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My rights, my voice annual progress report 2012
Oxfam, 2013My Rights, My Voice (MRMV) is an innovative three-year global programme, engaging marginalised children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries.DocumentProgramming for nutrition outcomes
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2013Chronic undernutrition affects nearly 200 million children in low and middle income countries, with vitamin and mineral deficiencies affecting many more, and there is strong evidence that undernutrition is associated with up to 35% of all child deaths globally.DocumentOpportunity in Crisis: Preventing HIV from early adolescence to young adulthood
United Nations Children's Fund, 2011At the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS in 2001, the world made a promise to reduce the prevalence of HIV in young people globally by 25 per cent by the end of 2010 and to increase young people’s access to essential prevention information, skills and services so as to reach 95 per cent of those in need by the same date.DocumentRetrospective Analysis of School Based Malaria Treatment Programme and Impact on Health and Education Outcomes in Mangochi District, Malawi
2010This paper presents the findings of a retrospective evaluation of a school-based malaria treatment programme implemented in Mangochi district in Malawi, where malaria accounts for 40 per cent of outpatient visits, and eighteen per cent of all hospital deaths. It is a major cause of anaemia in children under the age of 5 years.DocumentCountdown to 2015 decade report (2000–2010) with country profiles: Taking stock of maternal, newborn and child survival
Countdown to 2015, 2010This report reviews progress on MDGs 4 and 5 over the period of 2000–2010. The Countdown to 2015 initiative collects and analyses data from the 68 countries that account for at least 95 per cent of maternal and child deaths. It produces country profiles that present coverage data for a range of key health services, including:OrganisationGlobal Health Promotion
Global Health Promotion, is the official publication of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE).DocumentExposure to physical and sexual violence and adverse health behaviours in African children: results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey
Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2009This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, examines associations between exposure to physical violence (PV) or sexual violence (SV) and adverse health behaviours among a sample of children in five African countries.DocumentThe effects of parental death and chronic poverty on children’s education and health: evidence from Indonesia
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2009What are the impacts of of parental death and chronic poverty on children's education and health in Indonesia?DocumentManual for the health care of children in humanitarian emergencies
World Health Organization, 2008The acute phase of an emergency is defined by crude mortality rate and persists as long as the crude mortality rate is at least double the baseline mortality rate, that is, as long as there are twice as many people dying per day compared to the normal rate of death.DocumentBiological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Tanzania: a community-randomized trial
International AIDS Society, 2007Young people in the rural African population are at high risk of adolescent pregnancy and STIs, with a low incidence of condom use and a high proportion entering into sexual activity. This report in the official journal of the International AIDS Society shows how the impact of a multicomponent intervention programme on the sexual health of adolescents was assessed in rural Tanzania.Pages