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Scaling Up Child Survival Programs with Mass Media and Technology

… Mass media and technological approaches are less common in neonatal and child health, but when used effectively can reach large and geographically dispersed audiences, which interpersonal and group-based interventions cannot do. Scaling Up Child Survival Programs with Mass Media and Technology (PDF) …

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Evidence to Action: Child Survival Pre-Summit Meeting in Ethiopia

… Researchers gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January 2013 to present and discuss the preliminary findings of the Africa evidence review-study related to the impact of social and behavior change communication when used in child survival interventions. The video provides a summary of the meeting: …

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Spotlight on the Female Condom

This fact sheet is part of a series on Demand Generation for 13 Life-Saving Commodities: A Synthesis of the Evidence. The female condom (FC) is the only women-initiated, dual-protection commodity that protects women from both STIs—including HIV—and unintended pregnancy. However, the FC remains an underutilized commodity in family planning and HIV prevention, and as such, has been identified by the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Wome…

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Spotlight on Neonatal Resuscitation for Birth Asphyxia

This fact sheet is part of a series on Demand Generation for 13 Life-Saving Commodities: A Synthesis of the Evidence. Basic resuscitation equipment is not available in many low-resource settings, and was therefore identified by the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women’s and Children’s Health as one of 13 commodities that if more widely accessed and properly used, could save the lives of more than six million women and children world…

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Spotlight on Contraceptive Implants

This fact sheet is part of a series on Demand Generation for 13 Life-Saving Commodities: A Synthesis of the Evidence. Contraceptive implants are safe, highly effective and long-acting progestin-only contraceptives that require little attention after insertion and prevent pregnancy for an extended period. However, contraceptive implants remain an underutilized commodity in family planning, and as such have been identified by the UN Commission on L…