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Subject: Maternal and child health
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- Citra Diri Training for ASUH Midwives
Description of Citra Diri Training in Indonesia.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
- Clean Delivery Kit Workshop Manual
Publication date: 2000
Region: Global
- Clean Delivery Kit Workshop Report Introduction
Publication date: 2000
Region: Global
- Clean Delivery Kit: a Timeline of PATH's Involvement
This document provides a timeline of the Clean Delivery Kit project at PATH.
Publication date: 2007
Region: Global
- Clean-Delivery Kits: Guidelines for Their Use in Programmatic Settings
This two-page document outlines basic programmatic guidelines for the use of clean-delivery kits in international settings. It includes a discussion of kit contents, an overview of research on the effectiveness of kits, principles of clean delivery, issues related to production of local kits, and information about ordering preassembled kits.
Author: Wood S; Coffey P
Publication date: 2006
Region: Global
- Clinical Training for ASUH Midwives
Description of clinical training provided to midwives in Indonesia.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Asia
- Combining Forces in Cambodia to Overcome Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia
This fact sheet provides an overview of PATH's ongoing work in Cambodia to integrate diarrhea and pneumonia control. At the national level, PATH collaborated with the Cambodia Ministry of Health to strengthen policy so that effective interventions and appropriate and reliable supplies are made available throughout the public- and private-health sectors as well as in the community to reduce the burden of diarrheal disease and pneumonia among children in Cambodia. PATH also worked on a district-level demonstration project to put policy into practice and inform expansion throughout the country. Through this integrated approach to community health, Cambodia is addressing the two most dangerous threats to its children and is already making a significant and lasting impact.
Publication date: March 2012
Region: Asia
- Common Requirements for Maternal Health Information Systems: Produced With the Collaborative Requirements Development Methodology
This document presents a set of requirements that translate the needs of maternal health practitioners into the language of software and systems engineering. The document can inform software development for health systems worldwide and maternal health in particular.
Author: Taylor C, Luchitsky A, Lubinski D, Peloso L, Wilson K
Publication date: December 2012
Region: Global
- Common Virus and Senseless Killer: A Briefing Paper on Rotavirus
This briefing paper underscores the burden of rotavirus and highlights the promise of vaccines to combat the virus as the global health community prepares for worldwide introduction.
Publication date: September 2009
Region: Global
- Community Access to Zinc Becomes a Reality in Kenya
In 2012, the Kenyan Poisons and Pharmacy Board reclassified zinc from a prescription medicine to an over-the-counter treatment. This policy change allows caregivers to quickly access treatment when a child shows signs of diarrheal disease—the second leading killer of children under five years old in Kenya.
Publication date: November 2012
Region: Africa
- Community Health Volunteers Update: A Newsletter From the APHIA II Western Project (Issue 3)
In an effort to support community interventions and health service utilization, APHIA II Western produces the Community Health Volunteers Update to help reinforce HIV and AIDS, reproductive health, tuberculosis, diarrhea, maternal and child health, and malaria messages passed through community outreach activities and health facilities; stimulate public discussions; reinforce behavior change; and promote use of health services.
Publication date: January 2010
Region: Africa
Part of series: APHIA II Western Community Health Volunteers Update
- Community Health Workers' Manual
PATH developed this manual for community health workers to facilitate and support the implementation of the AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance (APHIA) II project’s community-based activities in Eastern, Nyanza, and Western provinces of Kenya. The manual was developed with funding from the US Agency for International Development. It is available as one large file or as 17 smaller files.
Publication date: July 2007
Region: Africa
- Comparative Study of the Functionality and Acceptability of Four Neonatal Resuscitation Devices
This report documents a participatory evaluation that sought to expand the accessibility, availability, and use of appropriate and effective neonatal resuscitator devices for South African populations.
Publication date: May 2008
Region: Africa
- A Comprehensive Approach to Rotavirus Vaccines
This fact sheet highlights PATH's work to address rotavirus, the leading cause of severe diarrheal disease. It includes general information about our efforts to increase access to and effectiveness of existing vaccines, as well as to develop new vaccines.
Publication date: July 2011
Region: Global
Part of series: Diarrheal disease fact sheets
- Connecting Communities With Health Care Facilities to Prevent Malnutrition (Lesotho)
This document tells the story of Mabeata, an IYCN-trained community health worker, and Adelina, a nurse, who meet monthly at the Litsoeneng Health Centre in Lesotho to make sure children in their community grow well and stay healthy.
Publication date: December 2009
Region: Africa
- Controlling Diarrheal Disease in Vietnam
This fact sheet summarizes PATH's projects in Vietnam that aimed to reduce childhood illness and death from diarrhea. Efforts included collaborations to update guidelines for health workers, clinical trials of rotavirus vaccines, and household water treatment and storage activities.
Publication date: May 2012
Region: Asia
Part of series: Diarrheal disease fact sheets
- Country-Specific Approaches for Infant Feeding and HIV Activities
This fact sheet summarizes the Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project's approach to designing and implementing infant feeding and HIV activities.
Publication date: November 2009
Region: Global
- DefeatDD Blog
DefeatDD’s weekly blog features posts from PATH staff and partners about the burden of diarrheal disease and the solutions to defeat it, including trends in child health, success stories, news, and personal perspectives.
Publication date: 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Blogs
- DefeatDD Website
DefeatDD.org is an interactive website aimed at informing and inspiring advocates committed to joining their voices and raising awareness about diarrheal disease. The website hosts a weekly blog about advances in diarrheal disease control and provides key documents and links to information on simple, lifesaving interventions that have the potential to significantly impact diarrhea incidence worldwide.
Publication date: 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Websites
- Delivering Health Solutions to Those in Need: Our Work in Malaria Control, Child Nutrition, and HIV Prevention Builds Healthier Communities
This fact sheet provides an overview of PATH's work in Zambia, including our work to support data-driven malaria control measures, improve child health and nutrition, prevent HIV infection, and create better information management systems.
Publication date: December 2011
Region: Africa

