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Working within the kinship system enhances community care for onchocerciasis (river blindness).
17 Jul 2010  Nick Henwood A new Ugandan study demostrates that a strategy of Ivermectin distribution that worked through kinship links achieved better results than 'standard' care.   
   

Home-based care reduces neonatal deaths in Bangladesh
06 May 2010   Nick Henwood This Lancet article compares community care with home-based care given by female community health workers. Home care reduced neonatal mortality by 34%.   
   

Faith can help heal bodies as well as souls
29 Apr 2010   Ted Lankester Tony Blair (ex UK Prime Minister) discusses how to promote research into the role of faith communities in health care. The key is to train religious leaders in health and public health officials in a deeper understanding of how the various faith communities work, their "health worlds" and their potential.   
   

 
In the news

Salt and Light at Kiwoko, Aru and Tenwek community health programmes in East Africa  
Mon, 16 Jan 2006
Community-based Nutrition  
Mon, 26 Jun 2006
Lancet series on child development  
Sun, 18 Feb 2007
World TB day 2008 - You can stop TB. Join us.  
Sat, 22 Mar 2008
Primary Diagnosis and Treatment (revised) - Dan Fountain  
Wed, 15 Oct 2008
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