This resource is a useful set of guidelines designed to share best practices, share lessons, and identify gaps in humanitarian intervention. It was developed by Help Age International and the World Health Organization, at the request of the Inter Agency Standing Committee
This report highlights the progress of the first eight International Health Partnership+ signatory countries. It provides an analytical review of country progress against Millennium Development Goal indicators, and considers health financing trends, noting key bottlenecks at the global and country levels. It further highlights progress at the global level, provides updates from inter-agency working groups, and summarises key challenges in moving forward
This UN Report summarizes progress towards the Millennium Development Goals between 2000 and 2008, for the world as a whole and for various country groupings. It also considers factors that may affect future progress towards achieving the goals by 2015
This conference aimed to confront the challenge of how to ensure that research deals with a country’s health priorities and contributes to equitable development in Latin America. It focused on the development and strengthening of National Health Research Systems and the use of regional cooperation as a means of taking advantage of existing resources and reducing asymmetries
This report presents information about maternal mental health and child health in developing countries. Summaries are given of the meeting presentations and discussions, as well as the main conclusions and recommendations. This resource is useful for people interested in maternal mental health and child health in developing countries
WHO-UNFP Meeting
Geneva, Switzerland
30 Jan - Feb 2008
“Poverty and mental illness compound one another, creating an environment of despair for some of the most vulnerable people in low and middle-income countries. Mental health intervention programmes in resource-poor settings such as rural Northern India must understand and address the economic burden of mental illness, in addition to clinical and functional outcomes. The BasicNeeds [BN]- Nav Bharat Jagruti Kendra [NBJK] intervention programme, located in rural Northern India, aims to improve quality of life for people with mental disorders and their families, through treatment, livelihoods and capacity building interventions based on the Mental Health and Development Model. This prospective evaluation assessed economic outcomes of 138 people with mental disorders involved in the BN-NBJK programme over a period of two years”
This report complements UNICEF’s ‘State of the World’s Children 2008’. It provides an overview of child survival in the Asia-Pacific region, including progress towards the related Millennium Development Goals; causes of child deaths in the region; and creating a supportive environment for child survival strategies. It considers ways to improve child survival in the region, for example creating demand within a community; health financing and an equity approach to health-care provision; and strengthening data collection and monitoring
"This paper sets out the context for addressing disability in the MDGs. It highlights the growing international momentum for including disability in development and makes recommendations on how donors, partner governments and civil society can include people with disabilities in the global drive to achieve the MDGs"
