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  Prenatal exposure to wood fuel smoke and low birth weight

  Environmental Health Perspectives, 2008

  Maternal exposure to wood fuel smoke may lead to impaired fetal growth due to hypoxia and or oxidative stress from smoke constituents such as carbon monoxide and particulate matter. This study is on the risk of low birth weight (LBW) and reduced mean birth weight in relation to reported use of wood for cooking during the prenatal period, compared with natural gas (NG).
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  The association of psychosocial health problems with functional disabilities among community members in rural Cambodia

  Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, 2009

  According to the World Health Organization, there is no single official definition of mental health. Cultural differences, subjective assessments, and competing professional theories all affect how mental health is defined. In general, most experts agree that "mental health" and "mental illness" are not opposites.
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  Impact of conditional cash transfers on maternal and newborn health

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2013

  Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have been shown to increase health service utilisation among the poorest, but little is written on the effects of such programs on maternal and newborn health.
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  Assessment of the Socio-Economic and Environmental Impact of Hurricane Wilma on Jamaica

  Planning Institute of Jamaica, Jamaica, 2005

  Hurricane Wilma of 2005 has gone down in the record books as the most intense hurricane to have developed in any Atlantic Hurricane Season, having generated sustained wind speeds of 280 km/h.
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  Effect of routine iron supplementation with or without folic acid on anemia during pregnancy

  BMC Public Health, 2011

  Iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutrient deficiency in the world, particularly during pregnancy. According to the literature, anaemia, particularly severe anaemia, is associated with increased risk of maternal mortality. It also puts mothers at risk of multiple perinatal complications.
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  Impact of public spending on health and education of children in India: A Panel data simultaneous equation model

  Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014

  The basic objective of this study is to examine the impact of public expenditure on health and education after incorporating the linkages between health status of children and their educational achievements in India. The study has developed a simultaneous equation model among health and education of children, and public expenditure on these sectors.
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  Measures, spatial profile and determinants of dietary diversity: evidence from India

  Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014

  Food security policies in developing countries generally focus on calorie intake, which is not sufficient to tackle the triple burden of malnutrition: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition. Consumption of a diverse diet is important to lessen the burden and is constrained by different factors.
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  Community-based intervention packages for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improving neonatal outcomes (Review)

  Cochrane Library, 2010

  While women, newborn and under-five child death rates in developing countries have declined significantly in the past two to three decades, newborn mortalities have hardly changed.
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  Effect of breastfeeding promotion interventions on breastfeeding rates, with special focus on developing countries

  BMC Public Health, 2011

  Given the recognised benefits of breastfeeding for the health of the mother and infants, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months of life. However, the prevalence of EBF is low globally in many of the developing and developed countries around the world.
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  Indoor Air Pollution: There is no smoke without fire

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2009

  The wide variety of interventions available to reduce indoor air pollution levels, exposure and the associated health effects can be grouped into three categories: (i) those that change the source of pollution such as fuel switching or better cooking devices; (ii) those that improve the living environment like smoke hoods or windows; and (iii) those that modify user behaviour and have people ch

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