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AIDSCAP, Aids Control and Prevention Project: Final Report Volume 2, Family Health International, 31 December 1997, www.fhi.org/en/HIVAIDS/pub/Archive/aidscapreports/index.htm, Paper


Amooti-Kaguna, B. and Nuwaha, F., Factors influencing choice of delivery sites in Rakai district in Uganda, Volume 50: 2 p 203-213, Social science and medicine, 2000, www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBF-3XMGN5S-8&_user=10&_coverDate=01%2F31%2F2000&_rdoc=1&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=1f670abfd70235979cc624ff02e8c54e, Journal


Balbuena, Alfonso, Movilidad rural de las mujeres hacia los servicios de salud en el municipio de Pinal de Amoles, Querétaro, México, NOTAS, Número 105, Instituto Mexicano del Transporte, Marzo de 2007, Journal
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Carlos Eyzaguirre Beltroy, Estudio sobre políticas para remover las barreras geográficas para el acceso a la atención de salud de calidad, no publicado, sin fecha, Report
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Cham, M., Sundby, J. & Vangen, S, Maternal mortality in the rural Gambia, a qualitative study on access to emergency obstetric care., Issue 2:3, Reproductive Health, May 2005, www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content/2/1/3, Journal


Cleland, J. & Rodriguez, G., The effect of parental education on marital fertility in developing countries, Volume 42, Number 3 (Abstract only online), Population Studies, November 1988, taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&eissn=1477-4747&volume=42&issue=3&spage=419, Journal


Collins, J. & Rau, B, AIDS in the Context of Development, UNAIDS Geneva, UNRISD Programme on Social policy and Development., 2000, www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/httpNetITFramePDF?ReadForm&parentunid=329E8ACB59F4060580256B61004363FE&parentdoctype=paper&netitpath=80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpAuxPages)/329E8ACB59F4060580256B61004363FE/$file/collins.pdf, Book


Deborah Cohen, Providing nomadic people with health care, 13:397- 440 ISSN 0966-6494, studentBMJ, November 2005, www.studentbmj.com/issues/05/11/life/428.php, Website


DFID, Disability, Poverty and Development, DFID, February 2000, www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/disability.pdf, Report


Elwan, A., Poverty and Disability: A survey of the literature, Social Protection Unit. Human Development Network, World Bank, December 1999, siteresources.worldbank.org/DISABILITY/Resources/Poverty/Poverty_and_Disability_A_Survey_of_the_Literature.pdf#search=%22%22POverty%20and%20Disability%3A%20A%20survey%20of%20the%20literature%22%22, Paper


Ensor, T. & Cooper, S., Overcoming barriers to health service access: influencing the demand side, 19(2):69-79, Health Policy Plan, 2004, heapol.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/19/2/69, Journal


Fawcus, S., Mbizvo, M., Lindmark, G. & Nystrom, L, A community-based investigation of avoidable factors for maternal mortality in Zimbabwe, Volume 27: 319-327, Studies in Family PLanning, 1996, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8986030, Journal


Grieco, M, Toolkit on gender, transport and maternal mortality in Africa, 2005, people.cornell.edu/pages/mg294/maternalmortality.html, Website


Gurubacharya, V.L., HIV/AIDS – Everybody’s Concern, ABC Nepal, 1994, www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf-asia/repro2/RED_LIGHT_TRAFFIC.htm, Paper


Gwatkin, D. R., Bhuiya, A. & Victoria, C.G., Making health systems more equitable, Volume 364 (9441), The Lancet, 2004, www.eldis.org/static/DOC16829.htm, Journal


Hamlin, C, Preventing Fistula: Transport’s role in empowering communities for health in Ethiopia, World Bank, August 30-September 13, 2004, siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPH/Resources/BTOTransportsrolinempoweringcommunitiesfoealthinEthiopia.doc, Paper


