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  The girl child and the right to health

  International Pediatric Association, 1997

  This paper, published in International Child Health, focuses on the right to health and explores how gender discrimination has prevented the realisation of this right for many girls. The paper identifies three components of the human right to health: a social right of health care, a natural right of health protection and an enabling right of education.
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  Vitamin A supplementation and child morbidity and mortality in developing countries

  United Nations University, 2000

  This discussion paper, produced by the United Nations University Press, reviews the results of a meta-analysis to assess the impact on mortality and morbidity of improving the vitamin A status of children. Results showed that improving the vitamin A status of children aged six months to five years reduced mortality rates by about 23% in populations affected by vitamin A deficiency.
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  Child survival 4: Applying an equity lens to child health and mortality: more of the same is not enough

  The Lancet, 2003

  Gaps in child mortality between rich and poor countries are unacceptably wide and in some areas are becoming wider, as are the gaps between wealthy and poor children within most countries. They exist despite the availability of an impressive array of effective interventions and initiatives.
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  Antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants: guidelines on care, treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS and their children in resource-constrained settings

  World Health Organization, 2004

  These World Health Organization guidelines review existing evidence on the use of antiretroviral drugs for preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and recommend specific ARV regimens according to different clinical situations.
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  Children on the brink 2004: strategies to support children isolated by HIV/AIDS

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2004

  This joint report from UNAIDS and UNICEF provides the latest data on the numbers of children who have been orphaned due to HIV/AIDS globally. It also gives an overview of the key strategies that have been developed for responding to the needs of these orphans and all children made vulnerable by the pandemic.Along with a regional breakdown of the data, the report identifies key emerging trends.
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  Promotion and protection of the rights of children: impact of armed conflict on children

  United Nations Children's Fund, 1996

  This United Nations (UN) official document presents the report of a UN investigation into the impact of armed conflict on children. The first section of the report explores ways of mitigating the effects of armed conflict on children.
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  The state of the world’s children 1996

  United Nations Children's Fund, 1996

  The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was created 50 years ago in response to the poverty and suffering faced by European children in the aftermath of World War Two. Produced by UNICEF, this document traces the historical evolution of the agency and how it became the most important lobby for children’s rights and well-being all over the world.
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  Innocenti Essays no. 9: A human rights conceptual framework for UNICEF

  United Nations Children's Fund, 1999

  The rights of children are enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). UNICEF, as the UN’s agency for children, has a central role in implementing the CRC and the Convention on Eliminating all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
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  Therapeutic effects of oral zinc in acute and persistent diarrhoea in children in developing countries: pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2000

  This article, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, discusses the results of a study that measured the effect of supplemental zinc given with oral rehydration therapy (ORT) during recovery from acute or persistent diarrhoea in children.
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  Prevention of child sexual abuse

  Future of Children, 1994

  This article, published in The Future of Children, reviews the results from a range of studies to assess the impact of child sexual abuse prevention efforts. The majority of studies reviewed conclude that children learn from experiences such as after-school programmes and group-based sexual abuse prevention education, but that such learning is neither universal nor comprehensive.

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