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  Infant and child mortality in Andhra Pradesh: analysing changes over time and between States

  Young Lives, 2003

  This paper examines the determinants of infant and child mortality in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala and the factors explaining their differential performance.It concludes that raising service levels across India toward the levels found in Kerala is a necessary step toward meeting the MDGs, and that the success of these efforts is reinforced by female empowerment.
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  Food aid and child nutrition in rural Ethiopia

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper uses a unique panel data set from Ethiopia to examine the determinants of participation in and receipts of food aid through free distribution (FD) and food-for-work (FFW).
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  Policies for orphans and vulnerable children: a framework for moving ahead

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2003

  This paper is concerned with policy responses that address the needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.It presents a summary of the global OVC situation and current policy responses, outlines existing policy frameworks for responding to OVC, and identifies policy-level gaps in national responses.As a conclusion of its research, the paper proposes a
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  The state of the World's children 2004

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2003

  The 2004 UNICEF report on the state of the world’s children focuses on girls’ education, and its relationship to all other development goals and the promise of education for all. The report outlines myriad ways in which educating girls benefits individuals and society, and advances a country’s development agenda.
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  Young, poor and sick: socioeconomic inequities and child health in rural Tanzania

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  What effect does the degree of a family’s poverty have on the health of young children?  Are girls the losers when it comes to healthcare in Tanzania?  The Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, together with colleagues from research groups in six countries, studied health care for children under five in poor rural areas of southern Tanzania.
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  State of denial: adolescent reproductive rights in Zimbabwe

  Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 2002

  This report, produced by the Center for Reproductive Rights, documents the legal, policy and social barriers which prevent Zimbabwean adolescents from accessing dual protection methods and information.
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  Dynamic contextual analysis of young people's sexual health: a context specific approach to understanding barriers to, and opportunities for, change

  Safe Passages to Adulthood, 2001

  This booklet has been developed to guide programme and project leaders through the process of carrying out a Dynamic Contextual Analysis (DCA) focusing on young people’s sexual and reproductive health. It includes sections on planning, conducting the fieldwork, analysing and disseminating the findings and finally using the findings to influence best practice.
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  Hitting the mark: can under five mortality be cut by two thirds?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  In 2000, the nations of the world pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. These ambitious targets included a commitment over the period 1990 to 2015 to: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger (50 per cent reduction in the numbers of people living on less than US$ 1/day); reduce under five mortality rate by two thirds; reduce maternal mortality rates by 75 per cent.
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  Dangerous liaisons: people in cross-generational relationships underestimate risk

  Population Services International, 2003

  This paper presents a study of Kenyan women’s and men’s motivations for entering into cross-generational relationships and their risk perceptions of such relationships. Eight focus groups were conducted with women aged 15-19 and 28 in-depth interviews were carried out with men aged 30 years and older in Nairobi, Mombassa, Kisumu and Meru.
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  Using immunization coverage rates for monitoring health sector performance: measurement and interpretation issues

  World Bank, 2000

  This World Bank paper addresses the issue of expanding immunisation coverage against childhood diseases. The paper discusses the use of trends in immunisation coverage and argues that these be used as an indicator to measure overall health sector performance.

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