Hamlin,, Dr. Catherine, PREVENTING FISTULA : TRANSPORT’S ROLE IN EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES FOR HEALTH IN ETHIOPIA, World Bank, September 2004, Paper
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Healthlink Worldwide, Transport for Primary Health Care, Issue 25, Healthlink Worldwide, January - April 2000, Journal
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Heyen-Perschon, Juergen, Report on the Current Health Situation in Ghana and possible roles for appropriate transport technology, ITDP-Europe, April 2005, www.itdp.org/read/ITDP%20Transport%20and%20Health%20Care%20-%20Ghana.pdf, Paper


Heyen-Perschon, Juergen, Summary on the FABIO/BSPW - Bicycle Ambulance Project (Uganda), ITDP-Europe, 2001, Paper
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Heyen-Perschon, Jürgen, Report on current situation in the health sector of Senegal, ITDPEurope, 2005, Report


Hodgkin, D., Use of antenatal services and delivery care among women in rural western Kenya: a community based survey, 3:2, Reproductive Health, 1996, www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content/3/1/2, Journal


Hugo, G., Population Mobility and HIV/AIDS in Indonesia, UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development Project/UNAIDS Indonesia/ ILO Indonesia., November 2001, www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC12673&resource=f1, Paper


ICDDR,B, Posting of trained birthing attendants: a comparison of home- and facility-based obstetric care, Centre for Health and Population Research, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, 2005, www.icddrb.org/pub/publication.jsp?classificationID=56&pubID=5902, Paper


ILOAIDS, HIV/AIDS in the transport sector of Southern African Countries., ILO Geneva, December 2005, www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/publ/tc3.pdf, Paper


IRIN/OCHA, Zimbabwe: HIV-positive people dispersed in 'cleanup' operation, Integrated Regional Information Networks/ UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, July 2005, www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=48347, Website


Jacoby, H.G., Access to Markets and the Benefits of Rural Roads, Volume 110 Issue 465 717-737, Economic Journal (Abstract online), July 2000, www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/1468-0297.00562/abs/, Journal


Kambia Hospital Appeal, Improving Maternal Health in Kambia District, Sierra Leone, November 2004, Paper
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Khandker, S.R., Lavy, V. and Filmer, D., Schooling and Cognitive Achievements of Children in Morocco: Can the Government Improve Outcomes?, Paper 264 (abstract online), World Bank Discussion Paper, 1994, eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=RecordDetails&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED378000&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&objectId=0900000b80132e4f, Paper


Kunst, A.E. & Houweling, T., A global picture of poor-rich differences in the utilisation of delivery care, Volume 17:293-312, Stud Health Services Organ Policy, 2001, www.eldis.org/static/DOC12420.htm, Journal


LeVine, R.A., Dexter, E., Velasco, P., LeVine, S., Joshi,A.R., Stuebing, K.W. and Tapia-Uribe, F.M., Maternal literacy and health care in three countries: A preliminary report, Vol. 4, Issue 2, pp. 186-191, Health Transition Review (Abstract Online), June 2001, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10150517&dopt=Abstract, Journal


Logistics for Health, Evaluation Report Testing of mobile clinics in Mali, 2007, Report
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Logistics for Health, Rapport d'Evaluation Test de motos cliniques au Mali, 2007, Report
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Lurie, M.N., Migration, Sexuality and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Rural South Africa, Migration Policy Series Working Paper NO31, Queen's University, Ontario, 2004, www.queensu.ca/samp/sampresources/samppublications/policyseries/policy31.htm, Website


Mashiri, Mac, Transport sector joins fight against HIV/AIDS, Volume 11, Issue 4, IFRTD Newsletter, April 2004, www.ifrtd.gn.apc.org/new/res/f_news/nleng114.pdf, Journal


Matin, N., Mukib, H.B. & Khanam, D, in: Balancing the Load: Women, Gender and Transport, Women’s Empowerment and Physical Mobility, eds. Fernando, P & Porter, G., IFRTD/Zedbooks, 2002, www.ifrtd.gn.apc.org/new/res/pubs_btl.htm, Book


