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Diagnosing and treating TB in mothers is the best way to prevent childhood tuberculosis
T. Smart / Aidsmap, 2012
This document looks at efforts to improve tuberculosis (TB) case detection and prevention in children. It highlights that most children get TB from a family member, and families or households where HIV is present pose a...
Using ICT to enable innovation and education in Africa
L. Adam; N. Butcher; F.F. Tusubira; C. Sibthorpe / eTransform Africa, 2011
The future development of Africa will be heavily influenced by how Africa manages to deliver quality education to its citizens.  This study examines the potential for using ICT to support the improvement and transformation of the...
Computer Learning Centers: Today and Tomorrow
A. Chowdhury / Development Research Network, 2012
An unremarkable high school in a nondescript backwater village of our country just became equipped with a Computer Learning Center sponsored by the Volunteers Association for Bangladesh, New Jersey (VAB-NJ). The students in the high s...
Computer Learning for Underprivileged Rural Youth: A Critical Reflection of D.Net’s Intervention
A Chowdhury / Development Research Network, 2005
The paper on Computer Learning for Underprivileged Rural Youth was prepared to provide a brief outlook on how these centres significantly contributed and changed the lives of many students, teachers, parents and members of various com...
Technology and Young Children: A Review of Literature
A. Appel 2001
This article reviews current research on developmental issues and the use of technology in learning environments for 4, 5 and 6-year-old preschool children. The reviewers are cognizant of the controversy revolving around whether the d...
The digital generation?: Children, ICT and the everyday nature of social exclusion
G. Valentine 2002
This paper explores the potentially inclusionary and exlusionary implications of ICT for children through an examination of ICT policies and practices within UK schools. It begins by outlining the rhetoric of inclusion evident in UK g...
The Role of ICT in Enhancing Education in Developing Countries: Findings from an Evaluation of The Intel® Teach Essentials Course in India, Turkey, and Chile
2009
This paper presents findings from case studies of the introduction of the Intel® Teach Essentials Course — a professional development program focused on integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) into proje...
Young Children and ICTs – current issues in the provision of ICT technologies and services for young children
A. Clarke / Human Factors in Telecommunication, 2012
The objective of this paper is to review issues in the market for ICT products and services for young children under 12 years of age. Although much has been successfully completed, there are still major concerns for the safety and sec...
Children and Disasters: Understanding Impact and Enabling Agency
Save the Children Fund, 2011
From a child rights perspective, disaster impacts affect not only a child's basic right to survival and development, but cut across their right to participate and for decisions to be made in their best interests. Child-centred approac...
Adolescents Living with HIV (ALHIV)
Knowledge for Health, 2011
The resources in this toolkit cover a broad range of topics pertinent to the treatment, care and support of ALHIV including: 1. Training 2. Treatment Literacy & Adherence 3. Counseling & Disclosure 4. Life Skills, Prevention a...
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Computer Learning Centers: Today and Tomorrow
A. Chowdhury / Development Research Network, 2012
An unremarkable high school in a nondescript backwater village of our country just became equipped with a Computer Learning Center sponsored by the Volunteers Association for Bangladesh, New Jersey (VAB-NJ). The students in the high s...
Computer Learning for Underprivileged Rural Youth: A Critical Reflection of D.Net’s Intervention
A Chowdhury / Development Research Network, 2005
The paper on Computer Learning for Underprivileged Rural Youth was prepared to provide a brief outlook on how these centres significantly contributed and changed the lives of many students, teachers, parents and members of various com...
Technology and Young Children: A Review of Literature
A. Appel 2001
This article reviews current research on developmental issues and the use of technology in learning environments for 4, 5 and 6-year-old preschool children. The reviewers are cognizant of the controversy revolving around whether the d...
The digital generation?: Children, ICT and the everyday nature of social exclusion
G. Valentine 2002
This paper explores the potentially inclusionary and exlusionary implications of ICT for children through an examination of ICT policies and practices within UK schools. It begins by outlining the rhetoric of inclusion evident in UK g...
The Role of ICT in Enhancing Education in Developing Countries: Findings from an Evaluation of The Intel® Teach Essentials Course in India, Turkey, and Chile
2009
This paper presents findings from case studies of the introduction of the Intel® Teach Essentials Course — a professional development program focused on integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) into proje...
Young Children and ICTs – current issues in the provision of ICT technologies and services for young children
A. Clarke / Human Factors in Telecommunication, 2012
The objective of this paper is to review issues in the market for ICT products and services for young children under 12 years of age. Although much has been successfully completed, there are still major concerns for the safety and sec...
Children and Disasters: Understanding Impact and Enabling Agency
Save the Children Fund, 2011
From a child rights perspective, disaster impacts affect not only a child's basic right to survival and development, but cut across their right to participate and for decisions to be made in their best interests. Child-centred approac...
Adolescents Living with HIV (ALHIV)
Knowledge for Health, 2011
The resources in this toolkit cover a broad range of topics pertinent to the treatment, care and support of ALHIV including: 1. Training 2. Treatment Literacy & Adherence 3. Counseling & Disclosure 4. Life Skills, Prevention a...
Taking forward the use of ICT in schools - the Welsh example
H. Knight 2008
This report is the product of a year long series of meetings of the task group established by the Welsh Assembly Government to consider how to take forward the use of ICT in schools. The paper reviews the case studies which further de...
ICTs, youth and social exclusion
A. Haché; J. Dekelver; L. Montandon; J. Playfoot; M. Aagaard; S.S. Elmer 2010
The first part of this report summarizes knowledge from recent IPTS research4 which included a review of the literature on social exclusion of young people, and ICT use by young people. It also provides insights on the current EU poli...
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International Youth Parliament, Oxfam (IYP)
Global network of young people advocating for their rights
Make a Connection
Promoting youth development through training in life skills
YouthNet, Family Health International (FHI)
YouthNet is a global program to improve reproductive health and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among people 10 to 24 years old. Supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development, YouthNet conducts research, disseminates information, improves services, and strengthens policies and programs related to the reproductive health and HIV/AIDS-prevention needs and rights of young people around...
African Friends in Need Network (AFINNET)
Uganda based Christian organisation working to promote rural community development initiatives
Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre (CHIP)
Childhood poverty research and policy
Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization (WHO) (RHR)
Reproductive health: ageing, adolescence, family planning and STDs
Children’s Vaccine Program, PATH (CVP)
Promotes equal access to vaccines for children
Child-to-Child Trust
Child-based health education materials
Kids DevNews
Current development issues presented for children
Youth and Community, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
Youth and participation initiative
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