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  The situation of children in Iraq

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2003

  This report describes the political and socio-economic context of Iraq, the causes of increased infant mortality since the end of the 1980s, and the efforts made by UNICEF to improve child and maternal nutrition, health and sanitation.
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  Does subsidized childcare help poor working women in urban areas?: evaluation of a government-sponsored program in Guatemala City

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost, quality childcare within their community.
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  Unseen millions: the catastrophe of internal displacement in Colombia. Children and adolescents at risk

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2002

  This paper reports the findings of the delegation of the Women's Commission to Columbia to investigate the conditions in which internally displaced children and adolescents are living.About half of the displaced population in Colombia are children and adolescents and suffer and witness violence, sexual exploitation and rape.
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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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  Poverty and human development: UNDP Human Development Report 1997 (highlights)

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 1999
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  The worldwide magnitude of protein-energy malnutrition: an overview from the WHO Global Database on Child Growth

  World Health Organization, 1993

  Using 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.
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  Case Studies of Two Women's Health Projects in Bolivia

  Family Health International, 1996

  Profiles 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.
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  Case Study of the Women's Center of Jamaica Foundation, Program for Adolescent Mothers

  Family Health International, 1996

  Addresses the serious socioeconomic and health consequences of adolescent pregnancy, the Women's Center of Jamaica Foundation offers the Program for Adolescent Mothers.
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  Designing by dialogue:A Program Planners’ Guide to Consultative Research for Improving Young Child Feeding

  Support for Analysis and Research in Africa, USAID, 1997

  Tools 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.
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  Overcoming child malnutrition in developing countries: past achievements and future choices

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000

  Aims 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 are

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