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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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  Launch of the Civil20, Moscow, Russia

  South African Foreign Policy Initiative, 2013

  After many years of lobbying by international civil society for a formal civil society process and space at the G20, the Civil20 was launched under the G20 Presidency of Russia, and a meeting of the Civil20 was held in Moscow, Russia in June 2013. This policy brief from SAFPI looks at the purpose behind Civil20, and  gives an overview of the meeting.
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  Impact of micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy on birth weight, duration of gestation, and perinatal mortality in rural western China: double blind cluster randomised controlled trial

  British Medical Journal, 2008

  The study examines the impact of antenatal supplementation with multiple micronutrients or iron and folic acid compared with folic acid alone on birth weight, duration of gestation, and maternal haemoglobin concentration in the third trimester.
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  Water and food security – Experiences in India and China

  Global Water Partnership, 2013

  This paper focuses on India and China as dominant and influential countries in Asia. It compares the way these countries, with different political approaches, are approaching the challenge of harnessing water resources to increase effectiveness, equity, and sustainability under conditions of growing water scarcity and competing demands.
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  Pastoralists and wildlife conservation in western China: collaborative management within protected areas on the Tibetan Plateau

  2012

  Background Pastoralists have long inhabited vast areas of western China, including the Tibetan Plateau region. Their traditional land use practices and cultural conservation ethic have helped to protect the natural resource base upon which they depend and the wildlife that co-exist with them in the grassland landscapes.
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  Working conditions and worker rights in China: recent developments

  2012

  In the past few years, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of labour-related protests in China and there are no signs that this trend has or will abate. This is the report of the United States' Hearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which looks at workers' rights and conditions. The report hightlights that:
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  Prospects for shale gas development in Asia: examining potentials and challenges in China and India

  Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2012

  Between now and 2035, global energy consumption is forecast to grow by 50 percent, and China and India together will account for more than half of this global growth. The scale of their energy consumption affects global supply and demand and, inherently, the price levels of various energy commodities - including natural gas - in the global marketplace.
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  The politics of Brazil, China, and India’s response to obesity and diabetes: proposing an interdisciplinary approach to unifying international relations theory, history, and policy

  2013

  Despite sharing similar interests in working together to increase their international political and economic influence, in recent years the emerging BRICS nations (Brazil, India, China, Russia, and South Africa) have differed in their response to health epidemics.
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  China, Russia and Central Asia: the energy dilemma

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2013

  How China will satisfy its rising energy demand will have impact on the availability and market price of energy resources such as oil and gas, but also on foreign policy. Of special interest is the role of rising neighboring countries and region – Russia and Central Asia countries – who can supply China by way of pipelines.
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  Civil society - BRICS engagement: opportunities and challenges

  Society for Participatory Research in Asia, 2013

  The nature, scale and strength of civil society across the five BRICS countries vary greatly. While civil society is reasonably strong and visible in Brazil, India and South Africa, its nature and pattern is

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