Water, Health and Poverty Linkages -  A Case Study from Sri Lanka by Sarath Abayawardana and Intizar Hussain. Comments by Eline Boelee, 7 October 2002 Paper prepared for the 'Asian Development Bank Regional Consultation Workshop on Water and Poverty' Dhaka, 22-26 September 2002. http://www.adb.org/water/actions/SRI/SRI_water_health_poverty.pdf

Fixing Health Systems - Crunching the Numbers Using evidence about the population's health helps to effect change The lack of population-based data in many developing countries hinders the development of effective programs. In two districts of Tanzania, a Demographic Surveillance System is providing vital information enabling health planners to determine the overall effectiveness of the health system and monitor the status of the population. As a result, they can plan and budget health care services more strategically.
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