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  Global Unification the Gambia (GU)

  Global Unification The Gambia (GU) is a chapter of Global Unification International (GUI) in Australia.
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  Adolescence: a foundation for future health

  The Lancet, 2012

  A focus on adolescence is central to the success of many public health agendas, including those mentioned in Millennium Development Goals. This paper argues that greater attention to adolescence is needed within each of these public health domains if global health targets are to be met.
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  Program, District and Facility-Level Planning for Implementation of the 2010 Revised WHO Guidelines | Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

  Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, 2011

  This toolkit from the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is the second of three integrated toolkits to support country teams in adaptation and implementation of the revised World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations in the four linked technical areas: ARV drugs for treatment of pregnant women living with HIV and prevention of HIV infection in infants, infant and young child feeding in
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  Girl-Centered Program Design: A Toolkit to Develop, Strengthen, and Expand Adolescent Girls Programs

  Population Council, USA, 2010

  Adolescent girls face poorer health outcomes than boys, are more likely to become infected with HIV, are more socially isolated, are less likely to make the transition to secondary school or to complete it, and have fewer income-generating opportunities.
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  Misguided Kindness: Making the Right Decisions for Children in Emergencies

  Save the Children Fund, 2010

  How should we care for the most vulnerable children after disaster strikes? In every humanitarian crisis, concerned outsiders respond to tragedy with actions that take children away from their families and communities – often with unintended but damaging consequences.
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  Forced displacement and youth employment in the aftermath of the Congo war: from making a living to making a life

  Microcon, 2011

  This paper looks at what it means to be young, displaced and looking for a job in a war-affected town in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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  Tracking progress on child and maternal nutrition

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2009

  This report draws on wider sources in order to identify key factors for the effective implementation of programmes to improve maternal nutrition, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and vitamin and mineral intake for infants and young children. The report also provides information that demonstrates that improving child nutrition is entirely feasible.
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  Change and Opportunity: The Transition from Primary to Secondary School in Rural and Urban Peru

  Young Lives, 2010

  This paper reports the expectations, concerns and experiences of Peruvian children (aged 11-13 years) from four contrasting districts during their transition from primary to secondary school. Qualitative methods were used to elicit the views of children themselves, as well as those of their parents and teachers.
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  Inequalities, Life Chances and Gender

  Young Lives, 2010

  This paper is one of two preliminary first findings reports that make use of early data from the third round of the Young Lives survey in 2009 to explore the extent to which inequalities including poverty, location (rural or urban), ethnicity or caste, and gender, are changing over time and how this may affect life chances for children.
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  Understanding the Impacts of Crisis on Children in Developing Countries

  Young Lives, 2010

  This paper makes use of early data from Round 3 of the Young Lives survey in 2009 to explore the extent and effects of economic and environmental shocks and adverse events on Young Lives children and their households.

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