, USA: ICF (2018) C2

DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 109 - This report documents trends in key child nutrition indicators in Rwanda. Data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in 2005, 2010, and 2014-15 were analyzed, disaggregated by selected equity-related variables, and tested for trends. Over the survey per... more

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Trends in Maternal Health in Rwanda: Further Analysis of the 2014-15 Demographic and Health Survey

Assaf, Shireen, Sarah Staveteig, and Francine Birungi Rockville, Maryland, USA: ICF (2018) C2

DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 108 - This report examines levels, trends, and inequalities in maternal health in Rwanda from 2010 to 2014-15 among women age 15-49 with a recent birth. The analysis uses Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for 15 key indicators of maternal health: 6 for antenat... more

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Africa, WASH, and the Millennium Development Goals: A Local Systems Case Study of How Senegal Achieved MDG Target 7c

McGahey, Christopher USAID (2017) C1

Nationally, Senegal met the MDG target for water supply access. It did this by engaging the public and private sectors to effectively invest and report on investments. It focused on larger population centers, less on remote regions of the country. Its achievements set the stage for more equitable an... more

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Trends in Reproductive Behavior in Rwanda: Further Analysis of the 2014-15 Demographic and Health Survey

Westoff, Charles F. Rockville, Maryland, USA: ICF (2017) C2

DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 107 - This report, based largely on the 2014-15 national survey in Rwanda, focuses on changes and trends in reproductive behavior since 2010. In the 4-5 years after the 2010 survey, fertility continued its decline to 4.2 births per woman as contraceptive prevalence i... more

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Undernutrition in Myanmar. Part 1: A Critical Review of Literature

Cashin, Jennifer Leveraging Essential Nutrition Actions to Reduce Malnutrition (LEARN) (2016) C1

Despite improvements in recent years, the prevalence of undernutrition among women and children in Myanmar remains unacceptably high. One in three children are stunted and about 8% are acutely malnourished. Micronutrient deficiencies are common among infants, young children and pregnant women. In fa... more

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Migrants and refugees have rights!

Caritas (2016) C1

Impact of EU policies on accessing protection. The report highlights the tragedy hundreds of thousands of people face when seeking protection in Europe. Women, men and children escaping war, repression and violation of human rights often turn to Europe in the hope of finding a safe haven. But many a... more

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Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. Key Findings

Central Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF Nepal (2015) C1

MICS surveys measure key indicators that allow countries to generate data for use in policies and programmes, and to monitor progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other internationally agreed upon commitments.

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Ebola: Getting to zero - for communities, for children for the future

(2015)

As slight hints of recovery begin to surface in West Africa, UNICEF is looking at the impact of Ebola on children and the response and work of the affected communities in the report, Ebola: Getting to zero – for communities, for children for the future. The document traces some of the outbreak’s... more

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Children in danger: Act to end violence against children

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2014)

Every five minutes a child dies as the result of violence, according to a ground-breaking report from Unicef UK. The report reveals that the vast majority of children are killed outside warzones and that physical, sexual and emotional abuse is widespread with millions of children unsafe in their hom... more

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Implementing Disability-inclusive Development in the Pacific and Asia

Development Studies Network (2011) C1

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Using indicators to measure country pharmaceutical situations

WHO World Health Organization (WHO) (2006) C_WHO

Fact Book on WHO Level I and Level II monitoring indicators - To monitor the progress of efforts to improve the global medicines situation, WHO has developed a system of indicators that measure important aspects of a country’s pharmaceutical situation. Level 1 indicators measure the existence and ... more

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Pneumonia: The forgotten killer for the children

Wardlaw, Tessa M.; Johansson, Emily White; Hodge, Matthew UNICEF; World Health Organization (2006)

Pneumonia kills more children than any other illness – more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Over 2 million children die from pneumonia each year, accounting for almost 1 in 5 under five deaths worldwide. Yet, little attention is paid to this disease. This joint UNICEF/WHO report examines ... more

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Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges and Perspectives

Doyle, M.P.; G. H. Loneragan, H. M. Scott et al. (2006) C2

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Vol.12 (2013) pp.234-248 In 2006, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) published an Expert Report entitled “Antimicrobial Resistance: Implications for the Food System” (IFT 2006). That report summarized current scientiﬁc knowledge pe... more

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Ministerial policy dialogue on HIV and related comorbidities in eastern Europe and central Asia (EECA)

World Health Organization (Europe); Government of the Netherlands; UNAIDS (2019) C_WHO

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 23 July 2018 Meeting Report

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Every child alive: The urgent need to end newborn deaths

UNICEF (2018)

Globally, in low-income countries, the average newborn mortality rate is 27 deaths per 1,000 births, the report says. In high-income countries, that rate is 3 deaths per 1,000. Newborns from the riskiest places to give birth are up to 50 times more likely to die than those from the safest places.... more

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Action Plan for Implementation of Recommendations from the Evaluation of PAHO's Response to COVID-19

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2024) CC

An external team evaluated PAHO’s response to COVID-19 to provide an independent assessment of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau’s (PASB) performance regarding preparedness for and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The evaluations’ final report culminates with eight recommendations for actions... more

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DOWNLOAD English Advancing gender-responsive synergies across the Rio Conventions: Gender equality at the intersection of climate action, biodiversity protection and sustainable land management

UN Women (2024) CC

This brief highlights the urgency of addressing gender inequalities across the Rio Conventions, provides examples of where progress has been made, and identifies clear entry points for addressing gender equality considerations across the Conventions. It makes recommendations for actions to accelerat... more

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List of key WHO-recommended maternal and newborn health commodities

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

This document provides a list of key WHO-recommended maternal and newborn health commodities and aims to accelerate progress towards the SDGs. It consolidates the key and enabling commodities from existing WHO guidelines on maternal and newborn health.

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Financing Global Health 2018: Countries and Programs in Transition

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (2019) C2

This 10th edition of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s annual Financing Global Health report provides the most up-to-date estimates of development assistance for health, domestic spending on health, health spending on two key infectious diseases – malaria and HIV/AIDS – and fut... more

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Estimating Financing to the Sustainable Development Goals: Methodology Note for V2.0.

Turner, Jennifer, and Bryan Burgess AidData at William & Mary (2019) CC

Unfortunately, current data available on SDG financing are not sufficient to quantify the distribution of financing for the SDGs. AidData’s methodology for measuring financing to the SDGs attempts to fill this gap by analyzing development project documentation to estimate project-level contributi... more