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    Young Lives preliminary country report: Peru

    Young Lives, 2003
    Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty aims at improving understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty in the developing world, and at informing policy to reduce it.
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    Young Lives preliminary country report: Ethiopia

    Young Lives, 2003
    Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty aims at improving our understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty in the developing world, and at informing policy to reduce it.
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    The Flynn effect in rural Kenya

    Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
    Multiple studies have documented significant IQ gains over time, labelled the “Flynn Effect”. This study documents the Flynn Effect in a rural area of a developing country. Data for this project were collected as part of two large studies in Embu, Kenya in 1984 and 1998.Results strongly support a Flynn Effect over this 14-year period. Previously hypothesised explanations (e.g.
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    Changes in dietary quality for school children in Kenyan villages

    Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
    This paper compares the results of two nutrition studies carried out during the 1980s amongst children in Kenya. The aim is to compare the nutrient intakes and energy levels. Nutrient intakes of school children in the Embu District were measured cross-sectionally in 1984-85 as part of the Nutrition CRSP, and again in 1998 as part of the Child Nutrition Project.
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    Statistical methods for the Kenya feeding intervention trial

    Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
    The purpose of this brief is to outline the statistical methods used to analyse and interpret the Kenya Feeding Intervention Trial (KenFIT); a randomised controlled feeding intervention study to test if there was a causal relationship between the intake of animal source foods, both of meat and of milk and micronutrient status, cognitive function, behaviour and physical activity, physical growth, a
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    The state of world population 2003 – making 1 billion count: investing in adolescents’ health and rights.

    United Nations Population Fund, 2003
    The 2003 UNFPA report on world population focuses on the need for greater efforts to protect the human rights and well-being of young people. These include greater investments in education and in health, including sexual and reproductive health.
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    Preventing HIV/AIDS among adolescents through integrated communication programming

    United Nations Population Fund, 2003
    This manual is designed to assist national UNFPA officers in planning, designing, implementing and evaluating communication interventions for HIV prevention among adolescents that integrate advocacy, behaviour change communication and education with other policy and service components.The manual provides a series of checklists to guide the programme or project officer in addressing key question
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    HIV prevalence and prevention among teenagers in Africa

    Eldis Document Store, 2003
    This short article argues that prevalence rates for HIV have been overestimated in sub-Saharan Africa. It argues that, since there is very little comprehensive data collection of rates of infection and that most estimates are derived from testing in ante-natal clinics, rates are bound to be skewed.
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    How many orphans are there in sub-Saharan Africa?

    Eldis Document Store, 2003
    This article questions the standard statistics used by policy makers and others to asses the issue and response of children who lose one or more of their parents to HIV/AIDS. The author compares statistics cited by the two main sources of orphan data, and finds that they differ widely.
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    Expanded response guide to core indicators for monitoring and reporting on HIV/AIDS programs

    US Agency for International Development, 2003
    This guide is the second in the series of two monitoring and evaluation handbooks which focuses on the new areas of USAID's Expanded Response to HIV/AIDS including care, support, and treatment for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS with a special focus on women and children.The paper offers a rationale for the expanded response monitoring and reporting system; targets for the expanded res

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