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  Home Grown School Feeding and social protection

  Home Grown School Feeding, 2010

  This paper argues that Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes have great potential to deliver various social protection benefits, not only for schoolchildren and their families but also for food supplying farmers.
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  Osun state home grown school feeding program: improving sustainability through increased local farmer participation

  Home Grown School Feeding, 2012

   
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  Protection before the harm: the case of condom use at the onset of premarital sexual relationship among youths in Nigeria

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008

  Condom protection has been linked to HIV decline, but the goal to prevent infections before any harm informs this focus on condom use at premarital sexual debut. This study builds on the proposition that condom use at first intercourse is an immediate indicator of the risks associated with the encounter and the propensity of subsequent condom use consistently and regularly.
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  Children Malnutrition and Horizontal Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa:A Focus on Contrasting Domestic Trajectories

  United Nations Development Programme, 2012

  The positive trend observed in recent accelerated economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries represents a huge opportunity to foster sustainable development, This paper contributes to the literature by providing a more accurate and nuanced view on the progress made with regards to child malnutrition and inequalities across sub-saharan Africa.
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  Changing Patterns of Access to Education in Anglophone and Francophone Countries in Sub Saharan Africa: Is Education for All Pro-Poor?

  Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2011

  This paper explores patterns of growth in participation in six Anglophone and seven Francophone countries in SSA with Universal Primary Education programmes. The results show that progress has been patchy and sometimes disappointing. Access remains strongly associated with household wealth despite commitments to pro-poor policies.
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  State of world population 2011: people and possibilities in a world of 7 billion

  United Nations Population Fund, 2011

  This report provides a snapshot of how a number of countries are facing diverse demographic challenges, ranging from ageing populations to high fertility rates, and from urbanisation to the emergence of new generations of young people.
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  National plans of action for orphans and vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa: where are the youngest children?

  Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2008

  Although it is recognised that the focus of support must be on all children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS, including those living with sick parents or in extreme poverty, the youngest are often invisible to programme planners, despite their vulnerability.
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  African Youth Movement (AYM)

  Formed in march 2002, the African Youth Movement [AYM] is involved with youths from Africa in integrated water resources management, poverty reduction and advocacy for climate change and the Millenniu
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  Prevent HIV/AIDS among young adults?: Involve them from the start

  The Global Health Council, 2008

  The HIV epidemic in Nigeria is complex and varies widely by region. In some states, it is more concentrated and driven by high-risk groups, while others have more generalized epidemics sustained primarily by multiple sexual partners in the general population. This field note by the Global Health Council outlines how youth and young adults in Nigeria are particularly vulnerable to HIV.
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  Perceptions of child labour among working children in Ibadan, Nigeria

  Consortium for Street Children, 2006

  This paper presents working children’s perspective of child labour, its benefits and disadvantages and the working children’s perceptions of themselves, and their aspirations for the future. It is based on a cross-sectional study that was carried out among working children in a large market in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria. Questionnaires were administered to all consenting children.

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