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Searching with a thematic focus on Children and young people, Health, Health systems

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  Saving children’s lives: why equity matters

  Save the Children Fund, 2008

  This Save the Children report considers why millions of children under the age of five continue to die every year, even though proven remedies and practical measures are available to help save them.
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  The state of the worlds children 2008: child survival

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2008

  The State of the World’s Children 2008 provides a wide-ranging assessment of the current state of child survival and primary health care for mothers, newborns and children. The report argues that these issues serve as sensitive barometers of a country’s development and wellbeing and as evidence of its priorities and values, and states that investing in the health of children and t
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  Does money matter? The effects of cash transfers on child health and development in rural Ecuador

  World Bank, 2007

  This World Bank paper examines how a government-run cash transfer programme targeted to poor mothers in rural Ecuador influenced the health and development of their children. Unlike other transfer programmes that have been implemented in Latin America, the receipt of the cash transfers was not conditioned on specific parental actions.
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  A review of the impact of cash transfer programmes on child nutritional status and some implications for Save the Children UK programmes

  Save the Children Fund, 2006

  This paper, produced by Save the Children reviews eight cash transfer programmes in Latin America and Africa, and discusses the effectiveness of each in improving the nutritional status of children. It finds that cash transfers to targeted households have the potential to improve children’s diet and nutritional status.
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  Towards effective programming for WASH in schools: a manual on scaling up programmes for water, sanitation and hygiene in schools

  IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2007

  To be successful, water, sanitation and hygiene education (WASH) programmes in schools should focus on providing both effective facilities and effective education.
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  Global perspectives on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents: patterns, prevention, and potential

  The Lancet, 2007

  This is the second in the series of six Lancet articles about adolescent health. The article discusses the patterns and prevalence of adolescents’ sexual behaviours and reproductive health outcomes, all of which show huge regional and country-level variation.
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  Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

  Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies is a journal which analyses sociological, health, cultural, economic, and educational aspects of children and adolescents in developed and developing countries.
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  Does a competitive voucher program for adolescents improve the quality of reproductive health care?: a simulated patient study in Nicaragua

  BMC Public Health, 2006

  This study, published in BMC Public Health, evaluates the impact and sustainability of a competitive voucher programme on the quality of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care for poor and underserved female adolescents. Vouchers were distributed to adolescents in disadvantaged areas that gave free-of-charge access to SRH care in four public, ten non-governmental and five private clinics.
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  Child health inequities in developing countries

  2006

  This paper, in the International Journal for Equity in Health, compares the magnitude of inequities in child malnutrition across urban and rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and investigates the extent to which disparities within urban areas are accounted for by the characteristics of communities, households and individuals.
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  Using global media to reach youth: the 2002 MTV Staying Alive campaign

  YouthNet, Family Health International, 2006

  This paper, published by YouthNet, examines the effects of a 2002 media campaign aiming to increase awareness of HIV and AIDS, encourage prevention behaviour, reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination, and to empower young people to take action. The campaign was conducted using the international television network MTV.

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