McCoy, D., Besser, M., Visser, R. & Doherty, T., Interim Findings on the National PMTCT Pilot Sites., Health Systems Trust & Department of Health, Republic of South Africa., 2002, www.hst.org.za/publications/506, Paper


Ministerio de Salud - Perú, ATENCIÓN INTEGRAL DE SALUD, Ministerio de Salud, 2005, Paper
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Ministerio de Salud de Perú, GUÍA PARA EL ANÁLISIS DE LA RESPUESTA SOCIAL A LOS PROBLEMAS DE SALUD (CON ÉNFASIS EN LOS SERVICIOS), 2002, Book
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Mobility and Health Brochure, (English), Paper
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Mobility and Health Brochure, (Spanish), Paper
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Molesworth, Kate, Poster: Road Provision, Access to Health, Paper
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Musa, S.M.E., in: Balancing the Load: Women, Gender and Transport, Feeder Roads and Food Security, IFRTD/Zedbooks, 2002, www.ifrtd.gn.apc.org/new/res/pubs_btl.htm, Book


Mutangadura, G. & Webb, D., The socio-economic impact of adult morbidity and mortality on households in Kafue District, Zambia, VOl 6(3):14-5 (Abstract online), SAFAIDS, Harare, September 1999, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12222359&dopt=Abstract, Journal


National Health Committee of New Zealand, ). Impacts of Transport on Health: AN Overview., Public Health Advisory Committee, April 2003, www.nhc.govt.nz/phac/publications/SummaryofTransport&HealthPapers.pdf, Website


Newar, N., My sister next?, Volume 11, Issue 10,24-29, Himalaya, 1998, www.himalmag.com/98Oct/sister.htm, Website


Odero, Kenneth, Community Responses to HIV/AIDS Along Transit Corridors & Areas of Intense Transport Operations in Eastern & Southern Africa: A Synthesis of Literature, IFRTD/CSIR, 2004, ifrtd.gn.apc.org/new/reg_wrk/HIVAIDSsynthesis2004.doc, Paper


Pande, T., Sex workers, truckers placed in high-risk AIDS category, Abstract online, in: India Abroad, 1997, www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1:3987557/Sex+workers,+truckers+placed+in+high-risk+AIDS+category.html?refid=SEO, Journal


Pradhan, G., The Road to Bombay: Forgotten Women, Kathmandu, ABC Nepal, Red Light Traffic, 1994, www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf-asia/repro2/RED_LIGHT_TRAFFIC.htm#THE%20ROAD%20TO%20BOMBAY:FORGOTTEN, Book


Prothero, R.M., Disease and mobility: A neglected factor in epidemiology, VOlume 6, 3, 259-267 (abstract online), International Journal of Epidemiology, 1977, ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/6/3/259, Journal


Radun, I. & Summala, H., Females do not have more road injury accidents on Friday the 13th, VOlume 4:54, BMC Public Health, 2004, www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=544193, Paper


Raghupathy, S, Education and the use of maternal health care in Thailand, Volume 43:(4):459-471 (abstract online), Social science and medicine, 1996, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8844947&dopt=Citation, Journal


Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project, Access to Health Services, GTZ Germany, April 2005, Paper
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Sauerborn, R., Bodart, C. & Essomba, R.O., Recovery of recurrent health service costs through provincial health funds in Cameroon, Volume 40(12):1731-9 (abstract online), Social science and medicine, June 1995, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7660186&dopt=Citation, Journal


Seddon, D. & Shrestha, A., in: Balancing the Load: Women, Gender and Transport, Gender and rural transport Development, IFRTD/Zedbooks, 2002, www.ifrtd.gn.apc.org/new/res/pubs_btl.htm, Book


Sen, A, Developing thinking at the beginning of the 21st century, (Abstract only online), Suntory & Toyota International Centres for Economics & Related Disciplines, LSE, 1997, ideas.repec.org/p/cep/stidep/02.html, Book


