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  Rapid appraisal of primary level health care services for HIV-positive children at public sector clinics in South Africa

  Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2002

  South Africa has a large and growing number of HIV-infected children. While no policy exists to provide anti-retroviral therapy to these children, several other effective health and social interventions are available which have been shown to improve life expectancy and quality of life in HIV-infected children.
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  Effect of pneumonia case management on mortality in neonates, infants, and preschool children: a meta-analysis of community-based trials

  The Lancet, 2003

  This article, published in The Lancet, discusses the results of a meta-analysis to estimate the impact on child mortality of the case-management approach to pneumonia proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO). This approach involves the training of health workers to dispense antibiotics to children with pneumonia.
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  Comparison of house spraying and insecticide-treated nets for malaria control

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2000

  This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, compares the efficacy of residual house spraying against insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for malaria control using data from Africa, Asia and Melanesia. Comparisons of recent initiatives showed that ITNs were at least as effective as house spraying.
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  Children, not soldiers: guidelines for working with child soldiers and children associated with fighting forces

  Save the Children Fund, 2001

  This Save the Children UK report provides guidance for those working with children involved in armed conflict. It aims to guide planning and programme implementation for those working directly with children, as well as to provide an overview of issues relating to child soldiers for managers and policy-makers who may not have previous experience of the subject.
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  Family and community interventions for children affected by AIDS

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2004

  This report, produced by the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, reviews the effectiveness of current programmes for children affected by HIV and AIDS.
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  Adolescent health and development in the context of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

  United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 2002

  This General Comment document from the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Committee on the Rights of the Child aims to identify the main human rights that must be protected and promoted to ensure high standards of health and development for adolescents.
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  Child labour, education and children’s rights

  World Bank, 2004

  This World Bank social protection discussion paper reviews the international legal framework relating to child labour and access to education and provides a statistical portrait of child labour and education participation.
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  Early marriage: child spouses

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2001

  This UNICEF Innocenti Digest explores the issue of early marriage from a human rights perspective, focusing particularly on its implications for girls. The digest identifies several reasons for the continuation of early marriage and its possible increase in populations under stress. These include economic survival, family-building and the protection of girls from sexual threat.
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  Implementing adolescent reproductive rights through the Convention on the Rights of the Child

  Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 1999

  This briefing paper from the Center for Reproductive Health Rights examines the major reproductive health and rights issues which affect adolescents, in light of governments' obligations contained in the Children's Convention. It focuses particularly on the rights of adolescent girls.
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  Policies to foster human capital

  Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, 1999

  This paper, produced by the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago, questions current policies towards skill formation and re-examines the evidence supporting recent policy proposals in this field. The authors criticise the widespread tendency to equate skill formation with classroom learning and identify three major problem areas in current thinking.

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