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Integration of care and education: the challenge in Brazil
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2006The Brazilian government introduced a policy to integrate the administrative responsibility for day care centres for 0-3 year-olds and preschools for 4-6 year-olds into the education sector in 1996. But even after nine years, the two services are still far from being integrated.This Policy Briefing paper from UNESCO provides a summary of an interview with Dr.DocumentOverview and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Lancet, 2006This short article in The Lancet provides a summary of a 3-year study on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) undertaken by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre.The study, which encompasses 62 countries from all parts of the world, is largely based on the reports of States Parties to the CRC Committee and the Committee's concluding comments on them.DocumentOrphans and vulnerable youth in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: an exploratory study of psychosocial well-being and psychosocial support
Horizons, 2006Children and youth affected by AIDS typically face a wide range of stressful events and circumstances, including poverty, the loss of caregivers and loved ones, having to drop out of school, the burden of adultlike responsibilities, and social isolation.DocumentMaternal social capital and child health in Vietnam
Save the Children Fund, 2005This paper is part of a series of working papers published by the Young Lives project, a longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. This project, based in Vietnam explores the relationship between maternal social capital and child well-being.DocumentNutrition and health status of children in internally displaced households in the Kosti Region of Sudan
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, 2004This report analyses the health and nutrition conditions of internally displaced children, aged 6 to 24 months, from the Kosti region of Sudan. The report also explores the determinants of these conditions.DocumentCreating an enabling environment for the advancement of women and girls
World Vision International Resources on Child Rights, 2006This publication is World Vision’s briefing paper to the 50th Commission on the Status of Women.DocumentTap and Reposition Youth (TRY): providing social support, savings, and microcredit opportunities for young women in areas with high HIV prevalence
Population Council, USA, 2006Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY) is a multiphase initiative whose overall aim is to reduce adolescents' vulnerabilities to adverse social and reproductive health outcomes, including HIV infection, by improving their livelihoods options. The project operates in low-income and slum areas of Nairobi, Kenya, where rates of HIV infection are high and where young women are disproportionately affected.DocumentWhy invest in communications for immunisation?: evidence and lessons learned
Center for Communication Programs, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2005This report makes a case for revitalizing investments in communication for immunization. It considers communication in a broad sense, including advocacy, social and community mobilization, and information, education, and communication (IEC) activities. Without well-planned, adequately funded strategic communication, immunization programs fall short of meeting and sustaining coverage goals.DocumentSide by side: building and sustaining a culture of youth participation at Reprolatina: a case study from Southeastern Brazil
International Women's Health Coalition, 2005This report presents a case study of effective youth participation at Reprolatina, a nongovernmental sexual and reproductive health and rights organisation based in Southeastern Brazil.