Shehu, D., Ikeh, A.T. & Kuna, M.J., Mobilizing transport for obstetric emergencies in northwestern Nigeria, Volume 59 Suppl 2:S173-80 (Abstract only online), International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics, November 1997, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9389629&dopt=Abstract, Journal


Shresthova, S., Barve, R & Chokshi, P., in: Balancing the Load: Women, Gender and Transport, My Daily Odyssey: Transportation in the lives of Sewa Bank Clients., IFRTD/Zedbooks, 2002, www.ifrtd.gn.apc.org/new/res/pubs_btl.htm, Book


Sintasath, D., National Malaria Prevalence Survey (2000-2001), Activity report 134, Environmental Health Project, USAID/State of Eritrea, August 2004, www.ehproject.org/PDF/Activity_Reports/AR-134%20Eritrea%20Prevalence%20Survey%20FORMAT.pdf, Book


Sr. Paul Hunt, Relator Especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental., LOS DERECHOS ECONÓMICOS, SOCIALES Y CULTURALES. EL DERECHO DE TODA PERSONA AL DISFRUTE DEL MÁS ALTO NIVEL POSIBLE DE SALUD FÍSICA Y MENTAL. MISIÓN AL PERÚ, Naciones Unidas. Consejo Económico y Social, Febrero de 2005, Paper
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Stock, R., Distance and the utilization of health facilities in rural Nigeria, 17(9):563-70 (Abstract only online), Social science and medicine, 1983, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6879255&dopt=Abstract, Journal


Tan, J.P. & Haines, M.R., Schooling and Demand for Children: Historical Perspectives., Abstract online, World Bank, Washington DC, 1984, eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=RecordDetails&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED270355&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&objectId=0900000b80113996, Book


Terra de Souza, A.C., Peterson, K.E., Andrade, F.M.O., Gardner, J. & Ascherio, A., Circumstances of post-neonatal deaths in Ceara, Northeast Brazil : mothers’ health care-seeking behaviors during their infants’ fatal illness, 51(11):1675-93. (Abstract only online), Social science and medicine, December 2000, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11072887&dopt=Citation, Journal


Thaddeus, S. & Maine, D., Too far to walk: maternal mortality in context., Volume 38 (8):109-110 (abstract only online), Social science and medicine, April 1994, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8042057&dopt=Abstract, Journal


Transaid, Testing Times for Ambulance Driver, Hub and Spoke Summer 2006, Transaid, Journal
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UN Millenium Project, Who’s Got the Power? Transforming Health Systems for Women and Children., UNDP. Task Force on Child Health and Maternal Health, 2005, www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/TF4Childandmaternalhealth.pdf, Book


UNAIDS, Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, UNAIDS Geneva, July 2002, whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2002/9219731854_focus_populations.pdf, Book


UNAIDS/UNESCO, Migrant populations and HIV/AIDS : the development and implementation of programmes : theory, methodology and practice, UNAIDS Geneva, June 2000, portal.unesco.org/en/file_download.php/d26ea475780727205ba93df7a714694fMIGRANT.doc, Book


UNFPA, www.unfpa.org/mothers/obstetric.htm, Website


UNICEF, Children and Women of Nepal: A Situation Analysis, HMG National Planning Commission, 1992, www.un.org.np/reportlibrary/table_metadata.php?mid=369, Paper


United Nations, Millennium Development Goals, 2005, www.un.org/millenniumgoals/, Website


USAID, Improving the Health of the Urban Poor. Learning from the USAID Experience., Strategic Report 12, Environmental Health Project, USAID, August 2004, www.ehproject.org/PDF/Strategic_papers/SR12-UH%20ImproveHealth.pdf, Paper


Van de Walle, Dominique, Infrastructure and Poverty in Vietnam. Living Standards Measurement Study, Working Paper 121, World Bank Policy Research Department, Washington, DC, 1996, www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/1996/02/01/000009265_3961214182232/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf, Paper


