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  Meeting our rights to HIV prevention and care: access for all

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2004

  This UNICEF report is based on a series of consultations with young people from 15 countries who are affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis, in preparation for the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, July 2004. The report outlines the experiences of young people, highlighting the barriers they face in accessing information and services, and developing the skills to lead healthy lives.
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  Tamil Nadu’s midday meal scheme where assumed benefits score over hard data

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004

  This paper examines Tamil Nadu's noon nutritious meal scheme, India's largest in terms of the number of beneficiaries covered.
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  Mothers' education but not fathers' education, household assets or land ownership is the best predictor of child health inequalities in rural Uganda

  International Journal for Equity in Health, 2004

  This article, published in the International Journal for Equity and Health, reports on the factors influencing child health inequalities in rural Uganda.
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  Early child development: investing in the future

  World Bank, 1996

  This World Bank report offers an overview of theory, proven results and present practice in the field of early child development (ECD). Part one looks at the case for early intervention, different programme approaches to the development of young children, and the financing of ECD programmes.
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  What is early child development (ECD)?

  World Bank, 2004

  This web resource, produced by the World Bank, outlines what is meant by early child development (ECD ) with further guidance on stages of development, healthy development and the reasons for investing in ECD. The ultimate goal of early child development (ECD) programmes is to improve young children’s capacity to develop and learn.
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  Child health in rural Colombia: determinants and policy interventions

  2003

  This paper examines the determinants of child health in a sample of poor Colombian children living in small municipalities. The authors want to understand how education interacts with other factors and policies in explaining child health.
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  Role of mothers in alleviating child malnutrition: evidence from Sri Lanka

  Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2003

  This paper begins with the assertion that having a productive workforce depends first on having healthy children, who will grow into workers. The authors argue that Sri Lanka faces a serious problem of malnourished children, which will have knock-on effects for Sri Lanka's growth.
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  Early child development in social context: a chartbook

  Commonwealth Fund, USA, 2004

  Published by the Commonwealth Fund, this booklet charts and analyses trends in early child development (ECD) alongside findings from current research into early child health conducted in the United States. It contains more than 30 key indicators of development and health for children from birth to six, together with social factors which affect these measures.
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  Health infrastructure and child health in rural Peru

  2004

  This paper examines the effect of expanding health infrastructure on child nutrition in rural Peru.
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  Child health, poverty and the role of social policies in Nicaragua and the western regions of Honduras

  2004

  This paper looks at government health programmes in Nicaragua and Honduras in an attempt to understand the factors determining child health.This paper examines:private and public determinants of child healthhow public and private determinants interact and whether interactions suggest gross substitution or complementaritieshow the influence of the determinants of child health var

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