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  Protecting HIV-infected Zambian children against opportunistic infections

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Evidence suggests that co-trimoxazole can help prevent bacterial infections in HIV- infected children.  The drug, which is cheap and widely available, has been recommended for infants of HIV-positive mothers and for certain HIV-positive children after infancy. How effective is this drug when bacterial resistance is high?
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  Changing a harmful social convention: female genital mutilation/cutting

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2005

  This paper examines the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and its social dynamics. It provides an explanation as to why the practice persists and of the elements necessary for its abandonment.
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  The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: the Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project

  Population Council, USA, 2005

  This working paper, published by the Population Council, examines the impact on child mortality of two strategies for delivering primary health care in rural Ghana. The first strategy involved using village-based community nurses to deliver services, while the second centred around community involvement and training of a local health volunteer.
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  Assessing care: progress towards the measurement of selected childcare and feeding practices, and implications for programs

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2002

  This report, published by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, discusses measurement of childcare and feeding practices, drawing on insights from a study conducted in Ghana in 1997.
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  Changes in child survival are strongly associated with changes in malnutrition in developing countries

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2002

  This paper, published by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA), examines the effects of changes in general malnutrition, as measured by child weight-for-age, on changes in child survival in 59 developing countries during 1966-1996. It finds that changes in average weight-for-age had a significant effect on rates of child mortality.
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  Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health programme for urban slum dwellers in India

  Population Council, USA, 2005

  This paper describes a pilot livelihood activities and reproductive health intervention and its impact aimed at adolescent girls aged 14-19 living in urban slums in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. The project was initiated based on the recognition of the relative disadvantage of adolescent girls and in an effort to build the evidence base for adolescent livelihoods programmes.
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  Childcare, nutrition and health in the central plateau of Haiti: the role of community, household and caregiver resources

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2003

  This report presents the main findings of a baseline survey evaluation of the integrated maternal and child health (MCH) programme being implemented by World Vision-Haiti in the Central Plateau of Haiti.
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  Orphanhood and the long-run impact on children

  Department of Economics, University of Oxford, 2005

  This study, undertaken in Northwestern Tanzania, finds evidence that orphanhood matters in the long-run for health and education outcomes.In particular, it finds that maternal death causes a permanent height deficit of about 2 cm and a persistent impact on years of education of almost 1 year.
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  Investing in children of the Islamic world

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This report asks whether we are fulfilling our commitment to children. It reviews the situation of children in 57 Muslim countries, assesses progress in the areas of health, education, child protection and HIV and AIDS, and identifies necessary action.
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  Maintaining momentum to 2015?: an impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh

  World Bank, 2005

  This World Bank report examines the impacts of donor-supported programmes for maternal and child health, nutrition, and fertility in Bangladesh. It reports that under-five mortality has been reduced substantially since the 1990s, but malnutrition remains high. The gap between rich and poor in child mortality is also narrowing.

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