Successes in sexual health communications development, programmatic implementation and evaluation in the Torres Strait region 2006 to 2012.

Objective: To evaluate the Indigenous sexual health promotion program in the Torres Strait 2006-2012 that culminated in an education-entertainment radio drama, Kasa Por Yarn (KPY).

Methods: A mixed methods approach applied to unpublished program documents and program-derived peer-reviewed publications was utilised.

Results: Early initiatives established a strong partnership with Torres Strait Islander stakeholders.

Immunization and the Millennium Development Goals: progress and challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The child mortality rate has been greatly reduced in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). More than half of the gains in reducing child mortality are attributable to immunization. The Revolving Fund of the Pan American Health Organization contributed to this achievement by catalyzing policy innovations that sustained national immunization programs, such as vaccine legislation and budgetary decrees to ensure delivery of services.