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  Unseen millions: the catastrophe of internal displacement in Colombia. Children and adolescents at risk

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2002

  This paper reports the findings of the delegation of the Women's Commission to Columbia to investigate the conditions in which internally displaced children and adolescents are living.About half of the displaced population in Colombia are children and adolescents and suffer and witness violence, sexual exploitation and rape.
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  UNDP corporate strategy on HIV/AIDS

  United Nations Development Programme, 2000

  This document provides an overview of UNDP's strategy to fight HIV/AIDS. Their stated objectives are:to prevent new infectionimprove care provisionreduce vulnerability of the most at risk groupsmitigate social and economic impacts.The document outlines the main categories by which it defines its country level response and the main services it offers.
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  The impact of economic sanctions on health and well-being

  Overseas Development Institute, 1999

  This paper examines the impact of sanctions against Cuba, Haiti and Iraq and specifically focuses on health and health services. It reviews current impact measurement attempts, identifies regular weaknesses in the choice of indicators and the measurement methodology.Current measures of the impact of sanctions on health are too limited.
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  The impact of conflict on children in occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

  Child Rights Information Network, 2002

  This report is a call for immediate action to protect Palestinian and Israeli children. Children represent approximately 15 percent of all individuals killed since 2000 in the violence between Israelis and Palestinians. The children are also suffering serious physical and psychosocial effects from the escalation of violent conflict.
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  From relief to recovery: rebuilding Afghanistan

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This issue focuses on the economic, social and instiutional restructuring required in Afghanistan to achieve food security and justice.The major areas of action required include:the revival of Afghan agricultureaffirmative actions to restore Afghan women’s rightseducation to develop human capital The articles included are:From relief to recovery: rebuilding Afgha
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  A world fit for children

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2002

  This UNICEF report is the official outcome document approved at the Special Session of the General Assembly on Children on 10 May 2002. The paper reviews progress made and lessons learned since the World Summit for Children in 1991 and calls on society to join together to build a better world for children .
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  Armed conflict as a public health problem

  British Medical Journal, 2002

  Although conflict obviously causes deaths and injuries on the battlefield, serious health implications also result from factors such as population displacement, the breakdown of health and social services, and the heightened risk of disease transmission.This paper reviews the limited knowledge on the health consequences of conflict, suggests ways to improve measurement, and discuss the potenti
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  Children of war: the real casualties of the Afghan conflict

  British Medical Journal, 2002

  This article explores the origin of the current Afghan crisis and describes the impact of a quarter of a century of incessant conflict on Afghan children.The author concludes that: the rise of the Taliban and the genesis of the current Afghan conflict was in no small measure due to global apathy to the plight of Afghanistanthe women and children of Afghanistan, both among refugees a
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  The refugee experience: psychosocial training module

  Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2001

  This web resource, produced by the Refugee Studies Centre, provides over 30 hours of training material on the psychosocial elements of the refugee experience. The material is designed for humanitarian workers and refugee policy makers who do not necessarily have a professional background in the social sciences.
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  AIDS: the undeclared war

  Stakeholder Forum, 2001

  Identifying the key issues relating to the war on HIV / AIDS as access to medication, cultural factors, lack of knowledge and resource short-fall this paper discusses broad areas of change needed to break current trends.The author goes on to suggest some more detailed policy responses for governments, ngos, the private sector and international institutions placing HIV /AIDS in the context of th

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