Following is a list of selected tools and publications developed through or relevant to the Center for Health Programs.

Books

Beyond the Clinic Walls: Case Studies in Community-Based Distribution
Based on an African family planning program, this book of nine case studies describes how to develop and sustain a cost-effective community-based distribution (CBD) program. Designed for group training or self-guided study, the manual includes study questions, worksheets, sample forms, sample job descriptions, checklists, and a complete start-up kit for a CBD program.

Community-Based Health Care: Lessons from Bangladesh to Boston
What works in community-based health care-and why? In this anthology, 36 of the world's leading health experts ponder these questions and share successful principles and approaches. The book highlights lessons from Bangladesh, which has succeeded in reducing fertility and child and maternal deaths despite widespread poverty, and shows how many of these lessons are being applied in poor communities around the world.

Health Care in Muslim Asia: Development and Disorder in Wartime Afghanistan
This book provides first-hand descriptions of Afghan and development agency actions to create a network of basic services and Afghan health workers who deliver lifesaving care and supplies deep inside Afghanistan

Communities Taking Charge of Their Health: The India Local Initiatives Program
Based on a powerful model adapted from Bangladesh and Indonesia, India-LIP trains volunteers to provide reproductive and child health services to their communities. Already, it has benefited hundreds of thousands of poor and underserved women, men, and children.

Tools for Planning and Developing Human Resources for HIV/AIDS and Other Health Services
Many people are not getting the HIV/AIDS services they need due to lack of health care providers. And paying the salaries of health personnel consumes a major proportion of national budgets for health services—up to 75 percent in some countries. Good information and planning are essential to make the best use of these scarce human and financial resources and to scale up HIV/AIDS services without depleting the staff needed to deliver primary health care.