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            <title>Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization (UNEPI) Standards.</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/2020_UNEPI_20Standards.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As part of its revitalization plan for immunization services, the Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization (UNEPI) refined its policies and standards governing immunization delivery. These standards are derived from Uganda's EPI objectives, which are to increase access to immunization services, to provide save and potent vaccines, to create and sustain demand for services, and to prevent disease. The standards provide managers and providers with performance guidelines for planning, managing, implementing, and monitoring immunization programs at national, district, health sub-district, and health facility levels. They also serve as a useful reference for technical support supervision, on-the-job training, and quality improvement of EPI services.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2004 14:50:35 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Safeguarding Investment in PMTCT Programs by Incorporating Essential Newborn Care</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/2019_ENC_PMTCT_paper.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Vast resources have been committed to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/AIDS. This brief urges PMTCT programs to safeguard their investments not just by preventing transmission of HIV but also by ensuring that newborns survive. Incorporating essential newborn care into PMTCT programs will help ensure that babies who escape HIV transmission do not die from infection, birth asphyxia, or other conditions that can be prevented and treated with simple, cost-effective interventions.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2004 14:47:03 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Nepal Child Survival Case Study</title>
            <link>http://www.basics.org/publications/abs/nepalcasestudy.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Nepal Child Survival Case Study. BASICS II, USAID and MOST. 2004. Includes overview, technical report, toolkit, and annotated bibliography.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2004 14:45:16 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Madagascar Child Survival Case Study</title>
            <link>http://www.basics.org/publications/abs/madagascarcasestudy.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Madagascar Child Survival Case Study. BASICS II, Jereo Salama Isika, Linkages, and Advance Africa. 2004. Includes overview, technical report, toolkit, and annotated bibliography.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2004 14:42:49 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>BASICS II Country Report: Zambia.</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/2016_BASICSII_Country_Report_Zambia2004.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This report describes the BASICS II-supported community-based growth promotion (CBGP) program in Zambia, BASICS II's technical approach and accomplishments, implementation milestones, lessons learned, and contributions of the program to global and regional initiatives. CBGP was launched in three communities in Kitwe, Zambia starting in 1998. BASICS II worked closely with the National Food and Nutrition Commission and the Zambia Integrated Health Programme to develop training, implementation, and monitoring tools to support systematic expansion of CBGP, which, in Zambia, focuses on children less than two years of age, monitors adequacy of child growth, is implemented within communities by teams of trained community volunteers, focuses on the prevention of malnutrition, and shares information about progress regularly with the community. CBGP is now being implemented in 16 districts in more than 670 communities, with some communities reporting local innovations and improved feeding practices.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2004 14:40:44 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>BASICS II Country Report: Benin.</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/2015_BASICSII_Country_Report_Benin2004.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This report describes the context of child health in Benin, the technical approaches used by BASICS II and its partners, results, program milestones, and lessons learned. From 1997 to 2003, the Borgou department of Benin implemented the Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA) approach, known in the country as the Paquet Minimum d'Activités de Nutrition (PMA/Nut). The PMA/Nut package comprised exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) of infants up to six months of age, complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding from six to 24 months of age, vitamin A supplementation, iron and folic acid supplementation for pregnant women, iodized salt promotion, and nutritional assessment and counseling for the sick child. Improvements in EBF and vitamin A coverage have been reported. The Ministry of Health and partners are scaling up the program nationally, and have introduced it to other countries through regional networks.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2004 14:39:06 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>The Story of a Successful Public-Private Partnership in Central America: Handwashing for ...</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/1770_handwashing_eng.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Published jointly by the USAID-funded BASICS II Project and Environmental Health Project, UNICEF, and the World Bank, the document describes an EHP-BASICS initiative that brought together soap companies, government ministries, NGOs, and the media in three Central American countries to promote handwashing to prevent diarrheal disease. The results of the initiative include improvements in handwashing behavior associated with reductions in diarrheal disease, leveraging of significant additional resources for public health, and sustained involvement of the private sector partners in public health promotion. The publication documents these results, describes the essential elements of a public-private partnership, discusses the lessons from the experience in Central America, and outlines key steps for replication.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>The Story of a Successful Public-Private Partnership in Central America: Handwashing for ...</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/1769_handwashing_eng.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Published jointly by the USAID-funded BASICS II Project and Environmental Health Project, UNICEF, and the World Bank, the document describes an EHP-BASICS initiative that brought together soap companies, government ministries, NGOs, and the media in three Central American countries to promote handwashing to prevent diarrheal disease. The results of the initiative include improvements in handwashing behavior associated with reductions in diarrheal disease, leveraging of significant additional resources for public health, and sustained involvement of the private sector partners in public health promotion. The publication documents these results, describes the essential elements of a public-private partnership, discusses the lessons from the experience in Central America, and outlines key steps for replication.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:01:29 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Nepal Case Study Program Evolution and Lessons Learned: Annotated Bibliography of Reports and ...</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/1768_Nepal_Bibliography.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This annotated bibliography provides citations and summaries of a variety of selected resources, primarily technical reports and journal articles, related to 20 years of child health, family health, and nutrition programming in Nepal. It is part of a package of materials documenting the remarkable evolution of Nepal's primary health care services, including their measurable impact on mortality and fertility rates at the national level. This package is intended for use in replication of the interventions and approaches in other countries.