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    Effects of cooking fuels on acute respiratory infections in children in Tanzania

    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2007
    Biomass fuel use has been linked to Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) in children. In Tanzania, biomass fuels account for more than 90 per cent of primary energy supply. This study highlighted by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health considers the effects of biomass fuels, charcoal/kerosene on ARI in children under five years old in Tanzania.
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    Civil society organisations lack legitimacy to shape global health policy

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Civil society organisations deliver health programmes and are key partners in new global health initiatives. But it is debatable to what extent they really represent their communities’ concerns. They need to earn the legitimacy to engage in global decision making that affects the health of millions of people.
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    Women's migration, urban poverty and child health in Rajasthan

    Sussex Centre for Migration Research, 2008
    Migration is an increasing feature which defines the lives of the rural and urban poor in India, however few studies have considered its effects on the health of migrants and their families. This paper examines the high levels of infant and child illness and death amongst poor urban slum communities in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India.
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    Review of incorporation of essential nutrition actions into public health programs in Ethiopia

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2008
    This Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) Project report reviews how the Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA) approach has been incorporated into public health programmes in Ethiopia.
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    Tracking progress in maternal, newborn and child survival: countdown to 2015 – the 2008 report

    World Health Organization, 2008
    This World Health Organization report tracks coverage for interventions needed to attain the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. The report is based on data drawn from national surveys and global databases. It measures the coverage of basic health services proven to reduce maternal and child mortality.
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    Health and civil war in rural Burundi

    Microcon, 2008
    This Microcon research working paper examines the impact of Burundi’s civil war on children’s health status, focusing on early childhood malnutrition and stunting. The paper uses household survey data with event data on timing and location of armed conflicts between 1994 and 1998 to examine if and how shocks, such as conflict, affect the health of those exposed children.
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    Progress can kill: how imposed development destroys the health of tribal peoples

    Survival International, 2007
    This report from Survival International argues that international development can have a negative impact on indigenous people’s health. It explores the reasons why landless and ‘assimilated’ tribal peoples today suffer high levels of physical and mental illness.
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    Socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition in developing countries

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2008
    This study, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, reports on socioeconomic inequality in childhood malnutrition in developing countries, with the intention of providing evidence for an association between socioeconomic inequality and the average level of malnutrition.
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    Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults

    The Lancet, 2008
    This research article from The Lancet examines the impact of a nutrition intervention in early childhood on adult economic productivity and income.Between 1969 and 1977 in Guatemala, children between 0 and 7 years of age in two villages were randomly assigned a nutritious supplement called atole (a drink containing vegetable protein, dry skimmed milk and sugar) while those in two other villages
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    The role of women’s empowerment and domestic violence in child growth and undernutrition in a tribal and rural community in South India

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2008
    Moderate under nutrition continues to affect 46 per cent of children under 5 years of age and 47 per cent of rural women in India. Women’s lack of empowerment is believed to be an important factor in the persistent prevalence of undernutrition. In India, women’s empowerment often varies by community, with tribes sometimes being the most progressive.

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