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  Infant Mortality and Mother's Education in Ondo State, Nigeria

  Global Reproductive Health Forum, 1999

  A bivariate analysis of infant mortality in the 1986/87 Ondo State Demographic and Health Survey data indicates that children of secondary school graduates experienced a higher rate of infant mortality than children of less educated mothers.
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  Get Ahead Foundation [NGO credit in South Africa]

  Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1998

  Briefly outlines some of GAF’s numerous activities during the past decade. These diverse projects reflect a donor-driven approach to development that was common among South African NGOs during apartheid. The end of apartheid in 1994 precipitated changes in donor priorities, and indirectly caused Get Ahead to change its methods.
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  Trends in Adolescent Fertility and Contraceptive Use in the Developing World

  International Programs Center, Population Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1996

  Survey data from 56 countries have been assembled in this report to describe recent trends in adolescent reproductive behavior and the correlates of that behavior. Four key determinants of adolescent fertility are considered: residence, female educational attainment, age at marriage, and contraceptive use.
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  The socio-economic impact of HIV and AIDS on rural families in Uganda: an emphasis on youth

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1994

  While youths are among the most vulnerable groups to HIV infection, they are also the most promising agents of behaviour change. Young men and women are vulnerable to HIV infection because they begin sexual activity at an increasingly younger age, tend to have multiple partners and have restricted access to information on safer sexual practices.
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  The impact of HIV and AIDS on children, families and communities: risks and realities of childhood during the HIV epidemic

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998

  The impact of HIV/AIDS extends beyond those living with the virus, as each infection produces consequences which affect the lives of the family, friends and communities surrounding an infected person. The overall impact of the epidemic encompasses effects on the lives of multiples of the millions of people living with HIV/AIDS or of those who have died.
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  National social statistical profiles, 1997

  The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1998
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  The Progress of Nations Report 1998

  The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1998

  Points out that society has largely overlooked the vulnerabilities of adolescence in developing countries -- and that young people, who make up one sixth of the people on earth, need the support of their elders if they are to fulfil their promise and avoid the inevitable perils that lie ahead.
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  The Impact of Family Planning and Reproductive Health on Women's Lives: A Conceptual Framework

  Family Health International, 1996

  The framework examines women's use and non-use of family planning, their pregnancy and childbearing experiences, their experiences with family planning programs, and their experiences with other reproductive health services. Also, the framework looks at three domains of women's lives: household and family roles, psychological and physical factors, and societal and economic roles.
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  A Framework for the Analysis of Family Planning on Women's Work and Income

  Family Health International, 1999

  Proposes a conceptual framework to examine the possible impacts of family planning use on women's work and income. Because use of family planning may have short-term and long-term effects on women's economic activity, the authors present separate frameworks for modeling both influences.
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  Case Study of the Women's Health Care Foundation, Quezon City, Philippines

  Family Health International, 1997

  The Women's Health Care Foundation seeks to expand women's health care services "beyond the womb." Established in 1980, the Foundation works to meet the diverse health needs of Philippine women throughout their life cycle, broadening services beyond the traditional maternal-child health programs to include services for adolescents and postmenopausal women; counseling on sexually transmitted disea

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