Health challenges
- Towards the abandonment of female genital mutilation-cutting
- The objective of the ‘UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C) Accelerating Change’ is to contribute to the abandonment of FGM/C in 17 African countries. This annual report is sought to convey a clear picture of the programme’s third year of activities.
Latest Additions
- How do Malawi’s rural inhabitants handle pregnancy-related issues?
- ( C. Maliwichi-Nyirenda;L. Maliwichi / Chancellor College, University of Malawi , 2010)
- In Malawi, 80% of the population lives within 8 km radius of a health care facility. However, most facilities lack drugs, personnel and laboratory equipment. Due to poverty, people cannot afford priva...
- Social capital helps women in Bangladesh to invest in their own and their children’s nutritional status
- ( N. Kumar;A.R. Quisumbing / CGIAR System-wide Program on Property Rights and Collective Action , 2012)
- In Bangladesh, rural households headed by women are more likely to be among the poorest. This paper investigates the long–term impact of agricultural technologies, disseminated using different i...
- Improving diet quality and micronutrient nutrition: homestead food production in Bangladesh
- ( L. Iannotti;K. Cunningham;M. Ruel / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2012)
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A critical yet often overlooked component of food security is diet quality. Even households who have access to sufficient amounts of food and calories may still lack essential micronutrients, incre...
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