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  Birth registration: right from the start

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2002

  This issue of the UNICEF Innocenti Digest examines the impact of non-registration of births on the more than 50 million unregistered children born each year. It explores the value of birth registration, the obstacles to universal registration, and actions needed to achieve universal birth registration.
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  The impact of conflict on children in occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

  Child Rights Information Network, 2002

  This report is a call for immediate action to protect Palestinian and Israeli children. Children represent approximately 15 percent of all individuals killed since 2000 in the violence between Israelis and Palestinians. The children are also suffering serious physical and psychosocial effects from the escalation of violent conflict.
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  HIV and conflict: a double emergency

  Save the Children Fund, 2002

  This report reflects the International Save the Children Alliance’s experience of HIV/AIDS and its effects on young people in conflict situations around the world.In war, HIV/AIDS spreads rapidly as a result of sexual bartering, sexual violence, low awareness about HIV, and the breakdown of vital services in health and education. In conflict situations, young people are most at risk.
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  Childhood challenged: South Africa's children, HIV/AIDS and the corporate sector

  Save the Children Fund, 2002

  HIV/AIDS is now the greatest threat to child development in many parts of the world, including South Africa,and will continue to affect the lives of several generations of children.This report from Save the Children summarises research undertaken into the South African corporate sector's engagement with affected children in 2001.HIV/AIDS is a major challenge for business in South Africa,and
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  Community mobilization for orphans in Zambia: an assessment of the orphans and vulnerable children programme of Project Concern International

  Displaced Children and Orphans Fund & Patrick J. Leahy War Victims Fund, USAID, 1999

  An estimated 78 percent of Zambia’s current orphans are the result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.The paper argues that:finding effective ways to mitigate the impacts of HIV/AIDS on children and families must become a top national prioritystrategies to mitigate the problems of AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children must focus on strengthening the capacities of the extended family and
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  A world fit for children

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2002

  This UNICEF report is the official outcome document approved at the Special Session of the General Assembly on Children on 10 May 2002. The paper reviews progress made and lessons learned since the World Summit for Children in 1991 and calls on society to join together to build a better world for children .
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  The global impact of HIV/AIDS on youth

  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002

  This fact sheet provides an overview of the impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic on young people, including data on prevalence and incidence, why adolescents are vulnerable to HIV, which young people are at particular risk, and the role of prevention.The document concludes that rates of infection amongst young people are set to increse and thus, prevention interventions directed at youth will
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  Finance development: invest in children

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2002

  This UNICEF report looks at the financial investments needed to free children from poverty and meet targets set under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The report focuses on the investments needed by governments and international organisations in health, education, and water and sanitation to secure the well-being of children.
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  Children of war: the real casualties of the Afghan conflict

  British Medical Journal, 2002

  This article explores the origin of the current Afghan crisis and describes the impact of a quarter of a century of incessant conflict on Afghan children.The author concludes that: the rise of the Taliban and the genesis of the current Afghan conflict was in no small measure due to global apathy to the plight of Afghanistanthe women and children of Afghanistan, both among refugees a
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  Children affected by HIV/AIDS: USAID project profiles

  Children Affected by AIDS, 2001

  This report from USAID provides an overview of some of the major challenges the HIV/AIDS pandemic is posing for the emotional and physical health and well-being of children across the world. The report highlights 62 USAID-funded initiatives implemented in 22 developing countries to support vulnerable childnre and adolescents.

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