Publications

This manual is intended to help practitioners at all levels to work efficiently and professionally with villagers as they assess their needs and undertake their development activities.

This report concerns the first overall evaluation of Danish bilateral assistance to health. It covers a ten-year period (1988-1997) involving over 400 health interventions and over DKK four billion in support. The main objective of the evaluation was: “to compile relevant ‘lessons learned’ in order to improve the quality of Danish bilateral interventions in the field of health and contribute to the strengthening of health care systems and improved health care status in the developing countries.” During the period evaluated Danida shifted its policy from project to sector programme support. A major focus of the evaluation was directed towards this policy shift.

Informal social networks and togetherness among women have been approved forms of organization since time immemorial. Women everywhere have formed themselves formally and informally into networks to demand services and promote networks of survival and mutual help to accomplish their reproductive and productive roles.

Ce manuel sur la participation villageoise au Développement Rural a beaucoup de «parents». Il a pu être réalisé grâce à la créativité, au dévouement et au travail novateur de tous ceux qui contribuent, depuis de longues années, au développement des méthodes participatives

Gender training: the source book reviews gender training experiences from the point of view of practitioners. Contributors include gender advocates from different geographical regions (South Asia, Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa and

Many major issues today – whether sustainable development, waste disposal, negotiations about resource use, rural conflict resolution, natural resource management, clean water supply, food distribution or others – have neither clear problem definitions nor readily available solutions.

This Bulletin presents a case study of a Bolivian primary health care project in which two different types of community financing – direct fees and, subsequently, a prepayment plan – were introduced to help finance health services.

As the hiv/aids epidemic and sexually transmitted diseases (stds) continue to advance worldwide, we are learning ever more about how they affect individuals, households, families, communities, organizations and nations. The individual loss has been enormous, particularly in those countries and regions affected early on. aids is increasingly recognized in developing countries as a serious concern for socioeconomic development as a whole. Its impact is seen in family and community structures and relationships and in sectors as varied as education, employment, health care, social welfare, agriculture and the judiciary. Economic consequences are already apparent. In highly affected countries, the business sector is experiencing increased absenteeism as employees fall ill, care for the sick or attend funerals. Loss of experienced and skilled workers in the formal and informal sectors may lead to lower productivity, savings and investments. In subsistence and small-scale agriculture, loss of labour may result in changes in farming patterns and food shortages.

As the hiv/aids epidemic and sexually transmitted diseases (stds) continue to advance worldwide, we are learning ever more about how they affect individuals, households, families, communities, organizations and nations. The individual loss has been enormous, particularly in those countries and regions affected early on. aids is increasingly recognized in developing countries as a serious concern for socioeconomic development as a whole. Its impact is seen in family and community structures and relationships and in sectors as varied as education, employment, health care, social welfare, agriculture and the judiciary.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been helping countries make training and learning materials for many years. A specific section has been created for health learning materials (HLM). Many of these materials are meant for health workers in more remote regions, involved in primary health care – people with fewer resources than their colleagues, and often bigger problems.

L’OMS a soutenu des programmes de formation et de réalisation de matériels éducatifs dans de nombreux pays en développement depuis plusieurs années. Une section spécialisée a été créée pour le MEPS. Le matériel produit par cette section est destiné au personnel de la santé intervenant dans des régions isolées où il doit donner les soins de santé primaires. Ces agents ont souvent moins de ressources que leurs collègues des grandes villes et souvent plus de contraintes. Récemment, beaucoup de matériels éducatifs a été produit. En réalité la quantité a primé sur la qualité.