http://www.uhrc.in/uhgateway/ Urban Health Gateway (UH Gateway) is an extensive collection of literature related to urban health and related subjects, with focus on India. This is a subject gateway that helps you to find urban health-related information and leads you to where the resources are available. It aim is to build the existing knowledge gap by creating an inventory of existing knowledge about urban slum health status and programs that have been implemented to improve the health of the urban poor. en info@uhrc.in This manual presents methodologies to assist development workers in the promotion of behavioural change for safer hygiene practices, and to help make hygiene promotion programmes more effective. The objective of the manual is to provide a tool that will contribute towards a reduction in diarrhoeal diseases - one of the top three killer diseases in developing countries - and thus a reduction in child mortality. http://www.uhrc.in/uhgateway/shared/biblio_view.php?resource_id=1&tab=opac http://www.uhrc.in/uhgateway/shared/biblio_view.php?resource_id=3&tab=opac http://www.uhrc.in/uhgateway/shared/biblio_view.php?resource_id=4&tab=opac The Asia Urbs Programme is an initiative of the European Union Member States to increase awareness and to promote mutual understanding between European and Asian communities.The Asia Urbs Magazine presents details of the programme and its progress. http://www.uhrc.in/uhgateway/shared/biblio_view.php?resource_id=10&tab=opac In July 1998, the Environmental Health Project (EHP) convened a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to assist in the development of a “Minimum Package” of environmental health-related behaviors to recommend for inclusion in Child Survival programs.The TAG identified four key behaviors http://www.uhrc.in/uhgateway/shared/biblio_view.php?resource_id=12&tab=opac Small towns pose unique challenges to the water services sector - challenges that are neither urban nor rural. These include differences in the scale of systems, institutional capabilities, financial constraints, and the variety of management models that are used. Further, small towns in Africa have been growing, which poses planning issues, especially with regards to expanding capacity. The paper concludes that the impacts of decentralization and increased use of private sector participation will be beneficial to alleviate the constraints on water services. However, these need to be matched with effective management of resources and capacity building at the municipal level. http://www.uhrc.in/uhgateway/shared/biblio_view.php?resource_id=14&tab=opac Half the world’s children now live in urban areas – and the most pervasive violations of their rights are related to their living conditions. But this has not been a priority on the agendas of local governments, international agencies or organizations focused on children’s welfare. Small children in poor urban areas are at especially high risk in terms of their health and survival. This Brief focuses more specifically on older children and youth who face limited opportunities for constructive engagement in their own communities, and who are often viewed by the adult world with the kind of suspicion and hostility that is often directed at minority sub-cultures. Children and youth have a right to a voice in matters that concern them; they are experts on their own environments, well placed to identify the problems that concern them and the solutions that best address these concerns. http://www.uhrc.in/uhgateway/shared/biblio_view.php?resource_id=17&tab=opac This article, based on a study by an alliance of NGOs called Child Deaths Study and Action Group (CDSAG), examines official statistics on child mortality rates in Maharashtra, juxtaposing them against the study’s own findings, which also measured the extent and causes of under-reporting of child deaths in the state. It discusses the discrepancies discovered between official figures and the study report, especially in the neonatal mortality rates. It also looks at the causes of child deaths reported by the study through its ‘social audit’, which seeks to trigger social and political forces to embark on corrective administrative action to improve reporting and reduce child mortality in Maharashtra. http://www.uhrc.in/uhgateway/shared/biblio_view.php?resource_id=18&tab=opac http://www.uhrc.in/uhgateway/shared/biblio_view.php?resource_id=24&tab=opac This presentation seeks to reflect on the series of opportunities that have emerged within Indian cities in the last five years. While it has worked in close partnerships with a wide spectrum of partners, SPARC Mahila Milan and NSDF who are the presenters and case study writers reflect and make statements on our own behalves on perceptions as viewed by the organizations making the presentations. So while we have very strong linkages with both government and municipal institutions, and other private and public sector organizations, whose commitment to work with us has made this a powerful exploration of bringing changes into the city, this is the way we look at the changes http://www.uhrc.in/uhgateway/shared/biblio_view.php?resource_id=25&tab=opac