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  Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: a meta-analysis of effects on stillbirths and on early and late neonatal mortality

  United Nations University, 2009

  Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are common among women in low-income countries and may adversely affect pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to conduct a meta-analysis of the effects on stillbirths, early and late neonatal mortality of multiple micronutrient (MMN) compared with iron and folic acid (Fe + FA) supplementation during pregnancy in recent randomised controlled trials.
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  My rights, my voice annual progress report 2012

  Oxfam, 2013

  My Rights, My Voice (MRMV) is an innovative three-year global programme, engaging marginalised children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries.
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  Integrating disaster risk management into climate change adaptation

  Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2013

  The Asian Disaster Preparedness Network have produced this guidebook to serve as a reference for integrating disaster risk management (DRM) into climate change adaptation (CCA), and to promote the adoption of a risk management approach to climate-sensitive decision-making. It guides the reader on how to contribute to CCA by improving the management of climate extremes.
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  Strengthening responses to climate variability in South Asia

  International Alert, 2013

  This executive summary is based on the findings from desk and field research conducted by International Alert and the South Asia Network for Security and Climate Change (SANSaC) in nine sub-national locations across Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.
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  Glacier Systems and Seasonal Snow Cover in Six Major Asian River Basins: Water Storage Properties under Changing Climate

  International Water Management Institute, 2013

  The current status, recent and potential future changes of glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Amu Darya, Syr Darya and Mekong river basins are for the first time systematically analyzed at the basin scale.
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  Squeezed: life in a time of food price volatility, year 1 results

  Oxfam, 2013

  Half a decade after the price spike of 2007-2008, food price volatility has become the new norm: people have come to expect food prices to rapidly rise and fall, though nobody knows by how much or when. So what does the accumulation of food price rises mean for well-being and development in developing countries? And what can be done to improve life in a time of food price volatility?
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  Fatal fashion: Analysis of recent factory fires in Pakistan and Bangladesh: a call to protect and respect garment workers’ lives

  Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2013

  The garment industry in both Bangladesh and Pakistan is recognised for paying low wages, demanding and unsafe working conditions, and the repression of unions. Workers are not organised and therefore not in the position to monitor or report freely about safety hazards.
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  Water Scarcity in Bangladesh. Transboundary Rivers, Conflict and Cooperation

  2013

  It is often assumed that transboundary water systems are potential sources of conflict that can exacerbate political, social, and economic tensions and cause disputes concerning the distribution, use and management of water.
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  The impact of out-of-pocket expenditures on families and barriers to use of health services in Pakistan: evidence from the Pakistan social and living standards measurement surveys 2005–2007

  Asian Development Bank, 2012

  This paper reveals that maternal and child health (MCH) services coverage in Pakistan is poor, and overall use of these services is low compared to other countries in the region. The paper illustrates that the low rates of utilisation are driven by a low sensitivity and recognition of illness symptoms. Furthermore, the paper finds that:
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  MSM Country Snapshot Series: PAKISTAN

  2012

  This snapshot provides information on the current situation for HIV and LGBT rights and advocacy in Pakistan. Pakistan’s HIV epidemic is driven by key affected populations. In 1999, Pakistan, in partnership with UNAIDS, determined that it would prevent a generalised epidemic by targeting key vulnerable groups.

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