Van de Walle, Dominique, Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty, Paper 2548, World Bank Policy Research Department, April 2002, www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2000/11/04/000094946_0010200530446/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf, Paper


Van de Walle, Dominique, Public Spending and the Poor: What we know and what we need to know, Working Paper 1476, World Bank Policy Research Department, 1995, www.worldbank.org/html/dec/Publications/Workpapers/wps1476.pdf, Paper


Verliat, S., The impact of population growth on Tamba Kosi, a Himalayan valley in Nepal, Volume 47(186):225-44 (In French Abstract online only), Cahiers d’Outre-Mer, April-June 1994, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12319796&dopt=Abstract, Paper


Vlassoff, M., Singh, S., Darroch, J.E., Cabone, E. & Bernstein, S., Assessing Costs and Benefits of Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions., Occasional Report No. 11, New York: Alan Guttmacher Institute, December 2004, www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2004/12/20/or11.pdf, Paper


Wardlaw, M., Butting heads over bicycle helmets, Volume 167 (4) 337-338, CMAJ, 2002, www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/167/4/337-b, Paper


Warr, P., Road Development and Poverty Reduction: The Case of Lao PDR, Discussion paper no. 25, ADB Institute, February 2005, www.adbi.org/discussion-paper/2005/02/23/897.roads.poverty.laopdr/, Paper


Weiss, R.A. & Mc Michael, A.J., Social and environmental risk factors in the emergence of infectious diseases, Volume 10 (12): 70-76 (Abstract only online), Nature Medicine Supplement, December 2004, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15577934, Journal


Wettasinghe, K. & Pannila, U., in: Balancing the Load: Women, Gender and Transport, Cash Crops and Transport: Cashew Growing and Processing., IFRTD/Zedbooks, 2002, www.ifrtd.gn.apc.org/new/res/pubs_btl.htm,, Book


White Ribbon Alliance Tanzania, Is it worth for Tanzania to invest in community midwives?, Interesting examples of how natal health care and transport are linked, 23 August 2006, Report
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WHO, Investing in Health for Economic Development, Commission on Macroeconomics and Health., 2002, www.who.int/macrohealth/action/sintesis15novingles.pdf, Book


World Bank, Taming HIV/AIDS on Africa's Roads, No 236, Private Sector and Infrastructure Note, 2002, www.worldbank.org/afr/findings/english/find236.pdf, Paper


World Health Organization, A Physically Active Life Through Everyday Transport., Copenhagen, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, 2002, www.euro.who.int/document/e75662.pdf, Paper


World Health Organization, Risk and protective factors affecting adolescent reproductive health in developing countries., Geneva, World Health Organization, Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development., 2004A, www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/New_Publications/ADH/ISBN_92_4_159227_3.pdf, Paper


World Health Organization, Women and girls need access to AIDS treatment and protection from violence., Geneva, World Health Organization, 30 November 2004, www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2004/pr86/en/, Paper


World Health Organization, Investing in Health for Economic Development, WHO Geneva, 2002, www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/about/director/pubs/CMHExecSumm112603.pdf, Paper


World Health Organization/John SNow INternational, Country Profile on Reproductive Health in Bangladesh, World Health Organization, 2003, w3.whosea.org/LinkFiles/Reporductive_Health_Profile_Chapter6ver2-up.pdf, Paper


Wyss, K, Kilima , Lorenz, N, Costs of tuberculosis for households and health care providers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 6(1):60-8. (Abstract only online), Tropical Medicine and International Health, January 2001, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11251897&dopt=Abstract, Journal


Wyss, K. Hutton, G. NDiekhor, Y., Costs attributable to AIDS at household level in Chad, Volume 16, Number 7, pp808-816, AIDS Care, October 2004, www.helina.org/helina/files/AIDS%20Costs.PDF, Paper

 

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