Management of health programmes: Child health and adolescent health
For higher level managers
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Integrating Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Programmes
WHO, World Health Report 2005 Policy Brief
Tackling exclusion; building the continuum of care; upgrade staff skills, delegate tasks and redefine responsibilities; roll out district by district; link programmes with health system development; legal and regulatory measures to protect the rightrs of women and children
(4 pages, pdf 218kb)
En français: Intégrer les programmes de santé maternelle, néonatale et de l’enfant -
Rehabilitating the Workforce: the key to scaling up MNCH
WHO, World Health Reoort 2005 Policy Brief
Planned expansion of the workforce; rehabilitate productivity and morale; confront the remuneration issue; HR a matter of national importance;
(4 pages, pdf 500kb)
En français: Améliorer le sort du personnel : l’élément clé pour développer les soins aux mères, aux nouveau-nés et aux enfants -
Can Developing Countries Achieve Adequate Improvements in Child Health Outcomes without Engaging the Private Sector?
Flavia Bustreo, April Harding, & Henrik Axelsson, 2003, WHO, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2003;81:886-895
Where sick children receive care; influence of private actors on health; harnessing private actors to improve child health; determinants of child health outcomes; contracting, social marketing; regulation and standard setting; information dissemination and training
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Care of mother and baby at the health centre: A practical guide
Functions, tasks and skills needed for comprehensive care of mother and baby, covering the preconceptual, prenatal, intranatal and postnatal periods which can be provided at the health centre and in the community; the role of the health centre in training, supervision and continuing logistic support for community-based care; referral system
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The Maternal–Newborn–Child Health Continuum of Care: A Collective Effort to Save Lives
Erin Sines, Anne Tinker, and Julia Ruben, 2006, Population Reference Bureau and Save the Children Fund
The InextricablelLink between mothers, newborns, and children requires an ntegrated approach; many solutions exist;
(6 pages, pdf 159kb)
En français: Le continuum de soins du niveau maternel aux niveaux néonatal et infantile : un effort collectif pour sauver des vies
En español: La continuidad en la atención al recién nacido, madres y niños: Un esfuerzo colectivo por salvar vidas