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  The relationship between intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy: analysis of a national sample from Colombia

  Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2004

  This article, published in International Family Planning Perspectives, reports on a survey which explored the link between unintended pregnancy and intimate partner violence in Colombia. Findings revealed that at least 55 per cent of respondents had experienced one unintended pregnancy, and 38 per cent had been physically or sexually abused by their most recent partner.
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  Neglecting girls' diets and immunisation against disease in India

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Gender bias is a fact of life in many developing countries. In the case of India, this extends to the likelihood of being immunised against disease and the likelihood of being properly fed. The study analysed econometric data to explore these two variables and concluded that girls were five times less likely to be fully immunised and to have a nutritious diet than boys.
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  Diarrhoea in children: an interface between developing and developed countries

  The Lancet, 2004

  This review, published in the Lancet, draws attention to the continuing high levels of child mortality and morbidity in the developing world resulting from diarrhoeal illnesses, despite widespread use of oral rehydration therapies (ORT) and an increased understanding of the disease.
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  Clinical management of acute diarrhoea

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This short report examines recent developments in the management of acute diarrhoea. Produced jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, the document reveals how newly formulated oral rehydration salts (ORS) with lower concentration of glucose and salt, plus success in using zinc supplementation, can dramatically reduce the number of child deaths.
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  Estimates of world-wide distribution of child deaths from acute respiratory infections

  The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2002

  Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are among the leading causes of childhood mortality in poor countries. It is important to estimate reliably the number of children worldwide who die from ARI and to understand how and why this varies among communities.
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  Children in crisis: good practices in evaluating psychosocial programming

  Save the Children Fund, USA, 2004

  This manual presents major principles of psychosocial project design and evaluation, and seeks to heighten critical awareness of the cultural and ethical issues associated with psychosocial work.The manual is set out as follows:the concept of psychosocial development.
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  Pregnancy and child health outcomes among adolescents in Ethiopia

  Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, 2004

  This article from the Ethiopian Journal of Health Development reports on a study which compared teenage and adult mothers in Ethiopia, focusing on pregnancy outcomes and child survival. Findings showed that a significantly higher percentage of teenage mothers lived in rural areas, were illiterate or less educated, and belonged to the poorest socio-economic groups.
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  Healthy people in a healthy environment: integrating population, health and the environment in Madagascar

  Environmental Health Project, 2004

  This policy briefing from the Environmental Health Project reports on an integrated population, health and environment programme, implemented by an umbrella nongovernmental organisation in Madagascar. The programme aimed to link interventions in natural resource management with family planning and health activities.
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  Youth behavioral risks and psychosocial resources in Peru’s alternative-development zones

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2004

  This paper looks at the three particularly high behavioural risks youth face in Peru’s central-eastern coca cropping areas – sexual risks; use of alcohol and drugs; and violence against women.
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  Raising the standards: quality childcare provision in east and central Africa

  Save the Children Fund, 2005

  This paper proposes raising the standard of childcare through the development of quality childcare standards which can be applied in a range of care settings, including interim institutional care, community-based care, foster care, etc.

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