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:57:41 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Review of Potential Interventions to Reduce Child Mortality in Iraq.</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/1767_IRAQ_Child_Health_2003.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Child health in Iraq has suffered over two turbulent decades. Although improvements have occurred since the initiation of the Oil for Food Program in 1997, child health is still far worse than it had been in 1990. Rapid, measurable improvements in child health status, however, are possible. This report identifies programmatic interventions and delivery strategies that can reduce infant and child mortality rates in Iraq up to 50% within 12 to 18 months. These interventions include promotion of exclusive breastfeeding, improved care of the newborn, oral rehydration therapy, nutritional supplementation, immunizations, domestic hygiene promotion, and appropriate administration and prescription of antibiotics. Each intervention is partially contingent on improvements in security, electrical and water systems, and skills among Iraqi staff, as well as on consensus to prioritize child survival. However, some activities, such as the publication of treatment algorithms and health education materials and the distribution of consumer commodities, can be implemented immediately. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is in a unique position to stimulate, coordinate, and lead interventions to improve child survival in Iraq.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>BASICS II/Nigeria: Report of the Integrated Child Health Cluster Survey (ICHCS)</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/1766_Nigeria_20ICHCS_2003.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[BASICS II initiatives to improve the health of children less than five years of age in Nigeria have begun to show promise. This report details the results of a November 2002 household survey, the Integrated Child Health Cluster Survey (ICHCS), and a facility assessment, which provide evidence for improvements in nutrition, routine immunization, and malaria treatment and prevention in BASICS II-supported local government areas in three states: Lagos, Kano, and Abia. Since the program started in 2000, improvements have been seen in awareness of appropriate infant breastfeeding practices, exclusive breastfeeding, coverage with early doses of polio vaccine, maintenance of standard immunization registers at primary health care facilities, and knowledge of malaria prevention through the use of insecticide-treated bed nets. Areas in need of improvement included early initiation of breastfeeding, DPT3 coverage, vaccine procurement and distribution, and appropriate treatment of children with febrile illness. This report also includes the study methodology and lessons that can be applied to refine the program and maximize the potential for short-term impact.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:48:55 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>La survie du nouveau-nÃ©: le moment est venu de passer Ã  l'action</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/1764_French_HNPinfo_20sheet.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing under-five mortality by 2015 will require halving the global neonatal mortality rate (34 deaths in the first month of life per 1,000 live births). The Healthy Newborn Partnerhip (HNP), of which BASICS II is a founding member, was formed in 2000 to promote attention and action to improve newborn health and survival, provide a forum for information exchange on issues related to newborn care, and foster partnerships for joint newborn health-related activities. This poster provides an overview of neonatal mortality; posits that primary health care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period is the key to newborn survival; and outlines the role of the HNP in advocating for improvements in newborn health care.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:58:02 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Healthy Newborn Partnership: Newborn Survival: Time for Action</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/1763_HNP_20Info_20Sheet.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing under-five mortality by 2015 will require halving the global neonatal mortality rate (34 deaths in the first month of life per 1,000 live births). The Healthy Newborn Partnerhip (HNP), of which BASICS II is a founding member, was formed in 2000 to promote attention and action to improve newborn health and survival, provide a forum for information exchange on issues related to newborn care, and foster partnerships for joint newborn health-related activities. This poster provides an overview of neonatal mortality; posits that primary health care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period is the key to newborn survival; and outlines the role of the HNP in advocating for improvements in newborn health care.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:54:28 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Improving Neonatal Health in the South-East Asia Region: Report of a Regional Consultation, New ...</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/1762_PNN_SE_Asia_2002.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[During the last two decades, infant mortality rates in the countries of the South-East Asia region have declined substantially; neonatal mortality rates, on the other hand, have stagnated. As a result, improving neonatal health is a top priority. WHO-SEARO and BASICS II jointly organized an expert consultation in New Delhi, India, in April 2002. The objectives of the consultation were to (1) develop consensus on an essential care package for neonatal health, (2) agree on key indicators for monitoring and evaluation of neonatal health, (3) promote partnerships to foster resource mobilization and networking, and (4) review existing tools and guidelines for adoption and adaptation. This booklet, developed by WHO-SEARO and BASICS II, provides an overview of neonatal health globally and across the region, special experiences and success stories in neonatal health promotion, and summaries of group exercises and panel discussions.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:40:27 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Selected Annotated Bibliography on Newborn Health: Evidence-based information for developing ...</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/1758_PNN_CD_pdf.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This document includes aspects of neonatal and maternal health that are likely to have a direct impact on the baby. Although it was prepared for the LAC region, these aspects are relevant to many health facilities and communities in developing countries. This bibliography includes summaries of relevant program experiences and available evidence for some components of newborn care. It includes abstracts of articles from journals, as well as references to some resource materials, tools, and documents published by various organizations. The abstracts are divided into sections, and some abstracts are related to more than one topic. For example, some references on cord care are listed not only under the main section on cord care but also under prevention of maternal and neonatal tetanus, and some references on breastfeeding are included under mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS besides the chapter on breastfeeding. This bibliography is not meant to be an exhaustive review, but rather is meant to highlight information of relevance to technical personnel, organizations and stakeholders interested or involved in implementing newborn health interventions at facility and community levels.]]></description>
            <author>jpelletier@basics.org (BASICS II)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:49:55 +0100</pubDate>
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