- Finding a curriculum that works under trees: Literacy and health education for adolescent girls in rural Malawi
- B Makwiza (ed) / Development in Practice, 2007
- Non-formal education often represents a last chance for adolescent girls who do not attend school to receive some education to improve their health before they become mothers. This paper describes the development of a literacy and hea...
- The Extent and Nature of Witchcraft-Based Violence against Children, Women, and the Elderly in Malawi
- C. Chilimampunga 2012
- According to the study, the belief in witchcraft is strong, widespread and permeates all sectors in Malawi. Accusations of witchcraft are common and the vulnerable are most often the victims of such accusations and subsequent violence...
- Is School Education Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Children: Factors Shaping Education Inequalities in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
- H. Murray / Young Lives, 2012
- School education is held up as an ‘escape route from poverty’. Millions of poor children and families are buying into this promise and often investing scarce resources in going to school, in the hope that it will lead to a b...
- Analysing interventions for PMTCT in proposals approved by the Global Fund
- M. Lusti-Narasimhan; R. Bright; F. Ndowa / Journal of Women's Health Care, 2012
- This article aims to to analyse interventions for the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV (PMTCT) included in HIV proposals approved for funding by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund). ...
- Malnutrition in South-Asia. Poverty, diet or lack of female empowerment?
- M. Hatlebakk / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2012
- Despite economic growth, and a reduction in poverty, malnutrition is still rampant in South-Asia. This indicates that non-economic factors are important, and we use a nation-wide survey from Nepal to identify factors that may explain ...
- What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival
- Z. A. Bhutta / The Lancet, 2008
- The authors of this article reviewed interventions that affect maternal and child undernutrition and nutrition-related outcomes, including: promotion of breastfeeding; strategies to promote complementary feeding, with or without provi...
- Extending the duration of exclusive breastfeeding in El Alto, Bolivia through a community-based approach and the provision of health services
- B. Ohata / Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative, 2009
- This document reports on a project to extend the duration of exclusive breastfeeding in a community in Bolivia. In 2003-2005, the NGO COTALMA initiated a project to improve parameters associated with exclusive breastfeeding in the Bol...
- Progress for children: a report card on adolescents
- C. Langevin-Falcon / United Nations Children's Fund, 2012
- As children up to the age of 18, most adolescents are protected under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet, their vulnerabilities and needs often remain unaddressed. This document sets out who adolescents are, where they liv...
- Needs, challenges and opportunities: adolescents and young people living with HIV in Zambia
- C. Haamujompa / International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2011
- The aims of this qualitative study, carried out in 2010, were twofold. The first was to explore and document the psychosocial, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of adolescents (10-19) living with HIV in Zambia. The second aim...
- Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries: effects and solutions
- K. McQueston / Center for Global Development, USA, 2012
- Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development. However, there is debate about whether adolescent pregnancy is a problem in and of itself or merely symptomatic of deeper, ingrained...
- Finding a curriculum that works under trees: Literacy and health education for adolescent girls in rural Malawi
- B Makwiza (ed) / Development in Practice, 2007
- Non-formal education often represents a last chance for adolescent girls who do not attend school to receive some education to improve their health before they become mothers. This paper describes the development of a literacy and hea...
- The Extent and Nature of Witchcraft-Based Violence against Children, Women, and the Elderly in Malawi
- C. Chilimampunga 2012
- According to the study, the belief in witchcraft is strong, widespread and permeates all sectors in Malawi. Accusations of witchcraft are common and the vulnerable are most often the victims of such accusations and subsequent violence...
- Is School Education Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Children: Factors Shaping Education Inequalities in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
- H. Murray / Young Lives, 2012
- School education is held up as an ‘escape route from poverty’. Millions of poor children and families are buying into this promise and often investing scarce resources in going to school, in the hope that it will lead to a b...
- Analysing interventions for PMTCT in proposals approved by the Global Fund
- M. Lusti-Narasimhan; R. Bright; F. Ndowa / Journal of Women's Health Care, 2012
- This article aims to to analyse interventions for the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV (PMTCT) included in HIV proposals approved for funding by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund). ...
- Malnutrition in South-Asia. Poverty, diet or lack of female empowerment?
- M. Hatlebakk / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2012
- Despite economic growth, and a reduction in poverty, malnutrition is still rampant in South-Asia. This indicates that non-economic factors are important, and we use a nation-wide survey from Nepal to identify factors that may explain ...
- What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival
- Z. A. Bhutta / The Lancet, 2008
- The authors of this article reviewed interventions that affect maternal and child undernutrition and nutrition-related outcomes, including: promotion of breastfeeding; strategies to promote complementary feeding, with or without provi...
- Extending the duration of exclusive breastfeeding in El Alto, Bolivia through a community-based approach and the provision of health services
- B. Ohata / Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative, 2009
- This document reports on a project to extend the duration of exclusive breastfeeding in a community in Bolivia. In 2003-2005, the NGO COTALMA initiated a project to improve parameters associated with exclusive breastfeeding in the Bol...
- Progress for children: a report card on adolescents
- C. Langevin-Falcon / United Nations Children's Fund, 2012
- As children up to the age of 18, most adolescents are protected under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet, their vulnerabilities and needs often remain unaddressed. This document sets out who adolescents are, where they liv...
- Needs, challenges and opportunities: adolescents and young people living with HIV in Zambia
- C. Haamujompa / International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2011
- The aims of this qualitative study, carried out in 2010, were twofold. The first was to explore and document the psychosocial, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of adolescents (10-19) living with HIV in Zambia. The second aim...
- Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries: effects and solutions
- K. McQueston / Center for Global Development, USA, 2012
- Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development. However, there is debate about whether adolescent pregnancy is a problem in and of itself or merely symptomatic of deeper, ingrained...
- SOS-Kinderdorf International (SOS)
- Children's Village associations
- terre des hommes
- terre des hommes Germany is an aid organisation focussing on children.
- UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (UNICEF EAPRO)
- UNICEF's Asia and the Pacific Regional Office
- The Concerned for Working Children (CWC)
Promoting a society free of child labour
- Foundation for International Research on Working Children (IREWOC)
- Foundation for International Research on Working Children (IREWOC)
- Child Workers in Asia (CWA)
- Working towards to abolition of child labour
- Youth for a Sustainable Future Pacifica (YSFP)
- Empowering pacific youth to work towards MDGs
- Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
- Journal focusing on health and welfare issues relating to vulnerable children
- Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC)
- Indian urban health network
- The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH)
- Network focusing on reducing child mortalty and improving maternal health
