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The worldwide magnitude of protein-energy malnutrition: an overview from the WHO Global Database on Child Growth
World Health Organization, 1993Using the WHO Global Database on Child Growth, which covers 87% of the total population of under-5-year olds in developing countries, we describe the world wide distribution of protein-energy malnutrition, based on nationally representative cross-sectional data gathered between 1980 and 1992 in 79 developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania.DocumentLeague table of compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (ICMBS)
The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1999DocumentCase Studies of Two Women's Health Projects in Bolivia
Family Health International, 1996Profiles two programs in Bolivia: La Casa de la Mujer in Santa Cruz and the Kumar Warmi (Health Woman) clinic operated by the Centro de Informacion y Desarrollo de la Mujer (CIDEM) in El Alto. Both programs involve women in the design and delivery of health care, and both offer health care as one of an array of services designed to improve women's quality of life.DocumentCase Study of the Women's Center of Jamaica Foundation, Program for Adolescent Mothers
Family Health International, 1996Addresses the serious socioeconomic and health consequences of adolescent pregnancy, the Women's Center of Jamaica Foundation offers the Program for Adolescent Mothers.DocumentEconomic policy for agriculture: a guide for FAO professionals
Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 1999Manual on economic policy issues in the agricultural sector, aimed at helping non-economists to contribute to policy makingAims to: provide FAO professionals with the basic analytical principles of economic policy making for agriculture it does not seek to convert non-economists into economists, but rather to provide technical experts with a familiarity of the discourse of economicDocumentDesigning by dialogue:A Program Planners’ Guide to Consultative Research for Improving Young Child Feeding
Support for Analysis and Research in Africa, USAID, 1997Tools to design, carry out, and analyze the results of formative, consultative research and to use them to design effective programs to improve infant and young child feeding.DocumentIntellectual property rights and globalization: implications for developing countries
Center for International Development, Harvard University, 1999Reviews the implications of the agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) under the World Trade Organization (WTO). It focuses on the national implemention of the TRIPS agreement, technological development, plant variety protection, geopgraphical indications, and biological diversity and the associated indigenous knowledge.DocumentOvercoming child malnutrition in developing countries: past achievements and future choices
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000Aims to determine which of the various causes of malnutrition are most important for developing countries as a whole and by region, thus enabling policymakers to prioritize their investments and make the best use of available resources to reduce malnutrition now and in the coming years.Considers the follwing factorswhy has child malnutrition been rising in Sub-Saharan Africa?why areDocumentInter-temporal Changes in Welfare: Preliminary Results from Nine African Countries
Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 1999Looks at changes in living standards over time using the comparable Demographic Health Surveys.DocumentSchool Based Health and Nutrition Programmes: Findings from a survey of donor and agency support
School Health, 1998Findings suggest that:There is increasing donor interest in the health and nutrition of the school-aged child,adolescents and youth generally.Pages