Publications catalog: Health
Promising Practices for Community Engagement in Tuberculosis Activities
This publication highlights promising practices in increasing case detection and treatment rates as documented in the Maguindanao TB Control Project. It chronicles how community groups have contributed to addressing the problem of TB.
TB and HIV
Tuberculosis and HIV are combining to create what many fear is a global health catastrophe. This short booklet highlights some of the ways in which Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is addressing co-infection around the world.
Maguindanao Tuberculosis Control Project
This study uncovered key disparities in TB services for men and women, providing a basis for designing more culturally appropriate and gender-sensitive TB health programs.
Assessment of Educational and Health Needs for Children and Youth with Disabilities Identified as Affected by Agent Orange/Dioxin
A report on the needs for education and health care of Vietnamese children and youths who were harmed by Agent Orange/dioxin.
A Community Based Surveillance System for Maternal and Early Neonatal Complications
Describes the development of a population-based health information system to collect data on maternal and neonatal health in isolated rural communities.
Community-Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
A facilitator’s guide to help plan for the training of community-based health-care providers to children outside the formal health system.
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- Agroenterprise learning alliance
Documents CRS’ experience with an agroenterprise “learning alliance”—a participatory approach to learning that aims to accelerate institutional change and deepen the level of impact.
SILC: Kibara Mission
Describes the role that savings and internal lending approaches to microfinance has played in strengthening the economic wellbeing of HIV-affected households.
Good Enough Guide
Basic guidelines on how to be accountable to local people and measure program impact in emergency situations.
News
- This Time, Soccer Stirs Egyptian Riot, Not Bread
20 Nov 2009, 9:00 pmHistory has proven there are two subjects that will move Egyptians into the streets in riotous numbers, crashing windows, battling each other and defying an army of club-wielding riot police.
- China Says 11 Dead, 128 Trapped in Mine Explosion
20 Nov 2009, 8:40 pmBEIJING (AP) -- A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 11 people and trapping another 128, central government authorities said.
- Gates Says U.S. Could Withhold Aid if Afghanistan Cannot Curb Corruption
20 Nov 2009, 8:38 pmDefense Secretary Robert M. Gates’s statement echoed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s recent warning to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan.